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Mohamed Ali: The link between unemployment and terrorism
Mohamed Ali: Lidhja mes papunesise dhe terrorizmit
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Per te rinjte dhe te papunet neper qytetet e medha te botes, endrrat e mundesive dhe te pasurise mund te kthehen ne te verteta -- por shume shpesh sepse jane te rekrutuar nga grupe terroriste dhe organizata te tjetra te dhunshme. Avokati i te drejtave te njeriut Mohamed Ali tregon histori nga qyteti i lindjes Mogadishu, dhe thekson rendesine e lindjes se risive per te rinjte ambicioze te qytetit tone.
Mohamed Ali - Human rights advocate
Human rights advocate Mohamed Ali fights terrorism with entrepreneurship. Full bio
Human rights advocate Mohamed Ali fights terrorism with entrepreneurship. Full bio
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I would like to talk to you about a story
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Do doja tju flisja mbi nje histrori
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about a small town kid.
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per nje femije te vogel nga qyteti.
00:16
I don't know his name, but I do know his story.
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Nuk ja njoh emrin, por i njoh historine.
00:20
He lives in a small village in southern Somalia.
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Ai jeton ne nje fshat te vogel ne Somaline jugore.
00:23
His village is near Mogadishu.
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Fshati i tij eshte afer Mogadishut.
00:27
Drought drives the small village into poverty
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Thatesia e shtyu fshatin e tij te vogel ne varferi
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and to the brink of starvation.
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dhe ne buze te gjendjes se urise.
00:31
With nothing left for him there,
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Duke mos patur asgje aty,
00:33
he leaves for the big city,
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ai largohet per ne qytetin e madh,
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in this case, Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
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ne kete rast, ne Mogadishu, kryeqyteti i Somalise.
00:38
When he arrives, there are no opportunities,
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Kur mberrin atje, nuk ka mundesi,
00:41
no jobs, no way forward.
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nuk ka pune, nuk can dot.
00:44
He ends up living in a tent city
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Perfundon duke jetuar ne nje tende
00:46
on the outskirts of Mogadishu.
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ne periferi te Mogadishut.
00:49
Maybe a year passes, nothing.
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Mbase nje vit kalon, asgje.
00:53
One day, he's approached by a gentleman
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Nje dite, atij i afrohet nje zoteri
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who offers to take him to lunch,
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i cili i ofron ta coje per dreke ate,
00:57
then to dinner, to breakfast.
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me pas per darke, dhe per mengjes.
01:00
He meets this dynamic group of people,
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Ai takohet me kete grup njerezish dinamik,
01:03
and they give him a break.
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te cilet i japin atij nje mundesi.
01:05
He's given a bit of money
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I jepen pak para
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to buy himself some new clothes,
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per te blere disa rroba te reja,
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money to send back home to his family.
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para per t'ja derguar familjes se tij ne shtepi.
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He is introduced to this young woman.
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Ai prezantohet me nje grua te re.
01:13
He eventually gets married.
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Perfundimisht ai martohet.
01:14
He starts this new life.
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Nis nje jete te re.
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He has a purpose in life.
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Ai ka nje qellim ne jete.
01:20
One beautiful day in Mogadishu,
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Nje dite te bukur ne Mogadishu,
01:23
under an azure blue sky,
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nen nje qiell blu te kalter,
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a car bomb goes off.
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nje bombe ne nje makine shperthen.
01:28
That small town kid with the big city dreams
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Ai femija i vogel me endrra te medha mbi qytetin
01:31
was the suicide bomber,
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ishte vetevrasesi bombe,
01:34
and that dynamic group of people
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dhe ai grup njerezish dinamik
01:36
were al Shabaab, a terrorist organization
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ishin al Shabaab, nje organizate terroriste
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linked to al Qaeda.
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e lidhur me al Qaeden.
01:42
So how does the story of a small town kid
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Si historia e nje djaloshi te vogel
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just trying to make it big in the city
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i cili perpiqet t'ja dale ne qytet,
01:47
end up with him blowing himself up?
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perfundon duke shperthyer veten?
01:50
He was waiting.
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Ai po priste.
01:52
He was waiting for an opportunity,
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Priste per nje mundesi,
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waiting to begin his future,
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priste te fillonte te ardhmen e tij,
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waiting for a way forward,
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priste per nje rruge perpara,
01:57
and this was the first thing that came along.
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dhe kjo ishte gjeja e pare qe i erdhi.
02:00
This was the first thing that pulled him out
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Kjo ishte gjeja e pare qe e terhoqi
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of what we call waithood.
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nga ajo cka ne quajme pritja.
02:05
And his story repeats itself
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Dhe historia e tij riperseritet
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in urban centers around the world.
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ne qendra urbane perreth botes.
02:10
It is the story of the disenfranchised,
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Eshte historia e rinise urbane
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unemployed urban youth
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te papune, pa te drejta,
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who sparks riots in Johannesburg,
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qe shkendijne trazira ne Johanesburg,
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sparks riots in London,
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qe shkendijne trazira ne Londer,
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who reaches out for something other than waithood.
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te cilet kerkojne dicka ndryshe nga pritja.
02:25
For young people, the promise of the city,
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Per te rinjte, premtimi i qytetit,
02:28
the big city dream is that of opportunity,
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endrra e qytetit te madh eshte mundesia,
02:31
of jobs, of wealth,
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e punes, e pasurise,
02:33
but young people are not sharing
in the prosperity of their cities.
in the prosperity of their cities.
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por te rinjte nuk kane pjese
ne mireqenien e qyteteve te tyre.
ne mireqenien e qyteteve te tyre.
02:36
Often it's youth who suffer from
the highest unemployment rates.
the highest unemployment rates.
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Shpesh eshte rinia ajo qe
vuan shifrat e larta te papunesise.
vuan shifrat e larta te papunesise.
02:41
By 2030, three out of five people living in cities
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Ne 2030, tre nga pese njerez qe do jetojne neper qytete
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will be under the age of 18.
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do jene nen moshen 18.
02:46
If we do not include young people
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Nese nuk perfshijme njerez te rinj
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in the growth of our cities,
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ne zhvillimin e qyteteve,
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if we do not provide them opportunities,
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nese nuk i japim atyre mundesi,
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the story of waithood,
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historia e pritjes,
02:54
the gateway to terrorism, to violence, to gangs,
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rrugedalja ne terrorisem, ne dhune, ne banda,
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will be the story of cities 2.0.
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do jete historia e qyteteve 2.0.
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And in my city of birth, Mogadishu,
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Dhe ne qytetin tim te lindjes, ne Mogadishu,
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70 percent of young people
suffer from unemployment.
suffer from unemployment.
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70 perqind e te rinjve vuajne nga papunesia.
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70 percent don't work,
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70 perqind nuk punojne,
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don't go to school.
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nuk shkollohen.
03:13
They pretty much do nothing.
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Ata pak a shume nuk bejne asgje.
03:15
I went back to Mogadishu last month,
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U ktheva ne Mogadishu muajin e kaluar,
03:19
and I went to visit Madina Hospital,
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dhe vajta te vizitoja spitalin Madina,
03:21
the hospital I was born in.
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spitalin ne te cilin kam lindur.
03:23
I remember standing in front of that
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Me kujtohej tek qendroja para
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bullet-ridden hospital thinking,
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atij spitali shoshe nga plumbat duke menduar,
03:28
what if I had never left?
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po sikur mos te isha larguar kurre?
03:30
What if I had been forced
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Po sikur te isha detyruar
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into that same state of waithood?
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ne te njejten situate te pritjes?
03:33
Would I have become a terrorist?
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A do isha bere nje terrorist?
03:37
I'm not really sure about the answer.
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Nuk jam shume i sigurt per pergjigjen.
03:40
My reason for being in Mogadishu that month
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Arsyeja ime e te qenit ne Mogadishu ate muaj
03:43
was actually to host
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ishte ne te vertete per te mbajtur
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a youth leadership and entrepreneurship summit.
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nje Samit mbi drejtimin dhe sipermarrjen.
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I brought together about 90 young Somali leaders.
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Une solla aty rreth 90 udheheqes te rinj Somalez.
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We sat down and brainstormed on solutions
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U ulem dhe dhame ide mbi zgjidhjen
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to the biggest challenges facing their city.
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e sfidave me te medha ne qytetin e tyre.
03:55
One of the young men in the room was Aden.
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Nje nga te rinjte ne ate salle ishte Aden.
03:58
He went to university in Mogadishu, graduated.
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Ai eshte diplomuar ne universitetin e Mogadishut.
04:03
There were no jobs, no opportunities.
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Nuk kishte pune, nuk kishte mundesi.
04:05
I remember him telling me,
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Me kujtohet kur me thoshte,
04:06
because he was a college graduate,
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duke qene nje i diplomuar universiteti,
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unemployed, frustrated,
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i papune, i irrituar,
04:12
that he was the perfect target for al Shabaab
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se ai ishte objektivi perfekt per al Shabaab
04:14
and other terrorist organizations, to be recruited.
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dhe per te tjera organizata terroriste,
per tu rekrutuar.
per tu rekrutuar.
04:17
They sought people like him out.
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Ata i kerkonin njerezit si ai.
04:21
But his story takes a different route.
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Por kjo histori merr nje rruge ndryshe.
04:24
In Mogadishu, the biggest barrier
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Ne Mogadishu, pengesa me e madhe
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to getting from point A to point B are the roads.
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per te kaluar nga pika A ne piken B jane rruget.
04:30
Twenty-three years of civil war
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Njezet e tre vjet lufte civile
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have completely destroyed the road system,
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e kane demtuar totalisht sistemin rrugor,
04:34
and a motorbike can be the easiest way
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dhe nje motociklete mund te jete menyra me e lehte
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to get around.
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per te levizur.
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Aden saw an opportunity and seized it.
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Aden pa nje mundesi dhe e pushtoi.
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He started a motorbike company.
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Ai nisi nje kompani motocikletash.
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He began renting out motorbikes
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Nisi te japi me qera motocikleta
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to local residents who couldn't normally afford them.
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tek banoret lokal qe normalisht nuk i perballonin ato.
04:48
He bought 10 bikes, with the help
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Ai bleu 10 motocikleta, me ndihmen
04:50
of family and friends,
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e familjes dhe te miqve,
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and his dream is to eventually expand
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dhe endrra e tij eshte qe te zgjerohet
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to several hundred within the next three years.
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ne disa qindra brenda tre vjeteve ne vazhdim.
04:57
How is this story different?
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Si eshte kjo histori ndryshe?
04:59
What makes his story different?
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Cfare e ben historine e tij ndryshe?
05:02
I believe it is his ability to identify
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Mendoj se eshte aftesia e tij te identifikoje
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and seize a new opportunity.
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dhe te perhape mundesi te reja.
05:08
It's entrepreneurship,
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Eshte sipermarrje,
05:10
and I believe entrepreneurship can be
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dhe mendoj se sipermarrja mund te behet
05:12
the most powerful tool against waithood.
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vegla me e fuqishme kundra pritjes.
05:15
It empowers young people
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Ajo fuqizon njerez te rinj
05:16
to be the creators of the very economic opportunities
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te jene krijuesit e mundesive ekonomike
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they are so desperately seeking.
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qe ata po kerkojne me kaq deshperim.
05:22
And you can train young people to be entrepreneurs.
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Dhe njerezit e rinj mund te trajnohen te jene sipermarres.
05:26
I want to talk to you about a young man
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Deshiroj t'ju flas per nje djale te ri
05:28
who attended one of my meetings,
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i cili mori pjese ne nje nga mbledhjet e mia,
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Mohamed Mohamoud, a florist.
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Mohamed Mohamoud, nje luleshites.
05:33
He was helping me train some of the young people
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Ai me ndihmoi te trajnoja disa njerez te rinj
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at the summit in entrepreneurship
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ne samitin e sipermarrjes
05:36
and how to be innovative
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dhe si te sjellesh risi
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and how to create a culture of entrepreneurship.
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dhe si te krijosh nje kulture mbi sipermarrjen.
05:41
He's actually the first florist Mogadishu has seen
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Ai faktikisht eshte luleshitesi i pare qe Mogadishu ka pare
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in over 22 years,
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keto 22 vjet,
05:46
and until recently, until Mohamed came along,
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dhe deri kohet e fundit, deri sa doli Mohamedi,
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if you wanted flowers at your wedding,
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nese te duheshin lule per dasmen
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you used plastic bouquets
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ti perdorje buqeta plastike
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shipped from abroad.
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te ardhura nga jashte.
05:54
If you asked someone,
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Nese do pyesje dike,
05:56
"When was the last time you saw fresh flowers?"
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"Kur ka qene hera fundit qe ke pare lule te fresketa?"
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for many who grew up under civil war,
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per shume qe u rriten gjate luftes civile,
06:01
the answer would be, "Never."
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pergjigja do ishte, "Kurre."
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So Mohamed saw an opportunity.
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Pra Mohamed pa nje mundesi.
06:05
He started a landscaping and design floral company.
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Ai filloi nje kompani qe merrej me rregullim
kopshtesh dhe dizenjim floral.
kopshtesh dhe dizenjim floral.
06:10
He created a farm right outside of Mogadishu,
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Krijoi nje ferme jashte Mogadishut,
06:13
and started growing tulips and lilies,
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dhe nisi te rrisi lloje tulipane dhe zambake,
06:15
which he said could survive
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te cilat mund te mbijetonin ne
06:17
the harsh Mogadishu climate.
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klimen e ashper te Mogadishut.
06:20
And he began delivering flowers to weddings,
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Dhe nisi te shperndaje lule neper dasma,
06:23
creating gardens at homes
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te krijoje kopshte neper shtepite
06:25
and businesses around the city,
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dhe bizneset e qytetit,
06:28
and he's now working on creating
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dhe tashme eshte duke punuar ne krijimin
06:30
Mogadishu's first public park in 22 years.
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e parkut te pare publik ne Mogadishu pas 22 vitesh.
06:33
There's no public park in Mogadishu.
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Nuk ka park publik ne Mogadishu.
06:35
He wants to create a space where families,
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Ai deshiron te krijoje nje hapesire ku familjet,
06:38
young people, can come together,
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njerez te rinj, mund te bashkohen,
06:39
and, as he says, smell the proverbial roses.
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dhe sic thote ai, te nuhasin trendafilat proverbial.
06:44
And he doesn't grow roses because
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Ai nuk rrit trendafila
06:46
they use too much water, by the way.
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sepse ato perdorin shume uje.
06:50
So the first step is to inspire young people,
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Pra hapi i pare eshte te inspirosh njerez te rinj,
06:54
and in that room, Mohamed's presence
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dhe ne ate dhome, prezenca e Mohamedit
06:57
had a really profound impact
on the youth in that room.
on the youth in that room.
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kishte nje impakt vertet te thelle
tek te rinjte prezent.
tek te rinjte prezent.
07:00
They had never really thought
about starting up a business.
about starting up a business.
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Ata nuk kishin menduar kurre te nisnin nje biznes.
07:03
They've thought about working for an NGO,
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Kishin menduar te punonin per nje OJQ,
07:04
working for the government,
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per te punuar per qeverine,
07:06
but his story, his innovation,
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por historia e tij, risia e tij,
07:10
really had a strong impact on them.
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kishte nje impakt te forte mbi ata.
07:12
He forced them to look at their city
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Ai i detyroi ta shohin qytetin e tyre
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as a place of opportunity.
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si vendi i mundesive.
07:16
He empowered them to believe
that they could be entrepreneurs,
that they could be entrepreneurs,
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I fuqizoi ata te besojne se
mund te behen sipermarres,
mund te behen sipermarres,
07:20
that they could be change makers.
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se mund te behen ndryshim beres.
07:22
By the end of the day, they were coming up
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Ne fund te dites, ata erdhen
07:24
with innovative solutions
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me zgjidhje te reja
07:26
to some of the biggest challenges facing their city.
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per disa nga sfidat me te medha
qe po kalonte qyteti i tyre.
qe po kalonte qyteti i tyre.
07:29
They came up with entrepreneurial solutions
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Erdhen me zgjidhje sipermarrese
07:31
to local problems.
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per problemet lokale.
07:34
So inspiring young people
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Pra te frymezosh te rinjte
07:37
and creating a culture of entrepreneurship
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dhe te krijosh kulturen e sipermarrjes
07:39
is a really great step,
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eshte nje hap shume i madh,
07:41
but young people need capital
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por njerezit e rinj duan nje kapital
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to make their ideas a reality.
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per te kthyer idete ne realitet.
07:44
They need expertise and mentorship
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Kan nevoje per expertize dhe tutore
07:47
to guide them in developing
and launching their businesses.
and launching their businesses.
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per ti udhezuar ne zhvillimin dhe hapjen e bizneseve.
07:50
Connect young people with the resources they need,
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Lidhini te rinjte me burimet qe u nevojiten,
07:53
provide them the support they need
to go from ideation to creation,
to go from ideation to creation,
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sigurojini mbeshtetjen qe u nevojitet
per te kaluar nga idete tek krijimi,
per te kaluar nga idete tek krijimi,
07:56
and you will create catalysts for urban growth.
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dhe do krijoni katalizatore per zhvillimin urban.
08:00
For me, entrepreneurship is more than just
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Per mua, sipermarrja eshte me shume se
08:03
starting up a business.
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thjesht hapja e nje biznesi.
08:05
It's about creating a social impact.
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Eshte per krijimin e impaktit social.
08:07
Mohamed is not simply selling flowers.
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Mohamed nuk eshte thjesht nje shites lulesh.
08:09
I believe he is selling hope.
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Une mendoj se ai po shet shprese.
08:12
His Peace Park, and that's what he calls it,
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Parku i Paqes i tij, se keshtu e quan ai,
08:14
when it's created, will actually transform
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kur te krijohet, realisht do ndryshoje
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the way people see their city.
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menyren se si njerezit e shohin qytetin e tyre.
08:18
Aden hired street kids to help rent out
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Aden punesoi femije te rruges
per ta ndihmuar te japin me qera
per ta ndihmuar te japin me qera
08:21
and maintain those bikes for him.
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dhe te mirembajne motorcikletat per te.
08:22
He gave them the opportunity to escape
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I dha mundesine te arratisen
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the paralysis of waithood.
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nga paraliza e pritjes.
08:27
These young entrepreneurs are having
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Keta sipermarres te rinj kane
08:30
a tremendous impact in their cities.
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nje impakt te pamase ne qytetin e tyre.
08:33
So my suggestion is,
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Pra sugjerimi im eshte,
08:36
turn youth into entrepreneurs,
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kthejini te rinjte ne sipermarres,
08:38
incubate and nurture their inherent innovation,
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jepini ngrohtesi dhe ushqim risise se natyrshme ,
08:41
and you will have more stories
of flowers and Peace Parks
of flowers and Peace Parks
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dhe do keni me shume histori lulesh dhe Parku i Paqes
08:45
than of car bombs and waithood.
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sesa te bombave ne makina dhe pritje.
08:48
Thank you.
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Faleminderit.
08:51
(Applause)
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(Duatrokitje)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mohamed Ali - Human rights advocateHuman rights advocate Mohamed Ali fights terrorism with entrepreneurship.
Why you should listen
In urban hubs like Mogadishu, says Mohamed Ali, we're losing our brightest minds to terrorism and violence. Why not channel the energy of ambitious and eager young people toward innovation instead of destruction? Ali is doing his part to make this dream a reality. He is the Executive Director of the Iftiin Foundation, an organization that builds and supports young entrepreneurs to encourage a culture of change and innovation in Somalia and other post-conflict countries. Ali believes these untapped youths can become figures of hope for their communities and ultimately promote peace and stability in the region.
Ali is a founding member of End Famine, a campaign founded in 2011 aimed at promoting food security and eradicating famine worldwide, starting with the Horn of Africa. Ali has a law degree from Boston College Law School.
Mohamed Ali | Speaker | TED.com