Barat Ali Batoor: My desperate journey with a human smuggler
בראט אל באטור: מסע נואש עם מבריח אדם
Barat Ali Batoor, an award-winning photojournalist, is a member of the Hazara people. He is based in Australia. Full bio
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of my people is Afghanistan.
of other Hazara kids,
and operation against the Hazaras
going back to the late 1800s,
שחוזרת לשלהי המאה ה 19,
the Hazara population.
for neighboring Iran and Pakistan.
לאירן ופקיסטן השכנות.
attack on the Twin Towers,
with foreign journalists.
working as an interpreter.
to move to Afghanistan permanently,
לעבור לאפגניסטן באופן קבוע,
as a documentary photographer,
stories that I did
an appalling tradition.
dancing for warlords
שרוקדים עבור אדוני מלחמה
or bought from their poor parents,
נחטפים או נקנים מהורייהם העניים,
for the warlord and his friends.
לאדון המלחמה וחבריו.
in the Washington Post,
I returned back to Quetta.
dramatically since I left in 2005.
dangerous city in Pakistan.
educationally, and financially.
was ambushed by terrorists in Quetta.
במארב של טרוריסטים בקואטה.
would only get worse,
that many wanted to flee.
population of Hazaras in the world.
של אוכלוסיית החזרה בעולם.
at my destination safely,
of my family to join me later.
את שאר משפחתי להצטרף אלי מאוחר יותר.
who lost loved ones at sea.
to leave everything behind,
to simply fly to Australia,
less than 24 hours.
to Malaysia and into Indonesia,
of seven asylum seekers.
של שבעה מבקשי מקלט.
left for the perilous journey,
in the sea en route to Christmas Island.
Nawroz, Jaffar and Shabbir --
נאוורוז, ג'אפר ושאביר --
no other choice but to go on.
לא היתה לי ברירה אחרת אלא להמשיך.
from the people smuggler
קיבלנו שיחת טלפון ממבריח האנשים
to commence our sea journey.
להתחיל את המסע הימי.
that was already overloaded.
the weather turned.
and the timbers groaned.
praying, recalling their loved ones.
התפללו, נזכרו באהוביהם.
from those Hollywood movies
מהסרטים ההוליוודיים
is breaking apart
like a matchbox on the water
than the motor pumps could take it out.
משמנוע המשאבה יכל להוציא אותם.
of any passing boat.
by waving our life jackets and whistling.
על ידי נפנוף חליפות הצלה ושריקה.
whatever I had documented.
as we argued over what to do next.
כשהתווכחנו מה לעשות עכשיו.
the night on the beach,
to Indonesian water police.
and furtively strip-searched us.
be able to escape,
checking their movements,
לבדוק את התנועות שלהם,
when they sat around a fire,
כשהם התיישבו מסביב למדורה,
from an outside facing window
that was topped with the shards of glass.
שהיה מכוסה מלמעלה בשברי זכוכית.
with the pictures and footage.
שלי עם התמונות והסרטונים.
on SBS Dateline,
שודר ב SBS דייטליין,
about my situation,
any other boat to risk my life.
עוד ספינה ולסכן את חיי.
and process my case through UNHCR,
כדי לעבד את המקרה שלי דרך UNHCR,
that I would end up in Indonesia
and unable to work,
a little bit different with me.
my case through UNHCR,
את המקרה שלי ב UNHCR,
in Australia in May 2013.
with an uncertain fate, in limbo.
עם גורל לא ידוע, בלימבו.
and then presented to the people.
ואז הוצגו לאנשים.
of other Hazaras
והסיפור של חזרים אחרים
in their countries of origin,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Barat Ali Batoor - PhotojournalistBarat Ali Batoor, an award-winning photojournalist, is a member of the Hazara people. He is based in Australia.
Why you should listen
Barat Ali Batoor is a member of the Hazara ethnic group, once from Afghanistan, then driven into Pakistan. He started work as a photographer in 2002, documenting his people's ancestral home of Afghanistan. His photos have appeared in the Washington Post, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Stern and many other publications. He held his first solo exhibition in 2007, and has been exhibited around the world.
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