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We are the Giant follows the inspirational stories of three ordinary young people whose struggle for freedom during the Arab Spring was both fueled and empowered by social media.
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00:10The people are like a giant, and the government, they're like this little man.
00:15Why is it that this little small man can control this giant?
00:21The more we are, the stronger we become.
00:25King Hamad let everyone in exile come back,
00:27and that was the first time me and my sisters saw Bahrain.
00:31My son Mohanad is an American citizen.
00:33I was following the news from Libya.
00:36I was worried about my son.
00:44I was going to go out, I decided, and protest.
00:48I knew that we'd need everyone on the ground.
00:50I said to him, my son, this is not your problem.
00:52And he said that if everybody leaves, who's going to carry on with this revolution?
01:02If the government hadn't killed someone from the very first day, I don't think it would have lost it.
01:16Enough is enough. We are not scared. No more.
01:21My father was like, we're brothers. I'm a human being, you're a human being. You can't shoot me.
01:26He gave them his back and stood in front of me and did this.
01:31Me and my father, we decided that maybe it was better for her to leave the country.
01:35They told me, Mariam, we need someone who can talk to people and tell them what's going on in Bahrain.
01:40I've been arrested maybe seven times, I think.
01:43Without hope, you're not going to get anywhere. And that's why I can't give up.
01:46My son, my inspiration.
01:48This revolution, it was the most righteous thing I have ever been through in my life.
01:56When you face a government that uses nothing but violence, you know you're not going to win that war.
02:00Our morals and justice is what we have over them.
02:05We want a happy ending for all those people who are suffering here.
02:07And they deserve a happy ending.
02:10We love you guys to see you again.
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