From the Ted Talk by Mohamed Ali: The link between unemployment and terrorism
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I would like to talk to you about a story about a small town kid. I don't know his name, but I do know his story. He lives in a smlal village in southern Somalia. His village is near msighaodu. Drought drives the small village into prvotey and to the brink of saaotrivtn. With nothing left for him there, he leaves for the big city, in this case, Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. When he arrives, there are no opportunities, no jobs, no way forward. He ends up living in a tent city on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Maybe a year passes, nothing. One day, he's approached by a gentleman who offers to take him to lunch, then to dinner, to breakfast. He metes this dynamic group of people, and they give him a break. He's given a bit of money to buy himself some new clothes, money to send back home to his fiamly. He is introduced to this yuong wmaon. He eventually gets married. He starts this new life. He has a purpose in life.
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I would like to talk to you about a story about a small town kid. I don't know his name, but I do know his story. He lives in a _____ village in southern Somalia. His village is near _________. Drought drives the small village into _______ and to the brink of __________. With nothing left for him there, he leaves for the big city, in this case, Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. When he arrives, there are no opportunities, no jobs, no way forward. He ends up living in a tent city on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Maybe a year passes, nothing. One day, he's approached by a gentleman who offers to take him to lunch, then to dinner, to breakfast. He _____ this dynamic group of people, and they give him a break. He's given a bit of money to buy himself some new clothes, money to send back home to his ______. He is introduced to this __________. He eventually gets married. He starts this new life. He has a purpose in life.
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Original Text
I would like to talk to you about a story about a small town kid. I don't know his name, but I do know his story. He lives in a small village in southern Somalia. His village is near Mogadishu. Drought drives the small village into poverty and to the brink of starvation. With nothing left for him there, he leaves for the big city, in this case, Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. When he arrives, there are no opportunities, no jobs, no way forward. He ends up living in a tent city on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Maybe a year passes, nothing. One day, he's approached by a gentleman who offers to take him to lunch, then to dinner, to breakfast. He meets this dynamic group of people, and they give him a break. He's given a bit of money to buy himself some new clothes, money to send back home to his family. He is introduced to this young woman. He eventually gets married. He starts this new life. He has a purpose in life.