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‘Gharib’s World’ has a look at the life and times of Doctor Mohammad Gharib, from the time he was born to the very end of his life. The doctor was a famous pediatrician who is known as founder of pediatric practice in Iran and established a specialized hospital to cure children. Sick, on a hospital bed, Doctor Gharib takes us back to his childhood, youth and later years. While doing so, he gives us an insight about Iran’s political and economic situation at the time.
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00:00Hello, Mrs. Garib.
00:03Hello, sir.
00:03How are you?
00:04Thank you. Please have a seat.
00:06Please.
00:07I'm sorry, Professor. I know it's late.
00:09It must be something really important. Sit down, then.
00:13Well, any news from Farima? Is she okay?
00:15She's okay. She'll be at work tomorrow.
00:17I'm listening. Go ahead. Say what you want to say.
00:22Hmm.
00:23She's my wife, my confidant, and my consultant.
00:31Do you want me to wait outside?
00:33It's not necessary. You go ahead.
00:38Mr. Garib, Farima's father is strictly opposed to us getting married.
00:41So, he wants Farima to marry her cousin, then?
00:45He says it's a tradition for cousins to get married.
00:48And this is why modern medicine says it's best if we don't.
00:51Well, it's not strictly true, though.
00:54That's right. You can have tests, but most of the time the results aren't that good.
00:58It's so very unfortunate that an intelligent young girl like Farima can't choose her future these days.
01:05What do you think that we should do?
01:07Get married.
01:08With such a problem?
01:10Didn't you tell me that you love each other?
01:12A lot.
01:14Did you meet at the university?
01:15Sorry. No, it's okay, sir. It's okay.
01:18Both of you are into medicine. What does her father do?
01:22A simple government employee.
01:24You must have talked a lot about the marriage.
01:26What does he want?
01:28He says he wants his daughter to be happy.
01:31What makes him think that a young man like you can't make his daughter happy?
01:35What does he say? Has he told you?
01:38Maybe he thinks I won't be able to make a good life for her.
01:41Can you?
01:43Why can't he? He can.
01:46Would you like some fruit?
01:47Wouldn't mind some.
01:48Excuse me. I want to take a...
01:50Thank you very much. Thank you.
01:52I was thinking her father's rich, and like in the movies, he doesn't want his daughter to marry someone who doesn't have any money.
01:59They are well off. You know that, don't you? Especially her mother's family. They're rich. And, well, I'm educated and going to be a doctor. You know that.
02:07So he doesn't know that most doctors are pretty well off?
02:12No, he doesn't have a problem with money at all.
02:15Yeah, I don't think he's worried about your income. It must be something else. Something like...
02:22Something like what?
02:23What? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what he might be thinking, to be honest.
02:29The first time I was in an autopsy room, seeing a dead body, ready to be cut open, I fainted. You know that? I was all over the floor.
02:38My friends made fun of me and told Farima. For the fun of it, she told her sister, who told her father, too.
02:45How do you know fainting in the autopsy room is the reason for her father's refusal to let you marry her?
02:51He told me himself. He said when someone faints, when he sees blood, he won't be able to tolerate the crisis.
02:56That's what he said? The crisis in life?
02:59Yes.
03:00He sounds like a very strange man to me.
03:03I wish I'd never met her.
03:06Met? Who? Who do you mean?
03:07Farima herself, you know.
03:09You were classmates. You were hardly going to be able to avoid each other.
03:14The eyes are a very strange thing. They see what they want, and they want what they see.
03:21I wish I didn't have eyes.
03:22Is that what you say? I wish, I wish, I wish I were blind. I wish I hadn't met her.
03:28You come to talk about your heartache with someone who doesn't appreciate spoiled brats.
03:34Oh.
03:35I don't have a father.
03:36Yes, I know. Farima told me you don't have a father. You have no one at all.
03:40Muhammad, why would you say that?
03:42But my mother's a lion. She raised two boys and a girl all by herself and sent them to university so they can stand on their own two feet.
03:49But you know, I've bought her a shame, and for that I'm sorry.
03:52Don't you dare sit there and say that to me, my son. That's enough. That's enough. Go home.
03:57I want to go to sleep now, and you're disturbing me.
04:00I'll take it a step further than Farima's father and say that someone who faints in the autopsy room should be cut open.
04:05Good night.
04:06I'm sorry for wasting your time, Doctor.
04:08You have a car?
04:09No.
04:10Then how will you go?
04:11A taxi.
04:12Walk and think about the things that I've said.
04:14Yes, Professor. Good night.
04:17Good night, Mrs. Karib.
04:19Good night.
04:21Muhammad, dear. Why did you talk to that poor boy like that?
04:24It's for his own good. You'll see.
04:27How do you know that?
04:28Because he loves Farima.
04:31And?
04:32And he's ready to do anything not a loser, even to change himself for her.
04:37I hope so.
04:41Sorry, please give me that recorder.
04:48Give me that new cassette, too.
04:51Okay, here you are.
04:59Right on this one. It's full.
05:01Right, wait. Let me see why I can't get this open. Okay.
05:06Yes, see if it's new?
05:08Yes, yes. There's a pen in the drawer.
05:11There you are.
05:11Don't doubt it, Zari.
05:25This boy will never let go of Farima.
05:27I'm sure of it.
05:30What can I say?
05:31What can I say?
05:36When I found out my mother and father were going on a pilgrimage to Mecca,
05:40I started nagging them again, just like I had done when they wanted to go to Karbala.
05:49I made it clear to them that this time, tricking me into taking a train ride or sending me to the cinematograph won't do.
05:57I stopped going to school, and I stopped doing my homework for a couple of days so that they would understand I'd quit school if they didn't take me.
06:10But my father made a proposal I could not refuse and made me want to stay home in Tehran, in Iran.
06:19And that was Syed Ahmad, the doctor.
06:24He would stay with us for two months.
06:27So I decided to accept the proposal, and they agreed to let me travel two cities to greet them upon their return.
06:37But Syed Ahmad was sick and couldn't take care of us for two months.
06:42I was extremely sad, but I didn't want to trouble my father anymore with my constant,
06:49constant nagging.
06:54Syed Ahmad.
06:56Syed Ahmad.
06:58Mirza's here to see you.
07:00Syed Ahmad.
07:03Mirza is here.
07:04Syed Ahmad.
07:06Hello there, Mirza.
07:08I'm so sorry.
07:10I can't get up to...
07:11Why should you get up?
07:13Lay down.
07:14Don't worry about it.
07:15Your mum says you're not feeling well.
07:16Why didn't you tell me you were feeling sick?
07:19Mirza, you have your own problems.
07:23Come sit by my side.
07:27Mirza, do you want me to set you a place here to sit?
07:30That's okay.
07:31I'm more comfortable here.
07:32What's wrong, Syed Ahmad?
07:34Is it the same thing you had last year?
07:36Yeah.
07:37I'll be okay.
07:39It'll all be all right.
07:40Hopefully you'll be all right.
07:44His side hurts too, Mirza.
07:46See?
07:53Oh, oh, oh.
07:54What's with the swelling, Syed Ahmad?
07:56It's really, really swollen.
07:58It'll be okay.
08:00I'll be much better by the time you get back.
08:03Here.
08:04How did you know I was going to Mecca?
08:05Well, we may not have seen each other for over a year, but we're relatives, you know?
08:11And word always somehow gets around, you know?
08:15I wish you could come too.
08:17I'll never forget the half-trip we made to Karbala together.
08:21The days we had.
08:23I won't forget it either.
08:26Those poor Assyrians.
08:27I came here to tell you to take your wife and go to our house while we're away.
08:34By the way, where is your wife?
08:35She's gone to her parents' house.
08:37Would you like to have some juice?
08:38No, thank you.
08:39I'll be leaving shortly.
08:43Let's go to the kitchen.
08:50Saurabh, when I'm not here, I want this kitchen to be working every day.
08:54I don't want you to just sit around, cook anything and everything we have, mix them up and eat,
08:59and don't forget to feed my children too.
09:02Yes, sir.
09:03Mirza, me, and Sagar will take good care of Mohammed and Khadija.
09:06We would have been glad to take care of Ali too, if you didn't want to take care of...
09:10No, this one has to come along with us, my friend.
09:12Hopefully you'll be back soon enough so the kids don't miss you too much.
09:15It's a trip to Mecca.
09:17The least it takes is a couple of months.
09:20I assure you they'll be over in no time.
09:22Hopefully in good health.
09:23Let's go to the basement.
09:25I want to show you around.
09:26I really did want to take all my children with me to Mecca, but I know that's not possible.
09:31I'd swear if you'd left Ali with us too, it wouldn't have been better.
09:34They say a couple of months ago the cholera had spread in Medina.
09:38Saurabh, don't say the name of that disease in front of the children.
09:41If the heavens and earth meet and meet and meet,
09:44this sister of mine won't stop saying these superstitious things.
09:47It's not a superstition to say you shouldn't say that word in front of the kids.
09:51See, she's saying it again.
09:53Don't ever say cholera in front of the kids because it's the attitude I get.
09:57It's just a silly superstition.
09:59But everyone's saying the same thing these days, brother.
10:02Merza, in medical school we study parasitology and pathology.
10:06Then these superstitious people say if you use the word cholera in front of kids, they'll get it.
10:11The things you just said, what do they mean?
10:13Say them again.
10:13What superstition?
10:14No, the para-thingy.
10:17Parasitology and pathology.
10:19What are they, Saurabh?
10:20Do you eat them, wear them, drink them?
10:22What are they?
10:23Hmm.
10:24Parasitology is the study of parasites, and pathology is the diagnosis of diseases.
10:28What else do they teach you?
10:30Well, interpretive anatomy, graphic anatomy, physics, chemistry, nature, general pathology, internal medicine.
10:39External pathology? I don't know physiology.
10:44How are you, Khadija?
10:45Did you understand a word of the things you said?
10:47It's all the studies for becoming a doctor.
10:49And every week we have a class, and they show us microscopic operations.
10:53When you leave school, you're going straight to medical school.
10:57This boy has to become a doctor with his intelligence.
11:00Saurabh, he's the apple of my eye, I tell you.
11:03I wish you were there to see him talk for the first time.
11:06When Khadija grows up, she can become a midwife.
11:09Do you want to be a midwife?
11:10Do they allow it, Saurabh?
11:12Then they'll allow it.
11:13When will you graduate?
11:15Oh, in about three years.
11:16In all, how long does it take?
11:18About five years or so.
11:19I wish my cousin Saeed Ahmad were with us on this trip.
11:21A couple of years ago, we took a trip to Karbala together, which we didn't finish.
11:25He's into medicine too. I remember him picking henbane from the desert.
11:28As a matter of fact, we have a lesson at school called Iranian Medicines.
11:31It includes both therapeutic and pharmaceutics.
11:33He knew both Iranian and foreign medicine.
11:37I would really like to see medical school.
11:40Oh, there's nothing to it.
11:41I'll take you one day.
11:42You'll love it. You'll want to study there, I'm sure.
11:44We have a medical museum, a museum of natural history.
11:47I don't know, physics, chemistry, and microbiology labs.
11:51We have everything.
11:52This bag of flowers for a rainy day.
11:58God forbid something like famine happens, you can use it.
12:01God forbid the day.
12:02Even the word famine sends chills down my spine.
12:05You call this famine?
12:06I swear to God, compared to the famine we experienced 20 years ago, it's now heaven.
12:10People would fall right in front of you and die of hunger.
12:13Mothers would eat the flesh of their dead children.
12:15What do you mean, famine?
12:17Misa, stop saying those things.
12:19Don't eat them if they're not washed.
12:21Come.
12:22Don't worry, it won't happen just because I talk about it.
12:24Oh no, why did you do that, Mohamed?
12:27It's okay, I'll clean it up.
12:28What if it were an egg instead of beans?
12:30What were you going to do then?
12:32Clean this up.
12:33See who I'm leaving my life up to.
12:35Clean this up.
12:39Let's go.
12:40Go ahead, Mosa.
12:41No, you first.
12:41After you.
12:44I swear, I don't dare leave my kids all alone and go on a pilgrimage for so long.
12:49Because you're scared of a famine?
12:51No, Misa.
12:52It's not only famine.
12:53There's war, there's cholera, there's croup.
12:56Diphtheria.
12:57What's diphtheria?
12:58It's a scientific name of croup.
12:59Atome, see these new medical school students.
13:02Don't use the old names of sicknesses.
13:04Sogol, did you really bring stuff to sleep in?
13:06Yes, wait, let me get it.
13:09Come on, kids.
13:09Come on.
13:10Come on.
13:20And here's where Sogol will sleep.
13:22I got you a mattress with clean bedsheets.
13:24Thank you very much.
13:26Ali, dear, what are you doing here?
13:28Come here.
13:28Come, child.
13:30Yes, Mosa.
13:32Come here.
13:33It's 80 tomans.
13:44What's it for, Mosa?
13:45What do they use money for, Sogol?
13:46By the time I'm back, it'll be gone.
13:49And if you need more...
13:50Mohamed, you're done, son.
13:53Yes.
13:54Thanks a lot.
13:54And if you need more, I've told Abel Fuzzle's father,
13:57get the wren from him and give it to Sogol.
13:59And Mosa, there's no need for it.
14:00No buts.
14:01Just take it and don't say another word.
14:03That's it.
14:04Okay.
14:04Let's go.
14:13Bravo, Sogol.
14:14Don't say that, Mosa.
14:15I'm glad to be of help.
14:16It's nothing, Mosa.
14:17Nothing at all.
14:18Leave that, Sogol.
14:19Go get your homework.
14:20It's not a problem.
14:21I know it's nothing.
14:22There are enough of us.
14:23Go do your homework.
14:24It's much more important.
14:26Be careful, Mashti.
14:39Thanks a lot, Sogol, dear.
14:41I don't know how to make it up to you.
14:42There's nothing to make up for.
14:44Just pray for us when you get there.
14:46Thank you very much.
14:47Let me help.
14:55Careful, careful.
14:56Careful, careful.
14:58Put it down.
15:00Is it dry, Smosa?
15:01Yes, get up, please.
15:03Careful.
15:04Help out.
15:05The bags are heavy.
15:06Please let me help.
15:07I don't know.
15:10I'll show you what I'm doing.
15:14I need to roll out.
15:15I need to
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