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And he was mainly concerned by what I was going to write.
ูˆู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ู‚ู„ู‚ู‹ุง ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุญูŠุงู„ ู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ุณุฃูƒุชุจู‡.
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In every work that I create, I write messages with my style of Arabic calligraphy.
ููŠ ูƒู„ ุนู…ู„ ุฃู‚ูˆู… ุจู‡ุŒ ุฃูƒุชุจ ุฑุณุงุฆู„ ุจุฃุณู„ูˆุจูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุฎุท ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠ.
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I make sure those messages are relevant to the place where I am painting but have this universal dimension, so anybody around the world can relate to it.
ุฃุชุฃูƒุฏ ู…ู† ุฃู† ุฑุณุงุฆู„ูŠ ุชุชูˆุงูู‚ ู…ุน ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฃุฑุณู… ููŠู‡ ู„ูƒู†ู‡ุง ุชุญู…ู„ ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง ุจุนุฏู‹ุง ุนุงู„ู…ูŠู‹ุงุŒ ุญุชูŠ ูŠุชู…ูƒู† ุฃูŠ ุดุฎุต ููŠ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุฃู† ูŠุญุณ ุจู‡ุง.
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So for Manshiyat Naser, I decided to write in Arabic the words of St. Athanasius of Alexandria, a Coptic bishop from the third century, who said: , which means in English, "Anyone who wants to see the sunlight clearly needs to wipe his eyes first."
ุฅุฐู‹ุง ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ู…ู†ุดูŠุฉ ู†ุงุตุฑุŒ ู‚ุฑุฑุช ุฃู† ุฃูƒุชุจ ุจุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ ูƒู„ู…ุงุช ุงู„ู‚ุฏูŠุณ ุฃุซู†ุงุณูŠูˆุณ ุจุงุจุง ุงู„ุฅุณูƒู†ุฏุฑูŠุฉุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ุฃุณู‚ู ู‚ุจุทูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ุฑู† ุงู„ุซุงู„ุซุŒ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู‚ุงู„: ุฅู† ุฃุฑุงุฏ ุฃุญุฏ ุฃู† ูŠุจุตุฑ ู†ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุดู…ุณุŒ ูุฅู† ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุฃู† ูŠู…ุณุญ ุนูŠู†ูŠู‡. ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนู†ูŠ ุจุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉุŒ ุฅู† ุฃุฑุงุฏ ุฃุญุฏ ุฃู† ูŠุจุตุฑ ู†ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุดู…ุณ ุจูˆุถูˆุญุŒ ูุฅู† ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุฃู† ูŠู…ุณุญ ุนูŠู†ูŠู‡ ุฃูˆู„ุง.
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It was really important for me that the community felt connected to the words.
ููƒุงู† ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ู‡ู…ู‹ุง ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูŠ ุฃู† ูŠุญุณ ุฃูุฑุงุฏ ุงู„ุฌู…ุงุนุฉ ุฃู†ู‡ู… ู…ุชุตู„ูˆู† ุจุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุงุช.
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And for me this quote was perfectly reflecting the spirit of the project.
ูˆุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูŠ ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนุจุงุฑุฉ ุชุนูƒุณ ุจุดูƒู„ ุชุงู… ุฑูˆุญ ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน.
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So Father Samaan blessed the project, and his approval brought all the residents on board.
ููƒุงู† ุฃู† ุจุงุฑูƒ ุงู„ุฃุจ ุณู…ุนุงู† ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุนุŒ ูˆู…ูˆุงูู‚ุชู‡ ุฌุนู„ุช ุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ุณูƒุงู† ูŠู†ุถู…ูˆู† ุฅู„ูŠู†ุง.
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Hundreds of liters of paint, a dozen blue manual lifts, several trips back and forth to Cairo, a strong and solid team from France, North Africa, Middle East and the US, and after a year of planning and logistics, there we are, my team and some members from the local community creating a piece that will spread over 50 buildings, some filling up the space of the calligraphy that I trace with colors.
ู…ุฆุงุช ุงู„ู„ุชุฑุงุช ู…ู† ุงู„ุตุจุงุบุฉุŒ ูˆุงู„ุนุดุฑุงุช ู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุงูุนุงุช ุงู„ูŠุฏูˆูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฒุฑู‚ุงุกุŒ ูˆุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุญู„ุงุช ู…ู† ูˆุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู‚ุงู‡ุฑุฉุŒ ูุฑูŠู‚ ู‚ูˆูŠ ู…ู† ูุฑู†ุณุงุŒ ุดู…ุงู„ ุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุงุŒ ุงู„ุดุฑู‚ ุงู„ุฃูˆุณุท ูˆุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฏุฉุŒ ูˆุจุนุฏ ุนุงู… ู…ู† ุงู„ุชุฎุทูŠุท ูˆุงู„ู„ูˆุฌูŠุณุชูŠุฉุŒ ู‡ุง ู†ุญู† ุฐุงุŒ ูุฑูŠู‚ูŠ ูˆุจุนุถ ู…ู† ุฃูุฑุงุฏ ุงู„ู…ุฌุชู…ุน ุงู„ู…ุญู„ูŠ ู†ุฎู„ู‚ ู‚ุทุนุฉ ุณุชู†ุชุดุฑ ููˆู‚ 50 ุจู†ุงูŠุฉุŒ ุจุนุถู‡ู… ูŠู…ู„ุฃ ุงู„ูุฑุงุบ ููŠ ุงู„ุฎุท ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฑุณู…ุชู‡ ุจุงู„ุฃู„ูˆุงู†.
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Here some blue, there some yellow, there some orange.
ู‡ู†ุง ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุฃุฒุฑู‚ุŒ ูˆุจุนุถ ุงู„ุฃุตูุฑุŒ ูˆุจุนุถ ุงู„ุจุฑุชู‚ุงู„ูŠ.
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Some others carrying some sand bags and putting them on the top of the buildings to hold those manual lifts, and some others assembling and disassembling those same lifts and moving them around the different buildings.
ุจุนุถู‡ู… ูŠุญู…ู„ ุฃูƒูŠุงุณ ุงู„ุฑู…ู„ ูˆูŠุถุนู‡ุง ููŠ ุฃุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุจู†ุงูŠุงุช ู„ูƒูŠ ุชุซุจุช ุงู„ุฑุงูุนุงุช ุงู„ูŠุฏูˆูŠุฉุŒ ูˆุจุนุถู‡ู… ูŠุฑูƒุจ ุฃูˆ ูŠููƒ ู†ูุณ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฑุงูุนุงุช ูˆูŠู†ู‚ู„ู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุจู†ุงูŠุงุช ุฃุฎุฑู‰.
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At the beginning of the project, I numbered all those buildings on my sketch, and there was no real interaction with the community.
ููŠ ุจุฏุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุนุŒ ูˆุถุนุช ุฃุฑู‚ุงู…ู‹ุง ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุจู†ุงูŠุงุช ุนู„ู‰ ุฑุณู…ูŠ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ูŠุŒ ูˆู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชูุงุนู„ ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠ ู…ุน ุงู„ู†ุงุณ.
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People didnโ€™t get the point of all this.
ู„ู… ูŠูู‡ู… ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุงู„ู‡ุฏู ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ูƒู„ู‡.
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But fast enough, those building numbers became family names.
ู„ูƒู† ุจุณุฑุนุฉุŒ ุฃุตุจุญุช ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุฑู‚ุงู… ุฃุณู…ุงุก ุนูˆุงุฆู„.
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The first building was the house of Uncle Ibrahim.
ุงู„ู…ุจู†ู‰ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ูƒุงู† ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุงู„ุนู… ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู….
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Uncle Ibrahim is such an enthusiastic person.
ุงู„ุนู… ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู… ุฑุฌู„ ู…ุชุญู…ุณ ุฌุฏู‹ุง.
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He was always singing and making jokes, and his daughters and sons saved me from his bull who wanted to attack me on the fourth floor.
ูƒุงู† ุฏุงุฆู…ู‹ุง ูŠุบู†ูŠ ูˆูŠุญูƒูŠ ุงู„ู†ูƒุชุŒ ูˆู‚ุฏ ุฃู†ู‚ุฐู†ูŠ ุฃุจู†ุงุคู‡ ูˆุจู†ุงุชู‡ ู…ู† ุซูˆุฑู‡ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฃุฑุงุฏ ุฃู† ูŠู‡ุงุฌู…ู†ูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุทุงูŠู‚ ุงู„ุฑุงุจุน.
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Actually, the bull saw me from the window and came out on the balcony.
ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ุฑุขู†ูŠ ุงู„ุซูˆุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ุงูุฐุฉุŒ ูˆุฎุฑุฌ ู…ู† ุงู„ุดุฑูุฉ.
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Yeah.
ุฃุฌู„.
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Uncle Ibrahim was always hanging out on the balcony and talking to me while I was painting.
ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุนู… ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู… ุฏุงุฆู…ู‹ุง ูŠุฎุฑุฌ ู„ู„ุดุฑูุฉ ูˆูŠุชุญุฏุซ ุฅู„ูŠู‘ ุจูŠู†ู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ุฃุฑุณู….
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I remember him saying that he didnโ€™t go to the mountain for 10 years, and that he never takes a day off.
ุฃุชุฐูƒุฑ ุฃู†ู‡ ุฃุฎุจุฑู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠุฐู‡ุจ ู„ู„ุฌุจู„ ู…ู†ุฐ 10 ุณู†ูŠู†ุŒ ูˆุฃู†ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠุฃุฎุฐ ูŠูˆู…ู‹ุง ู„ู„ุฑุงุญุฉ ู‚ุท.
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He said that if he stopped working, who will stop the garbage?
ู‚ุงู„ ุฃู†ู‡ ุฅู† ุชูˆู‚ู ู‡ูˆ ุนู† ุงู„ุนู…ู„ุŒ ู…ู† ุณูŠูˆู‚ู ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงู…ุฉุŸ
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But surprisingly, at the end of the project, he came all the way to the mountain to look at the piece.
ูˆูƒุงู†ุช ุงู„ู…ูุงุฌุฃุฉุŒ ุนู†ุฏ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุนุŒ ุฃู† ุฌุงุก ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฌุจู„ ู„ุฑุคูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุทุนุฉ.
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He was really proud to see his house painted, and he said that this project was a project of peace and -- sorry -- Thank you.
ูƒุงู† ูุฎูˆุฑู‹ุง ุฌุฏู‹ุง ุญูŠู† ุฑุฃู‰ ุจูŠุชู‡ ูˆุนู„ูŠู‡ ุฑุณู…ุŒ ูˆู‚ุงู„ ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ุณู„ุงู…-- ุงู„ู…ุนุฐุฑุฉ-- ุดูƒุฑู‹ุง ู„ูƒู….
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He said that it was a project of peace and unity and that it brought people together.
ู‚ุงู„ ุฅู†ู‡ ูƒุงู† ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ุณู„ุงู… ูˆูˆุญุฏุฉ ูˆุฃู†ู‡ ู‚ุฏ ุฌู…ุน ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู…ุน ุจุนุถู‡ุง ุงู„ุจุนุถ.
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So his perception towards the project changed, and my perception towards the community changed also, and towards what they do.
ู„ุฐุง ูุชุตูˆุฑู‡ ุนู† ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ู‚ุฏ ุชุบูŠุฑุŒ ูˆุชุตูˆุฑูŠ ุนู† ุงู„ู…ุฌุชู…ุน ุชุบูŠุฑ ุฃูŠุถู‹ุงุŒ ูˆุญูŠุงู„ ู…ุง ูŠู‚ูˆู…ูˆู† ุจู‡.
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All the garbage that everybody is disgusted by is not theirs.
ูƒู„ ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู‚ุฒุฒ ู…ู†ู‡ุง ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ู„ูŠุณุช ู‚ู…ุงู…ุชู‡ู….
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They just work out of it.
ู‡ู… ูู‚ุท ูŠุนูŠุดูˆู† ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ู‡ุง.
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Actually, they donโ€™t live in the garbage. They live from the garbage.
ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ู‡ู… ู„ุง ูŠุนูŠุดูˆู† ููŠ ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงู…ุฉ. ู‡ู… ูŠุนูŠุดูˆู† ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงู…ุฉ.
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So I started doubting myself and wondering what was the real purpose of this whole project?
ูุจุฏุฃุช ุฃุดูƒ ููŠ ู†ูุณูŠ ูˆุฃุชุณุงุกู„ ู…ุง ุงู„ู…ุบุฒู‰ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ูƒู„ู‡ุŸ
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It was not about beautifying a place by bringing art to it.
ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุชุฌู…ูŠู„ ู…ูƒุงู† ุนู† ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุฌู„ุจ ูู† ุฅู„ูŠู‡.
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It was about switching perception and opening a dialogue on the connection that we have with communities that we donโ€™t know.
ุจู„ ูƒุงู† ุนู† ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ ุชุตูˆุฑ ูˆูุชุญ ุญูˆุงุฑ ุนู† ุงู„ุตู„ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุฌู…ุนู†ุง ุจู…ุฌุชู…ุนุงุช ู„ุง ู†ุนุฑูู‡ุง.
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So day after day, the calligraphy circle was taking shape, and we were always excited to go back on the mountain to look at the piece.
ู„ุฐุง ูŠูˆู…ู‹ุง ุจุนุฏ ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ูƒุงู†ุช ุฏุงุฆุฑุฉ ุงู„ุฎุท ุชุฃุฎุฐ ุดูƒู„ู‹ุงุŒ ูˆูƒู†ุง ู…ุชุญู…ุณูŠู† ุฏุงุฆู…ู‹ุง ู„ู„ุนูˆุฏุฉ ู„ู„ุฌุจู„ ู„ู†ู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู‚ุทุนุฉ.
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And standing exactly at this point every day made my realize the symbolism behind this anamorphic piece.
ูˆุงู„ูˆู‚ูˆู ููŠ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู† ุจุงู„ุถุจุท ูƒู„ ูŠูˆู… ุฌุนู„ู†ูŠ ุฃุฏุฑูƒ ุงู„ุฑู…ุฒูŠุฉ ูˆุฑุงุก ู‚ุทุนุฉ ู…ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุทุน.
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If you want to see the real image of somebody, maybe you should change your angle.
ุฅู† ูƒู†ุช ุชุฑูŠุฏ ุงู„ุตูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ู„ุดุฎุต ู…ุงุŒ ุฑุจู…ุง ุนู„ูŠูƒ ุฃู† ุชุบูŠุฑ ุฒูˆุงูŠุฉ ู†ุธุฑูƒ.
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There was doubts and difficulties, like fears and stress.
ูƒุงู†ุช ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุดูƒูˆูƒ ูˆุตุนูˆุจุงุชุŒ ู…ุซู„ ู…ุฎุงูˆู ูˆุชูˆุชุฑุงุช.
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It wasn't simple to work in such environments, sometimes having pigs under you while you paint or climbing a stack of garbage to reach a lift.
ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุณู‡ู„ ุงู„ุนู…ู„ ููŠ ู…ุซู„ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ุจูŠุฆุฉุŒ ููŠ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุฃุญูŠุงู†ุŒ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฎู†ุงุฒูŠุฑ ุฃุณูู„ ู…ู†ูƒ ูˆุฃู†ุช ุชุฑุณู…ุŒ ุฃูˆ ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ุนู„ูŠูƒ ุฃู† ุชุชุณู„ู‚ ุฃูƒูˆุงู… ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงู…ุฉ ู„ุชุตู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑุงูุนุฉ.
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But we all got over the fear of the heights, the swinging lifts, the strength of the smell and also the stress of not finishing on time.
ู„ูƒู†ู†ุง ุฌู…ูŠุนู‹ุง ุชุฌุงูˆุฒู†ุง ุงู„ุฎูˆู ู…ู† ุงู„ุงุฑุชูุงุนุงุชุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฑุงูุนุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุฃุฑุฌุญุฉุŒ ูˆู‚ูˆุฉ ุงู„ุฑุงุฆุญุฉ ูˆุชูˆุชุฑ ุนุฏู… ุฅู†ู‡ุงุก ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ููŠ ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ุงู„ู…ุญุฏุฏ.
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But the kindness of all those people made us forget everything.
ู„ูƒู† ู„ุทู ูƒู„ ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุฌุนู„ู†ุง ู†ู†ุณู‰ ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก.
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The building number 3 was the house of Uncle Bakheet and Aunty Fareeda.
ุงู„ู…ุจู†ู‰ ุฑู‚ู… 3 ูƒุงู† ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุงู„ุนู… ุจุฎูŠุช ูˆุงู„ุฎุงู„ุฉ ูุฑูŠุฏุฉ.
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In Egyptian, they have this expression that says, "Ahsen Nas," which means "the best people."
ุจุงู„ู„ู‡ุฌุฉ ุงู„ู…ุตุฑูŠุฉุŒ ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุนุจุงุฑุฉ "ุฃุญุณู† ู†ุงุณ"ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนู†ูŠ "ุฃุญุณู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ".
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They were the best people.
ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ู‡ู… ุฃุญุณู† ู†ุงุณ.
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We used to take our break in front of their houses, and all the kids of the neighborhood used to join us.
ูƒู†ุง ู†ุฃุฎุฐ ูุชุฑุงุช ุงุณุชุฑุงุญุฉ ุฃู…ุงู… ู…ู†ุงุฒู„ู‡ู…ุŒ ูˆูƒุงู† ูƒู„ ุฃุทูุงู„ ุงู„ุญูŠ ูŠู†ุถู…ูˆู† ุฅู„ูŠู†ุง.
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I was impressed and amazed by the kids of Manshiyat Naser.
ูƒู†ุช ู…ู†ุฏู‡ุดู‹ุง ู…ู† ุฃุทูุงู„ ู…ู†ุดูŠุฉ ู†ุงุตุฑ.
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For the first few days, they were always refusing anything we were offering them, even a snack or a drink.
ููŠ ุงู„ุฃูŠุงู… ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ุŒ ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ุฏุงุฆู…ู‹ุง ูŠุฑูุถูˆู† ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุก ู†ู‚ุฏู…ู‡ ู„ู‡ู…ุŒ ุญุชู‰ ู‚ุทุนุฉ ุญู„ูˆู‰ ุฃูˆ ู…ุดุฑูˆุจู‹ุง.
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So I asked Aunty Fareeda, "Why is that?"
ุณุฃู„ุช ุงู„ุฎุงู„ุฉ ูุฑูŠุฏุฉุŒ "ู…ุง ุงู„ุณุจุจุŸ"
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And she told me they teach their kids to refuse anything from somebody that they don't know because maybe this person needs it more than they do.
ุฃุฎุจุฑุชู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู‡ู… ูŠุนู„ู…ูˆู† ุฃูˆู„ุงุฏู‡ู… ุฃู† ูŠุฑูุถูˆุง ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุก ู…ู† ุฃูŠ ุดุฎุต ู„ุง ูŠุนุฑููˆู†ู‡ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ุฑุจู…ุง ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุดุฎุต ูŠุญุชุงุฌู‡ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู†ู‡ู….
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So at this exact point I realized actually the Zaraeeb community was the ideal context to raise the topic of perception.
ุฅุฐู‹ุง ูˆููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู„ุญุธุฉ ุจุงู„ุฐุงุช ุฃุฏุฑูƒุช ุฃู† ู…ุฌุชู…ุน ุงู„ุฒุฑุงูŠุจ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู†ุทุงู‚ ุงู„ุฃูุถู„ ู„ุทุฑุญ ู…ูˆุถูˆุน ุงู„ุชุตูˆุฑ ูˆุงู„ูู‡ู….
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We need to question our level of misconception and judgment we can have as a society upon communities based on their differences.
ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ู†ุธุฑ ููŠ ู…ุณุชูˆู‰ ุณูˆุก ุงู„ูู‡ู… ูˆุงู„ุญูƒู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู†ุญู…ู„ู‡ ูƒู…ุฌุชู…ุน ุนู† ุงู„ุฌู…ุงุนุงุช ุงุณุชู†ุงุฏู‹ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุงุฎุชู„ุงูุงุชู‡ู… ุนู†ุง.
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I remember how we got delayed on Uncle Ibrahim's house when his pigs that are bred on the rooftop were eating the sand bags that hold the lifts.
ุฃุชุฐูƒุฑ ุฃู†ู†ุง ุชุฃุฎุฑู†ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุนู…ู„ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุงู„ุนู… ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู… ุญูŠู† ูƒุงู†ุช ุฎู†ุงุฒูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ุฑุจุงุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุณุทุญ ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุชุฃูƒู„ ุฃูƒูŠุงุณ ุงู„ุฑู…ู„ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูƒุงู†ุช ุชุซุจุช ุงู„ุฑุงูุนุงุช.
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The house of Uncle Bakheet and Aunty Fareeda was this kind of meeting point.
ูƒุงู† ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุงู„ุนู… ุจุฎูŠุช ูˆุงู„ุฎุงู„ุฉ ูุฑูŠุฏุฉ ุจู…ุซุงุจุฉ ู†ู‚ุทุฉ ุชุฌู…ุน.
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Everybody used to gather there.
ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ูŠุฌุชู…ุน ู‡ู†ุงูƒ.
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I think this is what Uncle Ibrahim meant when he said that was a project of peace and unity, because I really felt that people were coming together.
ุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ู…ุง ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุนู… ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู… ูŠุนู†ูŠู‡ ุญูŠู† ู‚ุงู„ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ู‡ูˆ ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ุณู„ุงู… ูˆูˆุญุฏุฉุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุญุณุณุช ูุนู„ู‹ุง ุฃู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ูƒุงู†ุช ุชุฌุชู…ุน ู…ุน ุจุนุถู‡ุง.
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Everyone was greeting us with a smile, offering us a drink or inviting us into their own house for lunch.
ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ูŠุญูŠูŠู†ุง ุจุงู„ุงุจุชุณุงู…ุฉุŒ ูˆูŠู‚ุฏู…ูˆู† ู„ู†ุง ู…ุดุฑูˆุจู‹ุง ุฃูˆ ูŠุฏุนูˆู†ู†ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ู†ุงุฒู„ู‡ู… ู„ุชู†ุงูˆู„ ุงู„ุบุฏุงุก.
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Sometime, you are at the first level of a building, and somebody opens his window and offers you some tea.
ุฃุญูŠุงู†ู‹ุง ุชูƒูˆู† ููŠ ุงู„ุทุงุจู‚ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ุจู†ุงูŠุฉุŒ ููŠูุชุญ ุฃุญุฏ ุงู„ู†ุงูุฐุฉ ู„ูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ุงู„ุดุงูŠ.
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And then the same thing happens on the second floor.
ูˆู†ูุณ ุงู„ุดูŠุก ูŠุญุฏุซ ููŠ ุงู„ุทุงุจู‚ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ.
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And you keep going all the way to the top.
ูˆู‡ูƒุฐุง ุฏูˆุงู„ูŠูƒ ุญุชู‰ ุชุตู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุนู„ู‰.
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I think I never drink as much tea as I did in Egypt.
ุฃุนุชู‚ุฏ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู„ู… ุฃุดุฑุจ ุดุงูŠู‹ุง ุจู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูƒู…ูŠุฉ ูƒู…ุง ุดุฑุจุช ููŠ ู…ุตุฑ.
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And to be honest with you, we could have finished earlier, but I think it took us three weeks because of all those tea breaks.
ูˆู„ูƒูŠ ุฃูƒูˆู† ุตุงุฏู‚ู‹ุง ู…ุนูƒู…ุŒ ูƒุงู† ุจุฅู…ูƒุงู†ู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ู†ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ู…ุจูƒุฑู‹ุงุŒ ู„ูƒู† ุฃุฎุฐ ู…ู†ุง ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ 3 ุฃุณุงุจูŠุน ุจุณุจุจ ูƒู„ ุงุณุชุฑุงุญุงุช ุงู„ุดุงูŠ ู‡ุฐู‡.
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In Egypt, they have another expression, which is "Nawartouna," which means, "You brought light to us."
ููŠ ู…ุตุฑุŒ ู„ุฏูŠู‡ู… ุนุจุงุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ุŒ ูˆู‡ูŠ "ู†ูˆุฑุชูˆู†ุง"ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนู†ูŠ "ุฌู„ุจุชู… ู„ู†ุง ุงู„ู†ูˆุฑ".
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In Manshiyat Naser they were always telling us this.
ููŠ ู…ู†ุดูŠุฉ ู†ุงุตุฑุŒ ูƒุงู†ูˆุง ุฏุงุฆู…ู‹ุง ู…ุง ูŠู‚ูˆู„ูˆู†ู‡ุง ู„ู†ุง.
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The calligraphy, actually -- I used a white glow-in-the-dark paint for the calligraphy so at the end of the project, we rented some black light projectors and lit up the whole neighborhood, surprising everybody around.
ุงู„ุฎุท ุงู„ู…ุฑุณูˆู…ุŒ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน-- ุงุณุชุนู…ู„ุช ุตุจุงุบุฉ ุจูŠุถุงุก ุชุชูˆู‡ุฌ ููŠ ุงู„ุธู„ุงู… ููŠ ูƒุชุงุจุฉ ุงู„ุฎุท ูููŠ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุนุŒ ุงุณุชุฃุฌุฑู†ุง ูƒุงุดูุงุช ุถูˆุฆูŠุฉ ุณูˆุฏุงุก ูˆุฃู†ุฑู†ุง ุงู„ุญูŠ ูƒู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆูุงุฌุฃู†ุง ู…ู† ููŠ ุงู„ุฌูˆุงุฑ.
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We wanted to tell them that they are the ones who brought light to us.
ูƒู†ุง ู†ุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ู†ู‚ูˆู„ ู„ู‡ู… ุฃู†ู‡ู… ู‡ู… ู…ู† ุฌู„ุจูˆุง ู„ู†ุง ุงู„ู†ูˆุฑ.
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The Zaraeeb community are strong, honest, hard workers, and they know their value.
ู…ุฌุชู…ุน ุงู„ุฒุฑุงูŠุจุŒ ุฃู‚ูˆูŠุงุกุŒ ุตุงุฏู‚ูˆู† ูˆู…ุฌุชู‡ุฏูˆู†ุŒ ูˆูŠุนุฑููˆู† ู‚ูŠู…ุชู‡ู….
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The people of Cairo call them "the Zabaleen," which means "the people of the garbage," but ironically, the people of Manshiyat Naser call the people of Cairo the Zabaleen.
ุณูƒุงู† ุงู„ู‚ุงู‡ุฑุฉ ูŠุณู…ูˆู†ู‡ู…" ุงู„ุฒุจุงู„ูŠู†"ุŒ ูˆุชุนู†ูŠ "ุฃุตุญุงุจ ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงู…ุฉ"ุŒ ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ู…ูุงุฑู‚ุฉ ุฃู† ุณูƒุงู† ู…ู†ุดูŠุฉ ู†ุงุตุฑ ูŠุณู…ูˆู† ุณูƒุงู† ุงู„ู‚ุงู‡ุฑุฉ ุจุงู„ุฒุจุงู„ูŠู†.
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They say, they are the ones who produce the garbage, not them.
ูŠู‚ูˆู„ูˆู† ุฃู†ู‡ู… ู‡ู… ู…ู† ูŠู†ุชุฌูˆู† ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงู…ุฉุŒ ูˆู„ูŠุณูˆุง ู‡ู….
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The goal was to leave something to this community, but I feel that they are the ones who left something in our lives.
ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู‡ุฏู ุฃู† ู†ุชุฑูƒ ุดูŠุฆู‹ุง ู„ู„ู…ุฌุชู…ุนุŒ ู„ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุดุนุฑ ุฃุชู‡ู… ู‡ู… ู…ู† ุชุฑูƒูˆุง ุฃุซุฑู‹ุง ููŠ ุญูŠุงุชู†ุง.
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You know, the art project was just a pretext for this amazing human experience.
ุฃุชุนู„ู…ูˆู†ุŒ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ุงู„ูู†ูŠ ู…ุฌุฑุฏ ุฐุฑูŠุนุฉ ู„ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุชุฌุฑุจุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุณุงู†ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฑุงุฆุนุฉ.
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The art piece at some point will disappear, vanish, and actually there is somebody who is building a second floor in front of Uncle Ibrahim's house, so it's covering part of the painting, so I might need to go back and paint over it.
ููŠ ู†ู‚ุทุฉ ู…ุงุŒ ุณุชุฎุชููŠ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู‚ุทุนุฉ ุงู„ูู†ูŠุฉ ูˆุณุชุชู„ุงุดู‰ุŒ ูˆููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุดุฎุต ูŠุจู†ูŠ ุทุงุจู‚ู‹ุง ุซุงู†ูŠู‹ุง ู‚ุจุงู„ุฉ ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุงู„ุนู… ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู…ุŒ ูˆุจู‡ุฐุง ุณูŠุบุทูŠ ุฌุฒุกู‹ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุณู…ุŒ ู„ุฐุง ูุฑุจู…ุง ุนู„ูŠ ุฃู† ุฃุนูˆุฏ ู„ุฃุนูŠุฏ ุฑุณู…ู‡.
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It was about the experience, about the story, about the moment.
ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ู…ุชุนู„ู‚ู‹ุง ุจุงู„ุชุฌุฑุจุฉุŒ ูˆุจุงู„ู‚ุตุฉุŒ ูˆุจุงู„ู„ุญุธุฉ.
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From the streets of the neighborhood, the painting appears in fragments, isolated from one another, standing alone.
ู…ู† ุดูˆุงุฑุน ุงู„ุฃุญูŠุงุกุŒ ูุฅู† ุงู„ุฑุณู… ูŠุธู‡ุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุดูƒู„ ู‚ุทุนุŒ ู…ู†ูุตู„ุฉ ุนู† ุจุนุถู‡ุง ุงู„ุจุนุถุŒ ูˆุงู‚ูุฉ ุจู…ูุฑุฏู‡ุง.
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But connected with the sign of calligraphy that today reveals the powerful message that we should all think about before we want to judge somebody.
ู„ูƒู†ู‡ุง ู…ุชุตู„ุฉ ุจุฑู…ูˆุฒ ุงู„ุฎุท ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุจูŠู† ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุฑุณุงู„ุฉ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุนู„ูŠู†ุง ุฌู…ูŠุนุง ุฃู† ู†ููƒุฑ ุจู‡ุง ู‚ุจู„ ุฃู† ู†ู†ูˆูŠ ุงู„ุญูƒู… ุนู„ู‰ ุฃูŠ ุฃุญุฏ.
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Anyone who wants to see the sunlight clearly needs to wipe his eyes first.
ุฅู† ุฃุฑุงุฏ ุฃุญุฏ ุฃู† ูŠุจุตุฑ ู†ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุดู…ุณุŒ ูุฅู† ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุฃู† ูŠู…ุณุญ ุนูŠู†ูŠู‡.
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Thank you.
ุดูƒุฑู‹ุง ู„ูƒู