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Lisbon in there was a five it reallyerased Lisbon in in rocked western Europe and northern Africa in a way that really upended life in those societies for a very long time and all the buildings burned and it mean it was truly cataclysmic and the scientists still look at the western Iberian
Eventually, we made our way to Doha, and from Doha to Lisbon . And in Lisbon , you ended up in the comparable music institution that exists in the Portuguese-- in the Portuguese-- in Portugal.
And how was that contact with the Portuguese students and with the Portuguese faculty of the Music Conservatory of Lisbon ? Yeah. As I noted earlier at the beginning of our conversation, we've been very, very warmly received here in Portugal by the people and by the government of Portugal.
Although I live in London, I'm Portuguese. But I'm delighted to be in Lisbon and hosting you. For all of you guys at home, if you-- we're going to continue this conversation.
And then unfortunately, the events of 2020-2021 happened and you were forced to leave Afghanistan. And you ended up in Lisbon , as we said before. But I would like to us to share with us what was that journey about and how did it start?
Yo-Yo Ma is a huge figure in the music scene, globally. And how did he end up in Lisbon in a given week of the month of March where we are and why did he sit down with your students? Why did he spend time with your students?
To give, or to gift, that wonderful day yesterday, not only to the students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, but to their peers, the Portuguese students If you happen to be in Lisbon , find out if they're playing somewhere, come and meet Dr. Sarmast.
she gives you one of those. I fly from here to Lisbon , Portugal.
This is Simon Cooper. Often port cities-- New York or Lisbon or Mombasa or Mumbai or Singapore or Hong Kong.
because, in soccer, if this is the field, a midfield player plays here. I know him quite well from the Benfica Lisbon time over there.
Like it's already a book. So this is a shot from a wall in Lisbon , that tile backdrop.
explanations. He displayed the artifacts in the Museum of Geology in Lisbon . But if you go there today, you won't see them on display anymore.
I really don't. They're falling over for you, too, though. how's that for a tie-in-- Google "best place to eat Lisbon ."
Today we are here with the founder of the school, Dr. Sarmast. And today, we are here in Lisbon with him, and he is just next to me. Dr. Sarmast, it's a privilege and an honor to have you here today with us at the Talks.
And therefore, the school will be for-- while it will be open to everyone, it will be focusing on the disadvantaged children of the poor-- first of all, in Lisbon , which is-- in Lisbon . So our school will be aiming to provide quality general and music education to the children of refugees,
You can see there the Rosette, the instrument I told you. And usually Spain will have that, or in Lisbon , which is in the same latitude.
And then we have students from Portugal. The last picture at the lower row is an assistant professor from the University of Lisbon . She came and learned meditation from us as well.
He's the co-founder of the International Machine Learning Society. Pedro received his MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from IST in Lisbon , his Master's of Science and PhD in Information and Computer Science from the University of California at Irvine.
This is Simon Cooper. He said if you show up at this beach just south of Lisbon at a little after 9:00 on Monday morning, this guy will walk
And how was the whole translation, how was the arrival? Can you give us a bit of a sense of how were the first days in Lisbon in a foreign country, in a foreign city for a lot of the students, and how the settling in happened?
This may well be his blood brother. They moved through the Atlas Mountains, and moved right across towards Lisbon .
Like it's already a book. So I did some paintings kind of inspired by the title, especially Lisbon had amazing tile everywhere.
You have 30 minutes to make your food and eat it and all of that stuff. But to get the best preserved lemons, you use Eureka lemons or Lisbon .
But the point of the insulation wasn't-- oh, my god, plastics are taking over the world. And you know, we developed and designed some ideas for Lisbon being a zero waste city.
And I'm the first researcher to see these things in over 50 years. I presented a paper on this case at a meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists that was held in Lisbon , Portugal in the year 2000. That paper was later published in a peer reviewed scientific journal from Europe, "The Journal of Iberian
This is Simon Cooper. The first link that would then be leveraged into what was called the WACS cable-- the West Africa Cable System-- from Lisbon down the west coast of Africa, to Cote
What a wonderful video, and how inspiring this story is. Again, Dr. Sarmast, welcome to Lisbon . As I said, I'm Portuguese, so I have to start with this question.
Thank you very much for having me today on the show. And I'm very pleased and amazed to share with you the experience of how we've been treated and have been received here in Lisbon , and in Portugal generally.
to help us to solve that problem and to facilitate our-- and help with obtaining of the passport for our groups. Eventually, we made our way to Doha, and from Doha to Lisbon . And in Lisbon , you ended up in the comparable music institution that exists in the Portuguese--
the new year, and then election. But of course, it was-- our arrival time has been coinciding with the peak of coronavirus once again here in Lisbon and in Portugal. And our community were not vaccinated.
into Portugal community. After two months, eventually our students returned back to school to begin their general education. And also we are extremely pleased and also grateful to the Minister of Education, the National Conservatory of Music of Lisbon , and the secondary school of Marques Pombal to accept the entire ANIM student body together and enroll them in one school into program, which
And now our students are doing very, very well with their schooling. They are making friends within the Portuguese community, and they are also making a musical impact on the Lisbon cultural life. What a wonderful-- what an incredible, incredible story and turn of events.
and to reconstitute ANIM here and to help our students in any way that is possible and he can help us. And one of the very first initiatives that come forward, again, that initiative has been initiated through the Friends of ANIM and Yo-Yo himself to travel to Lisbon to inspire our students, to motivate our students.
To give, or to gift, that wonderful day yesterday, not only to the students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, but to their peers, the Portuguese students And the fact that there is this connection and this, if you will, patronage and presence of Yo-Yo in Lisbon , and specifically
To give, or to gift, that wonderful day yesterday, not only to the students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, but to their peers, the Portuguese students Dr. Sarmast, I cannot thank you enough for even spending this few hours with us here at Google Lisbon and Google Portugal.