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James Nachtwey: Moving photos of extreme drug-resistant TB
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Photojournalist James Nachtwey sees his TED Prize wish come true, as we share his powerful photographs of XDR-TB, a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis that's touching off a global medical crisis.
James Nachtwey - Photojournalist
Photojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries. Full bio
Photojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries. Full bio
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I was a student in the '60s, a time of social upheaval and questioning,
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كنت طالباً في الستينيات، وقت الإضطرابات الإجتماعية والمسائلة
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and -- on a personal level -- an awakening sense of idealism.
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وعلى المستوى الشخصي، في صحوة الشعور بالمثالية
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The war in Vietnam was raging, the Civil Rights movement was under way
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الحرب في فيتنام كانت مستعرة ؛ حركة الحقوق المدنية جارية
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and pictures had a powerful influence on me.
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وكان للصوّر تأثير قوي عليّ
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Our political and military leaders were telling us one thing
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كان قادتنا السياسيين والعسكريين يخبروننا بشئ واحد
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and photographers were telling us another.
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والمصوّرين يخبروننا بشئ مختلف
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I believed the photographers and so did millions of other Americans.
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لقد صدقت المصوّرين وكذلك فعل الملايين من بقية الأمريكيين
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Their images fuelled resistance to the war and to racism.
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صورهم أوقدت المقاومة للحرب والعنصرية
لم يسجلوا فقط التاريخ، لقد ساعدوا في تغيير مسار التاريخ
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They not only recorded history -- they helped change the course of history.
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Their pictures became part of our collective consciousness
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صورهم أصبحت جزء من وعينا الجماعي
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and, as consciousness evolved into a shared sense of conscience,
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وكما يتطور الوعي الى إحساس مشترك بالوعي
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change became not only possible, but inevitable.
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لم يصبح التغيير فقط ممكناً، بل حتميا
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It puts a human face on issues which, from afar,
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إنه يضع وجه إنساني على القضايا البعيدة
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can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global impact.
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قد تبدو نظرية أو إيدلوجية أو هائلة في تأثيرها العالمي
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What happens at ground level, far from the halls of power,
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ما يحدث على أرض الواقع، بعيدا عن أروقة السلطة
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happens to ordinary citizens one by one.
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يحدث لمواطنين عاديين واحد تلو الآخر
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And I understood that documentary photography
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وفهمت أن التصوير الوثائقي
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has the ability to interpret events from their point of view.
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لديه القدرة على ترجمة الأحداث من وجهة نظرها
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It gives a voice to those who otherwise would not have a voice.
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إنه يعطي الصوت للذين بدونه لن يكون لديهم صوت
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My TED wish. There’s a vital story that needs to be told
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أمنية تيد خاصتي. هناك قصة حيوية يجب أن تروى
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and I wish for TED to help me gain access to it
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وأتمنى أن يساعدني تيد في أن أصل اليها
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and then to help me come up with innovative and exciting ways
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وحينها أن يساعدني في الوصول لطرق مبتكرة ومثيرة
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to use news photography in the digital era.
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لإستخدام التصوير الفوتوغرافي في العصر الرقمي
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Thank you very much.
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شكراً جزيلاً لكم
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[ 10.3.08 -- The story breaks. ]
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[10.3.08 --بدأت القصة]
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[ "I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony." ]
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["وقد كنت شاهداً، وهذه الصوّر هي شهادتي" ]
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[ South Africa ]
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[جنوب افريقيا]
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[ This is happening now. ]
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[ This is happening now. ]
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[ Cambodia ]
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[كمبوديا]
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[ Swaziland ]
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[سوازيلاند]
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[ One person dies every 20 seconds. ]
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[شخص واحد يموت كل 20 ثانية. ]
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[ Thailand ]
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[تايلاند]
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[ An ancient disease is taking on a deadly new form. ]
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[مرض قديم مميت يأخذ شكلاً جديداً. ]
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[ Siberia ]
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[سيبريا ]
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[ Lesotho ]
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[لسوسو]
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[ Tuberculosis: the next pandemic? ]
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[السل : الوباء القادم؟ ]
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[ India ]
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[الهند]
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[ TB is preventable and curable, ]
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[السل يمكن الوقاية منه وعلاجه ]
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[ but it is mutating due to inadequate treatment. ]
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[لكنه يتحور بسبب نقص العلاج. ]
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[ XDR-TB: ]
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[السُل من نوع XDR: ]
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[ extreme drug resistant tuberculosis. ]
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[السل الشديد المقاومة للأدوية. ]
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[ There is no reliable cure. ]
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[لا يوجد دواء موثوق. ]
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[ Patients often die within weeks of diagnosis. ]
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[يموت المرضى عادة خلال أسابيع من التشخيص. ]
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[ 49 countries have reported XDR-TB. ]
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[أبلغت 49 دولة عن السُل XDR. ]
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[ XDR-TB is a critical threat to global health. ]
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[السُل XDR مهدد حرج للصحة العالمية. ]
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[ Extreme outbreak, suffering, affliction ]
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[إنتشار سريع ]
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[ Extreme loss, pain, pandemic ]
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[معاناة صعبة ]
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[ Extremely preventable. ]
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[يمكن الوقاية منه بشدة. ]
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[ XDR-TB. ]
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[السُل نوع XDR. ]
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[ We can stop this now. ]
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[يمكننا إيقاف ذلك الآن. ]
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[ Spread the story. Stop the disease. ]
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[أنشر القصة. أوقف المرض. ]
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[ Go to XDRTB.org now. ]
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[أذهب الى XDRTB.org الآن. ]
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[ XDRTB.org: we are the treatment. ]
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[XDRTB.org: نحن العلاج. ]
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[ We are the treatment. ]
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[نحن العلاج. ]
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[ Made possible through the kind support of BD. ]
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[ تم التمكين له من خلال الدعم المادي السخي لـ BD. ]
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
James Nachtwey - PhotojournalistPhotojournalist James Nachtwey is considered by many to be the greatest war photographer of recent decades. He has covered conflicts and major social issues in more than 30 countries.
Why you should listen
For the past three decades, James Nachtwey has devoted himself to documenting wars, conflicts and critical social issues, working in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Romania, Brazil and the United States.
Nachtwey has been a contract photographer with Time since 1984. However, when certain stories he wanted to cover -- such as Romanian orphanages and famine in Somalia -- garnered no interest from magazines, he self-financed trips there. He is known for getting up close to his subjects, or as he says, "in the same intimate space that the subjects inhabit," and he passes that sense of closeness on to the viewer.
In putting himself in the middle of conflict, his intention is to record the truth, to document the struggles of humanity, and with this, to wake people up and stir them to action.
James Nachtwey | Speaker | TED.com