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Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan
Monika Bulaj: A luz escondida do Afeganistão
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A fotógrafa Monika Bulaj partilha poderosas imagens íntimas do Afeganistão - da vida quotidiana, de rituais, de homens e mulheres. Por detrás dos cabeçalhos das notícias, o que sabe o mundo verdadeiramente sobre este país?
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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As minhas viagens ao Afeganistão
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began many, many years ago
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começaram há muitos, muitos anos
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on the eastern border of my country,
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na fronteira este do meu país,
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my homeland, Poland.
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a minha pátria, a Polónia.
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I was walking through the forests
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Eu caminhava pelas florestas
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of my grandmother's tales.
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das histórias dos meus avós.
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A land where every field hides a grave,
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Uma terra onde cada campo esconde uma sepultura,
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where millions of people
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onde milhões de pessoas
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have been deported or killed
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foram deportadas ou mortas
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in the 20th century.
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no século XX.
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Behind the destruction,
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Por detrás dessa destruição,
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I found a soul of places.
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eu encontrei a alma dos locais.
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I met humble people.
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Conheci gente humilde.
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I heard their prayer
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Ouvi as suas preces
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and ate their bread.
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e comi o seu pão.
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Then I have been walking East for 20 years --
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E tenho andado a caminhar para Leste durante 20 anos
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from Eastern Europe to Central Asia --
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desde a Europa de Leste até à Ásia Central --
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through the Caucasus Mountains,
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através das montanhas do Cáucaso,
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Middle East,
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Médio Oriente,
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North Africa,
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Norte de África,
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Russia.
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Rússia.
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And I ever met more humble people.
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E conheci sempre gente humilde.
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And I shared their bread and their prayer.
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E partilhei o seu pão e as suas preces.
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This is why I went to Afghanistan.
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Foi por isso que fui para o Afeganistão.
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One day, I crossed the bridge
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Um dia, atravessei uma ponte
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over the Oxus River.
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sobre o rio Oxus.
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I was alone on foot.
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Estava sozinha, a pé.
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And the Afghan soldier was so surprised to see me
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E um soldado afegão estava tão surpreendido por me ver
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that he forgot to stamp my passport.
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que se esqueceu de assinar o meu passaporte.
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But he gave me a cup of tea.
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Mas deu-me uma chávena de chá.
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And I understood
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E eu percebi
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that his surprise was my protection.
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que a sua surpresa era a minha protecção.
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So I have been walking and traveling,
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Por isso andei e viajei,
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by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking,
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a cavalo, de iaque, de camião, à boleia,
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from Iran's border
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desde a fronteira do Irão
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to the bottom, to the edge of the Wakhan Corridor.
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até ao fim, à fronteira do Corredor de Wakhan
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And in this way
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E neste caminho
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I could find noor, the hidden light of Afghanistan.
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Encontrei "noor", a luz escondida do Afeganistão.
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My only weapon
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A minha única arma
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was my notebook and my Leica.
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era o meu portátil e a minha Leica.
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I heard prayers of the Sufi --
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Ouvi preces dos Sufi --
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humble Muslims,
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muçulmanos humildes,
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hated by the Taliban.
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odiados pelos Taliban.
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Hidden river,
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Rio escondido,
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interconnected with the mysticism
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interligado com o misticismo
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from Gibraltar to India.
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de Gibraltar à Índia.
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The mosque where the respectful foreigner
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A mesquita onde o respeitoso estrangeiro
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is showered with blessings
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é agraciado com bençãos
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and with tears,
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e lágrimas,
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and welcomed as a gift.
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e acolhido como uma dádiva.
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What do we know
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O que sabemos nós
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about the country and the people
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acerca do país e das pessoas
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that we pretend to protect,
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que pretendemos proteger,
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about the villages
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acerca das aldeias
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where the only one medicine
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onde o único medicamento
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to kill the pain and to stop the hunger
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para aliviar a dor e parar a fome
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is opium?
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é o ópio?
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These are opium-addicted people
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Estas são pessoas dependentes do ópio
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on the roofs of Kabul
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nos telhados de Kabul
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10 years after the beginning of our war.
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10 anos depois do início da nossa guerra.
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These are the nomad girls
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Estas são raparigas nómadas
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who became prostitutes for Afghan businessmen.
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que se tornaram prostitutas para empresários afegãos.
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What do we know about the women
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O que sabemos nós sobre estas mulheres
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10 years after the war?
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10 anos depois da guerra?
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Clothed in this nylon bag,
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Escondidas nestes sacos de nylon,
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made in China,
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feitos na China,
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with the name of burqa.
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com o nome de burcas.
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I saw one day,
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Um dia vi
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the largest school in Afghanistan,
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a maior escola do Afeganistão,
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a girls' school.
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uma escola para raparigas.
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13,000 girls
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13 000 raparigas
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studying here
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estudam lá,
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in the rooms underground,
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em salas subterrãneas,
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full of scorpions.
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cheias de escorpiões.
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And their love [for studying]
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E o seu amor pelos estudos
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was so big that I cried.
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era tão grande que eu chorei.
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What do we know
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O que sabemos nós
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about the death threats by the Taliban
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acerca das ameaças de morte dos Taliban
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nailed on the doors
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pregadas nas portas
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of the people who dare to send their daughters to school as in Balkh?
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das pessoas que arriscam enviar as suas filhas para a escola como em Balkh?
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The region is not secure, but full of the Taliban,
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A região não é segura, está cheia de Taliban,
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and they did it.
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mas eles fazem-no.
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My aim is to give a voice
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O meu objectivo é dar voz
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to the silent people,
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as estas pessoas no silêncio,
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to show the hidden lights
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mostrar as luzes escondidas
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behind the curtain of the great game,
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atrás da cortina deste grande jogo,
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the small worlds ignored by the media
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os pequenos mundos ignorados pelos media
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and the prophets of a global conflict.
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e os profetas de um conflito global.
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Thanks.
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Obrigado.
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(Applause)
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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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