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Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan
Monika Bulaj: Lumina ascunsă a Afganistanului
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Fotograful Monika Bulaj împărtăşeşte îmagini puternice şi intime ale Afganistanului, cu viaţa domestică, cu ritualuri, cu bărbaţi şi femei. Dincolo de titlurile din ziare, ce ştie cu adevărat lumea despre acest loc?
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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Călătoriile mele în Afganistan
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began many, many years ago
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au început în urmă cu mulţi, mulţi ani
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on the eastern border of my country,
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la graniţa estică a ţării mele,
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my homeland, Poland.
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a ţării natale, Polonia.
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I was walking through the forests
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Mă plimbam prin pădurile
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of my grandmother's tales.
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din basmele bunicii mele.
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A land where every field hides a grave,
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Un ţinut în care fiecare câmpie ascunde un mormânt,
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where millions of people
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unde milioane de oameni
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have been deported or killed
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au fost deportaţi sau ucişi
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in the 20th century.
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în secolul al XX-lea.
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Behind the destruction,
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Dincolo de distrugere,
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I found a soul of places.
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am găsit un suflet al locurilor.
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I met humble people.
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Am întâlnit oameni modeşti.
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I heard their prayer
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Le-am ascultat rugile
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and ate their bread.
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şi le-am mâncat pâinea.
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Then I have been walking East for 20 years --
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Apoi am mers spre Est timp de 20 de ani,
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from Eastern Europe to Central Asia --
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din Europa de Est spre Asia Centrală,
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through the Caucasus Mountains,
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prin Munţii Caucaz,
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Middle East,
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Orientul Mijlociu,
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North Africa,
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Africa de Nord,
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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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Şi n-am mai cunoscut oameni mai modeşti.
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And I shared their bread and their prayer.
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Am împărtăşit cu ei pâinea şi rugile.
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This is why I went to Afghanistan.
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De aceea m-am dus în Afganistan.
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One day, I crossed the bridge
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Într-o zi, am trecut podul
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over the Oxus River.
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peste râul Oxus.
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I was alone on foot.
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Eram singură, pe jos.
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And the Afghan soldier was so surprised to see me
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Şi soldatul afgan a fost atât de surprins să mă vadă,
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that he forgot to stamp my passport.
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încât a uitat să îmi ştampileze paşaportul.
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But he gave me a cup of tea.
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Dar mi-a oferit o cană cu ceai.
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And I understood
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Şi am înţeles
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that his surprise was my protection.
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că surprinderea lui era protecţia mea.
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So I have been walking and traveling,
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Aşa că m-am plimbat şi am călătorit
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by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking,
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pe cai, pe iaci, cu camionul, făcând autostopul,
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from Iran's border
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de la graniţa iraniană
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to the bottom, to the edge of the Wakhan Corridor.
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până la capăt, la marginea Coridorului Wakhan.
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And in this way
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Astfel,
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I could find noor, the hidden light of Afghanistan.
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am descoperit noor-ul, lumina ascunsă a Afganistanului.
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My only weapon
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Singura mea armă
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was my notebook and my Leica.
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era carneţelul şi camera mea Leica.
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I heard prayers of the Sufi --
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Am auzit rugăciunile sufiştilor,
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humble Muslims,
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musulmani modeşti
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hated by the Taliban.
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urâţi de talibani.
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Hidden river,
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Râu ascuns,
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interconnected with the mysticism
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interconectat cu misticismul
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from Gibraltar to India.
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din Gibraltar până în India.
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The mosque where the respectful foreigner
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Moscheea în care străinul respectuos
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is showered with blessings
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este copleşit de binecuvântări
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and with tears,
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şi lacrimi
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and welcomed as a gift.
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şi este primit ca un dar.
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What do we know
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Ce ştim
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about the country and the people
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despre ţara şi poporul
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that we pretend to protect,
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pe care susţinem că le protejăm,
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about the villages
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despre satele
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where the only one medicine
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în care singurul medicament
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to kill the pain and to stop the hunger
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care omoară durerea şi opreşte foamea
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is opium?
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este opiumul?
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These are opium-addicted people
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Aceştia sunt oamenii dependenţi de opium
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on the roofs of Kabul
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de pe acoperişurile Kabulului,
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10 years after the beginning of our war.
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la 10 ani după izbucnirea războiului nostru.
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These are the nomad girls
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Acestea sunt fetele nomade
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who became prostitutes for Afghan businessmen.
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care au devenit prostituate pentru oamenii de afaceri afgani.
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What do we know about the women
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Ce ştim despre femei
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10 years after the war?
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la 10 ani după război?
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Clothed in this nylon bag,
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Îmbrăcat în aceşti saci din nailon
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made in China,
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fabricaţi în China,
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with the name of burqa.
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denumite burqa.
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I saw one day,
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Într-o zi, am văzut
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the largest school in Afghanistan,
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cea mai mare şcoală din Afganistan,
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a girls' school.
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o şcoală de fete.
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13,000 girls
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studying here
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studiază aici
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in the rooms underground,
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în camere subterane,
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full of scorpions.
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pline de scorpioni.
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And their love [for studying]
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Şi dragostea lor pentru învăţătură
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was so big that I cried.
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era atât de puternică, încât am plâns.
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What do we know
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Ce ştim
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about the death threats by the Taliban
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despre ameninţările cu moartea ale talibanilor
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nailed on the doors
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bătute în cuie pe uşi
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of the people who dare to send their daughters to school as in Balkh?
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către cei care îndrăznesc să-şi trimită fiicele la şcoli ca aceea din Balkh?
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The region is not secure, but full of the Taliban,
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Regiunea nu e sigură, ci plină de talibani
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and they did it.
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şi ei au făcut-o.
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My aim is to give a voice
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Ţelul meu e să dau glas
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to the silent people,
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oamenilor tăcuţi,
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to show the hidden lights
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să arăt luminile ascunse
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behind the curtain of the great game,
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din spatele cortinei marelui joc,
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the small worlds ignored by the media
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lumile mici ignorate de media
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and the prophets of a global conflict.
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şi de profeţii conflictului global.
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Thanks.
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Mulţumesc!
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(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
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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