Donya, a young Afghan who moved to Fremont, California after serving as a translator for the American army, spends her days working at a fortune cookie factory and her nights wide awake.
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:02 Tell me about the situation in Afghanistan before you left to come here.
00:07 >> I don't spend much time thinking.
00:09 >> Why?
00:11 >> Too busy with my social life.
00:12 Thank you.
00:15 [MUSIC]
00:20 >> Fortune messages, they shouldn't be too lucky.
00:23 They shouldn't be too unlucky.
00:27 >> Some pursue happiness you created.
00:30 [MUSIC]
00:32 [FOREIGN]
00:42 >> I'm not meeting anybody.
00:46 >> You don't need anybody.
00:48 You need someone special.
00:49 >> I admire people like you who have stories to tell of courage, displacement.
00:56 >> Guess which immigrant hero I love the most?
00:58 White Fang.
01:00 >> The dog.
01:02 [MUSIC]
01:08 >> Where are you from?
01:08 >> I'm from Afghanistan.
01:11 >> Never met an Afghan before.
01:13 You seem like a friendly people.
01:15 >> We are.
01:16 I'm just not a good example.
01:17 [MUSIC]
01:27 >> It's okay to feel lonely sometimes.
01:30 It would be very strange if people did not think about other possibilities,
01:35 about other people.
01:36 [MUSIC]
01:39 >> [FOREIGN]
01:45 >> Do you love yourself?
01:46 >> Then you should say it out loud.
01:48 >> I love myself.
01:49 [MUSIC]
01:59 [SOUND]