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Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan
Monika Bulaj: Cahaya tersembunyi Afghanistan
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Jurugambar Monika Bulaj mengongsi gambaran Afghanistan yang luar biasa dan peribadi -- dari upacara seharian hingga ke cara hidup serta kaum adam dan hawanya. Disebalik tajuk-tajuk utama dalam akhbar, apakah yang kami benar-benar tahu tentang tempat ini?
Monika Bulaj - Photographer
Monika Bulaj’s stunning, painting-like photographs blur religious and cultural divisions, exploding stereotypes. She is a TED Fellow. Full bio
Monika Bulaj’s stunning, painting-like photographs blur religious and cultural divisions, exploding stereotypes. She is a TED Fellow. Full bio
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My travels to Afghanistan
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Pengembaraan saya ke Afghanistan
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began many, many years ago
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bermula beberapa tahun dahulu
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on the eastern border of my country,
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di sempadan timur negara dan
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my homeland, Poland.
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tanah air saya, Poland.
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I was walking through the forests
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Saya berjalan melewati hutan rimba
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of my grandmother's tales.
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yang diceritai nenek saya.
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A land where every field hides a grave,
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Ia sebuah tempat di mana setiap padang menyembunyikan sebuah kubur,
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where millions of people
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di mana jutaan orang
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have been deported or killed
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telah diusir atau dibunuh
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in the 20th century.
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dalam abad ke-20.
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Behind the destruction,
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Disebalik kemusnahan dan penggempuran,
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I found a soul of places.
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saya menjumpai jati diri sesebuah tempat.
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I met humble people.
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Saya berjumpa dengan mereka yang merendah diri dan tidak berada.
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I heard their prayer
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Saya mendengari harapan dan doa-doa mereka,
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and ate their bread.
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dan makan apa yang dimakan oleh mereka.
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Then I have been walking East for 20 years --
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Setelah merantau ke Timur selama 20 tahun --
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from Eastern Europe to Central Asia --
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dari Eropah Timur hingga ke Asia Tengah --
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through the Caucasus Mountains,
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melalui Pergunungan Caucasus,
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Middle East,
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Timur Tengah,
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North Africa,
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Afrika Utara,
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Russia.
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Rusia.
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And I ever met more humble people.
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Dan saya bertemu lagi dengan mereka yang merendahkan diri.
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And I shared their bread and their prayer.
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Dan saya makan bersama mereka dan mengongsi harapan mereka.
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This is why I went to Afghanistan.
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Oleh sebab itulah saya ke Afghanistan.
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One day, I crossed the bridge
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Pada suatu hari, saya melintasi jambatan
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over the Oxus River.
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yang merentasi Sungai Oxus.
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I was alone on foot.
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Saya berjalan kaki sendirian.
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And the Afghan soldier was so surprised to see me
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Askar Afghanistan yang bertugas teramat hairan melihat saya
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that he forgot to stamp my passport.
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sehinggakan dia terlupa mengecap pasport saya.
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But he gave me a cup of tea.
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Namun dia memberi saya secawan teh.
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And I understood
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Lantas saya mengerti
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that his surprise was my protection.
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bahawa kehairanannya melindungi saya.
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So I have been walking and traveling,
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Saya terus berjalan dan mengembara
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by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking,
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sama ada menaiki kuda, yak, lori atau dengan menumpang
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from Iran's border
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dari sempadan Iran
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to the bottom, to the edge of the Wakhan Corridor.
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hingga ke pinggir Koridor Wakhan.
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And in this way
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Dan dengan melalui ini
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I could find noor, the hidden light of Afghanistan.
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saya dapat menemui 'noor', cahaya tersembunyi Afghanistan.
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My only weapon
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Senjata saya hanyalah
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was my notebook and my Leica.
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buku nota dan kamera Leica saya.
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I heard prayers of the Sufi --
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Saya terdengar doa-doa para Sufi --
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humble Muslims,
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segolongan Muslimin yang merendah diri,
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hated by the Taliban.
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namun dibenci oleh pihak Taliban.
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Hidden river,
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Sungai-sungai tersembunyi
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interconnected with the mysticism
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yang dikait oleh tasawuf dan tarekat
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from Gibraltar to India.
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dari Gibraltar hingga India.
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The mosque where the respectful foreigner
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Sebuah masjid di mana orang asing yang datang degan penuh hormat
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is showered with blessings
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dicucuri berkat
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and with tears,
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dan air mata,
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and welcomed as a gift.
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dan disambut seandai hadiah.
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What do we know
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Apakah yang kita tahu
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about the country and the people
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tentang negara dan orang-orang
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that we pretend to protect,
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yang kita berpura-pura lindungi,
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about the villages
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tentang kampung-kampung
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where the only one medicine
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di mana satu-satunya ubat
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to kill the pain and to stop the hunger
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untuk menahan rasa sakit dan lapar
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is opium?
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ialah candu?
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These are opium-addicted people
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Inilah mereka yang ketagihan candu
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on the roofs of Kabul
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di atas bumbung-bumbung Kabul
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10 years after the beginning of our war.
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10 tahun setelah permulaan peperangan kami.
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These are the nomad girls
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Inilah anak-anak gadis kaum nomad
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who became prostitutes for Afghan businessmen.
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yang menjadi pelacur kepada saudagar-saudagar Afghanistan.
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What do we know about the women
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Apakah yang kita tahu tentang kaum hawanya
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10 years after the war?
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10 tahun setalah peperangan?
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Clothed in this nylon bag,
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Berpakaian beg nilon
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made in China,
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buatan China
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with the name of burqa.
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yang diberikan nama 'burqa'.
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I saw one day,
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Suatu hari saya menziarahi
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the largest school in Afghanistan,
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sekolah terbesar di Afghanistan,
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a girls' school.
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sebuah sekolah khusus untuk anak-anak gadis.
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13,000 girls
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13,000 anak-anak gadis
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studying here
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menuntut ilmu di sana,
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in the rooms underground,
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di dalam bilik-bilik bawah tanah
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full of scorpions.
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yang penuh dengan kala jengking.
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And their love [for studying]
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Keinginan mereka (untuk menuntut ilmu)
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was so big that I cried.
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yang begitu hebat membuat saya terharu dan menangis.
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What do we know
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Apakah yang kita tahu
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about the death threats by the Taliban
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tentang ancaman mati daripada pihak Taliban
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nailed on the doors
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yang dipaku pada pintu-pintu
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of the people who dare to send their daughters to school as in Balkh?
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mereka yang berani menghantar anak-anak gadis mereka ke sekolah seperti di Balkh?
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The region is not secure, but full of the Taliban,
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Wilayah tersebut masih belum aman malah dipenuhi pihak Taliban,
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and they did it.
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dan mereka melakukannya.
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My aim is to give a voice
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Tujuan saya adalah untuk memberikan suara
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to the silent people,
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kepada mereka yang tidak berdaya,
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to show the hidden lights
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untuk menunjukkan cahaya tersembunyi
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behind the curtain of the great game,
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di sebalik tirai permainan besar ini
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the small worlds ignored by the media
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di mana dunia-dunia kecil diabaikan media massa
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and the prophets of a global conflict.
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dan para dalang konflik sejagat.
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Thanks.
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Terima Kasih.
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(Applause)
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(Tepukan)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Monika Bulaj - PhotographerMonika Bulaj’s stunning, painting-like photographs blur religious and cultural divisions, exploding stereotypes. She is a TED Fellow.
Why you should listen
Monika Bulaj is a photographer and writer who explores -- in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe -- the dim areas of monotheism, where the sacred can transcend borders: Bonfires, dances, cults of the dead, possession rites. She describes outskirts and deserts, frontiers and megalopolis. And the world of the last ones: nomads, farmers, immigrants, outcasts, untouchables and impure.
Her photos and reportaging have been published by GEO, National Geographic (Italy), La Repubblica, periodicals by Gruppo Espresso and Rcs, Courrier International, Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), Internazionale, Freundin, Teatr (Poland) and other international magazines.
She has displayed more than 50 personal exibitions in Italy, Germany, Ungheria, Bulgaria, Egypt.
Her books include Libya felix, a travel into Sufism and the world of the Tuaregh; Figli di Noè, on minorities and faiths in Azerbaijian; Rebecca e la pioggia, on the nomadic tribe of the Dinka of South Sudan; Gerusalemme perduta with Paolo Rumiz, the special correspondent of La Repubblica, on the pellegrinage in the research of the Eastern Christians; Genti di Dio, viaggio nell'Altra Europa, a synthesis of 20 years of research in East Europe and Israel, and her latest book, Bozy ludzie.
She has screenwritten documentaries, among which is the movie Romani Rat (2002) by M. Orlandi, on the Holocaust of the Roms, with the contribution of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. She's the director, photography director, and screenwriter of the documentary Figli di Noè, about the villages of Caucasus on the border between Dagestan and Azerbaigian.
Bulaj is a TED Fellow. Read TED's Q&A with Monika Bulaj >>
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