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Sgoil Chocaireachd Ayen (Ayen's Cooking School)

Episode 7 of 35

What happens when a Sudanese woman in Australia starts a cooking school for refugee men?

D猫 a thachras nuair a th貌isicheas boireannach Sudanach ann an Astr脿ilia air sgoil ch貌caireachd dha na fir teicheach agus a dh'iarras i orra cuirm ullachadh dha na measadairean as motha a th' aca - mnathan nan 猫ildear? Cha bhi mnathan Sudan a' ceadachadh dha na fir a thighinn a-steach dhan chidsin oir (am measg adhbharan eile) tha iad a' smaoineachadh gum faodadh iad am boid a losgadh os cionn teintean na c貌caireachd. Ach nuair a lorgar buidheann teicheach de fhir Sudan ann an Adeleide, Astr脿ilia agus iad gus b脿sachadh leis an acras seach nach eil fhios aca d猫 a dh猫anadh iad le frids l脿n bidhe, feumaidh rudeigin atharrachadh. Tha Ayen Kuol, obraiche-sl脿inte Sudanach, a' d猫anamh a h-inntinn suas d霉bhlan a thoirt dha millean bliadhna de chleachdadh is chultar, agus sgoil ch貌caireachd a th貌iseachadh dha fir Afrag脿nach. Tha na ginealaichean a' sabaid airson c貌ir fhaighinn a bhith sa chidsin agus mu dheireadh tha Ayen a' cur an d霉bhlain mun coinneimh. Tha na balaich a' dol a dheasachadh cuirm dha mnathan nan 猫ildear.

What happens when a Sudanese woman in Australia starts a cooking school for the refugee men and asks them to prepare a feast for their biggest critics - the elders' women? Women in Sudan often do not allow men into the kitchen because some believe their penises might burn over the cooking fires. But when a group of refugee Sudanese men in Adelaide, Australia are found starving because they don't know what to do with a fridge full of groceries, something has to change. Ayen Kuol, a Sudanese health worker decides to challenge years of tradition and start a cooking school for African men. The generations battle it out for their right to be in the kitchen and Ayen eventually throws down the gauntlet. The boys must cook a feast for the elder women.

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