Gill Hicks: I survived a terrorist attack. Here's what I learned
جیڵ هیکس: .له هێرشێکی تیرۆرستی ڕزگارم بوو. ئهمهی لێوە فێربووم
Gill Hicks has dedicated her life to being an advocate for peace. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
.ئەوەندە بەنرخم بکات
at the same time,
،بووین لە هەمان کاتدا
at anyone on the Tube,
سەیری کەس ناکەیت
over the detonation switch.
.سویچی خۆتەقاندنەوەکەدا
بیری لەچی کردبێتەوە؟
or maim me, Gill Hicks.
.جیڵ هیکس بکوژێت
.به "ئێمه" دادهنرا
to dehumanize us.
وای لێکرد ئێمه به مرۆڤ دانهنێت
in my carriage alone,
لەسەر هەڵگرەکەی من کۆتاییان پێهێنرا و
بۆ هەناسەهەڵکێشان
تاریکییەکی زۆر قووڵەوە
پێێبکرێت و دەستی لێبدرێت؛
through tar might be like.
.ڕۆشتن بهناو قیردا وابوو
.دووژمنی کەسێکین
who, minutes earlier,
،چەند خوولەکێک پێش ئەوە
:پەیڕەو دەکرد
،درووست مەکە
every few minutes.
.گوێم لە بانگکردنەکانی دەگرت
.بەلامەوە کە ڕزگاری بووە
at the Design Council.
لە ئەنجوومەنی نەخشەدانان و
architecture and design journals,
نەخشەسازی بڵاودەکەمەوە، و
of the Royal Society of Arts,
هوونەرەکان بووم
،تێدەوە جینم دەخواردەوە
that one day I would be standing,
،ڕۆژێک بێت لێرەیا بووەستم
doing extraordinary things in London.
.کە کاری نائاساییم دەکرد لە لەندەن
around the tops of my legs,
بەکارهێنا بۆ پەستنی سەری قاچەکانم و
and everyone out,
هەموو کەسێکم لەبیرکرد
،گوێ لەخۆم بگرم
.بتوانێت ڕێبەریم بکات
.دەبوومەوە بۆ چاوداخستن
the whole of my life
لە تەواوی ژیانم
lived more, seen more.
زیاتر بژیم، شتی زیاتر ببینم
dancing, taken up yoga.
.بۆ ڕاکردن، بۆ سەماکردن، بۆ یۆگا
was always my work.
.دایمە خەیاڵم لایبوو کارەکەم بوو
.ئەوە هیچ گرنگ نەبوو
a small word, like "Gill."
".وشەیەکی بچووکیش بڵێم، وەک "جیڵ
باجی ناسنامەیەم بینی
when I was admitted to hospital.
داخڵ کرام بۆ نەخۆشخانە
that the rescuers were prepared to go
ئامادەبوون بییەن بۆ ئەوەی بێن و
نەناسراو ڕزگارکەن، و
if I was rich or poor,
،دەوڵەمەند بووبێتم یان هەژار
can not only save,
نەک دەکرێت ژیانەکان ڕزگار بکات
of one of my rescuers, Andy, and I
،لە ڕزگارکەرەکانمە، ئاندی
and wanting retribution,
،لە ڕق و ویستی تۆڵەسەندنەوە
for widespread positive change
بۆ گۆڕانکاری ئەرێنی فراوان
pretty big things to ponder
بۆ بەجێدەهێڵێت بیری لێکەمەوە و
:کە لەبەرچای بگرین
than what can ever divide?
گەورەتر نییە کە دابەشمان دەکات؟
a tragedy or a disaster
یان کارەساتێک ڕوو بدات
connected as one species,
،کە وەک جۆرە بوونەوەرێک پێکەوە بەستراوین
the wisdom of our era
خۆمان لە باوەش دەگرین
until we know them?
نیشانەکراوێکن تا ئەیان ناسین؟
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gill Hicks - Survivor and activistGill Hicks has dedicated her life to being an advocate for peace.
Why you should listen
Dr. Gill Hicks is considered to be one of the most thought provoking, powerful and life affirming speakers in Australia and the UK. She is globally known as a survivor of the London terrorist bombings on July 7, 2005. She survived, but suffered severe and permanent injuries, losing both legs from just below the knee.
Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Hicks has lived in London since 1991, however in 2012 Hicks returned to Australia where she operates nationally and internationally through her not for profit M.A.D. for Peace network and her public speaking work.
Her unique and compelling projects and initiative's, aimed at both deterring anyone from following the path of violent extremism and building sustainable models for peace, draw upon Hicks's previous roles within the Arts.
An impressive career before the bombings included being at the helm of some of the UK's most prestigious and respected institutions -- including publishing director of the architecture, design and contemporary culture magazine, Blueprint, director of the Dangerous Minds design consultancy and head curator at the Design Council. It wasn’t until after the bombings that Hicks decided to dedicate her life to being an advocate for peace. She has made it her mission to use her experiences and her new body form to positive effect.
In 2007 Hicks founded the not for profit organisation M.A.D. for Peace, a platform that connects people globally and encourages us to think of "Peace as a Verb," something that we have an individual responsibility to do every day.
In 2008 Hicks released her first book, One Unknown, named after the chilling label given to her as she arrived to hospital as an unidentified body. The book was shortlisted for the Mind Book of the Year Awards.
Since her return to Australia in 2012, Hicks has been recognised as South Australian, Australian of the Year 2015 and is Chair to the Innovation component for the Committee for Adelaide.
In 2013 Hicks welcomed her daughter, Amelie into the world. This, as she describes it, is her finest achievement and greatest acknowledgement of the brilliance and resilience of the human body.
Gill Hicks | Speaker | TED.com