Le boulanger de l’Afghanistan (The Baker from Afghanistan)

Duolingo French Podcast

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Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Najib Nasary left his native Afghanistan in search of a fresh start in France. He had nothing, knew no one, and faced the threat of deportation. But when a village in France’s Cévennes mountains took him in, he finally found a new home…and a new passion for baking French bread.

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0:00.0	It was 2009 when Najib Nasuri first arrived in France.
0:05.2	He'd left his home in Afghanistan and walked through eight different countries, nearly
0:10.2	5,000 miles to make it to Paris.
0:13.8	He was 21, an orphan, and alone.
0:18.0	More than anything he wanted to find a home.
0:21.0	I was left in Afghanistan to flee the war.
0:25.0	I couldn't live there anymore.
0:28.0	My parents were dead and it was dangerous for me.
0:32.0	So I left.
0:34.0	I came to France.
0:36.0	I didn't know anyone.
0:39.0	I didn't know where to go.
0:51.0	She had no money, he knew no one.
0:54.8	On the street he met three other Afghans who told him they were headed to a migrant camp
0:59.2	in the north of France, known as the Calais jungle.
1:03.8	I decided to go with him.
1:06.6	When I arrived in the camp, I had nothing.
1:10.6	Volunteers destroyed clothes, shoes and new clothes.
1:16.0	I went to see them.
1:19.0	In the Calais jungle, volunteers gave Najib a hot meal, new clothes and new shoes.
1:25.5	Through an interpreter, one of them asked Najib where he was from and said he could help
1:30.4	Najib apply for asylum in France.
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