一份簡單的食材，一份簡單的菜肴，對于不同的人卻有著不同的意義，或許在富人看來沒什么，可是對于掙扎在貧困線上的勞苦大眾來說卻是不簡單，要知道，吃了上頓愁下頓的日子可不是那么好過的。被稱為“埃及的奧普拉”的戈?duì)柪麃喭ㄟ^電視節(jié)目給大家?guī)砹瞬灰粯拥纳?，她教大家如何用物美價(jià)廉的食材做出可口的飯菜，她不僅是廚師，也是大家心中的顧問、姐姐，幫忙解答日常問題。

Egypt wishes it had oil to boost its struggling economy. A large number of Egyptians are having a hard time making ends meet these days, which maybe why a working class Egyptian woman has recently skyrocketed to fame with a new kind of TV show. She cooks and dishes out advice. Tara Todras Whitehill reports from Cairo on the “Oprah of Egypt.”

Reporter: While the onions and garlic start to cook in the oil, Ghalia Mahmoud 1)buzzes around the set of her cooking show, called El Set Ghalia or Mrs. Ghalia. She wears a bright pink 2)hijab and a string of fake pearls, which highlight her round, smiling face. Shes been called The Oprah of Egypt, and like Oprah Winfrey, Ghalia rose to fame from poverty. Shes from one of the poorest suburbs in Cairo, and used to work long hours as a maid. One day a relative of her wealthy employer tasted her food and decided to make her the star of his newest television program—a cooking show for the masses—something that had never been tried before in Egypt.

Ghalia Mahmoud (via translator): Some people criticized us when we began because they werent used to seeing people like us on TV, they are used to seeing big chefs and celebrities cooking meat and turkey and the fancy food but they were not used to seeing people cook simple food that Egyptians usually eat, like we do.

Reporter: The idea of the program is simple—good, cheap dishes, using ingredients Egyptians actually use. The set is made to look like her kitchen—3)cramped, 4)strewn with 5)homey 6)knick-knacks and practical, inexpensive cookware. She cooks on a small stove top. Each show is taped live, and Ghalia makes four to five meals. Each dish is meant to serve at least eight people, for less than 30 cents per portion. This is crucial in a country where over 15 million people live on less than a dollar a day, and food prices are continuing to rise. With her bubbly energy and 7)contagious smile Ghalia isnt just a chef, shes a counselor, too.

Viewers phone in and Ghalia chats with them about the problems they are facing in their own lives. She says this is especially important for poor women, who might feel they otherwise wouldnt have a voice.

埃及希望它有石油來推動(dòng)其不景氣的經(jīng)濟(jì)。這些日子里，大量的埃及人要做到勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)也很不容易。這也許可以用來解釋埃及一名打工族婦女最近因一檔新的電視節(jié)目而聲名鵲起的原因。她不僅烹調(diào)，還提出生活建議。塔拉·托德拉斯·懷特希爾從開羅給我們帶來“埃及的奧普拉”的故事。

記者：隨著洋蔥和大蒜開始被放進(jìn)油鍋里，戈?duì)柪麃啞つ潞蹦抡谒呐腼児?jié)目現(xiàn)場忙碌著，這個(gè)節(jié)目被稱為“戈?duì)柪麃喎蛉恕?。她戴著一條亮粉色頭巾和一串假珍珠,凸顯她圓圓的笑臉。她被稱為“埃及的奧普拉”。和奧普拉·溫弗瑞一樣，戈?duì)柪麃喴彩菑呢毨С擅?。她來自開羅的一個(gè)最貧窮的郊區(qū)，曾經(jīng)是一名女仆，每天工作的時(shí)間很長。一天，她富有的雇主的一個(gè)親戚嘗過她做的食物后決定讓戈?duì)柪麃喅蔀樗钚碌碾娨暪?jié)目明星，那是一個(gè)面向大眾的烹飪節(jié)目——這在埃及是一次全新的嘗試。

戈?duì)柪麃啞つ潞蹦?通過翻譯)：開始的時(shí)候，有些人非難我們，因?yàn)樗麄儾涣?xí)慣看到像我們這樣的人出現(xiàn)在電視上，他們習(xí)慣了看到大廚師和名人烹飪?nèi)忸惡突痣u，以及高級食物，但他們不會習(xí)慣在電視上看到人們像我們這樣烹煮埃及人通常吃的簡單食物。

記者：這檔節(jié)目的想法很簡單——物美價(jià)廉的菜肴，所使用的材料實(shí)際上就是埃及人平時(shí)所用。（節(jié)目的）布置看起來像她自家的廚房——狹小、放滿了家用的小擺設(shè)和實(shí)用、便宜的炊具。她在小爐子上做飯。每檔節(jié)目都是現(xiàn)場錄制，每次戈?duì)柪麃啎?到5個(gè)菜。每道菜至少為8人的量，每一份花費(fèi)不到30美分。這是很關(guān)鍵的，因?yàn)樵谶@個(gè)國家里，超過一千五百萬人每天的生活費(fèi)用還不到一美元，而食品價(jià)格又持續(xù)上升。戈?duì)柪麃喚Τ渑?，臉上帶著有感染力的笑容，她不僅僅是一位廚師，也是一位生活顧問。

觀眾們會打電話進(jìn)來，然后戈?duì)柪麃啎c他們談?wù)撍麄冊谏钪忻媾R的問題。她說這對于貧困的婦女尤其重要，因?yàn)樗齻兛赡芤詾樽约旱南敕o人聽到。

The Facebook page for El Set Ghalia has swelled to over 100,000 followers and keeps on growing. On this episode, Ghalia is cooking a 8)pasta dish while talking with a viewer, Umm Ahmed. Umm Ahmed tells Ghalia how much the show means to her and says she feels Ghalia is like a sister.

Ghalia cant give away cars yet, shes giving away something just as valuable right now—a message of hope served up one meal at a time.

在臉譜網(wǎng)上，“戈?duì)柪麃喎蛉恕钡姆劢z已經(jīng)超過十萬，并且還在繼續(xù)增長。在這個(gè)片段中，戈?duì)柪麃喺谧鲆坏酪獯罄?，同時(shí)跟一個(gè)叫烏姆·艾哈邁德的觀眾聊天。烏姆·艾哈邁德告訴戈?duì)柪麃?，這個(gè)節(jié)目對她意味著什么，還說她感覺戈?duì)柪麃喚拖褚晃唤憬恪?/p>

戈?duì)柪麃啿荒芙o人們帶來像汽車這么高檔的東西，但此刻的她正給人們帶來一些同樣有價(jià)值的東西——一個(gè)充滿希望的信息，一次一份能量食譜。

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