Video — Together for Canada – Ibrahim
Transcript of Together for Canada – Ibrahim
Video length: 00:01:37
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[A bird’s-eye view of buildings covered with snow, followed by Ibrahim sitting in an interview chair speaking to the side of the camera then three side-by-side scenes with Ibrahim performing cupping therapy.]
Ibrahim: My name is Ibrahim, and I'm an addictions counselor. I also run my own cupping therapy business.
[Ibrahim in the interview chair, then entering a school and a classroom.]
Ibrahim: My focus with work lately has been in high schools doing addictions preventions with teenagers, and also healthy habit workshops.
[Ibrahim in the interview chair, with inserts of him standing over his laptop in the classroom, wiping a white board and teaching a class of students.]
Ibrahim: My favorite poet, Rumi, said, what hurts you, blesses you, darkness is your candle. In my early adulthood, I struggled with dark periods of depression and mental illness. And so I know what it's like to feel lost. But I also know what it's like to have someone extend a helping hand. One of the reasons why I love the work that I do in working with youth is because I get to be the adult and the mentor that I wish I had growing up.
[Ibrahim in the interview chair with inserts of him grinding and preparing coffee.]
Ibrahim: Now, as an addictions counselor, I probably shouldn't admit this, but coffee is my addiction. What I like about specialty coffee is that it's not so much about the coffee itself as it is about the process. And I think that's true for many different things in life. It's something that I find very grounding and very meditative.
[Ibrahim in the interview chair followed by him walking in a street and closeups of him smiling and laughing.]
Ibrahim: I think the struggles we go through and the wounds we carry, they're not just meant to break us, they're meant to shape us. And I think that's why a part of me connects with this archetype of the wounded healer.
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[Text on the screen in order of appearance: Together for Canada, then the words ‘Working’, ‘Succeeding’ and ‘Standing’ appear one by one replacing the other as they are placed above the phrase ‘Together for Canada’.]
[Text on the screen: Explore the Canadian Guide to Understanding and Combatting Islamophobia: For a more inclusive Canada]
[The visual branding of the Office of Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia appears where the top part is decorated with a semi-circle composed of a mosaic of triangle and diamond shapes surrounding a white maple leaf shape. Text on the screen: Office of the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia]
[The Canada Wordmark appears.]