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Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen through my eyes
Nadia Al-Sakkaf: Shikoni Jemenin permes syve te mi
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Ndersa trazirat politike ne Jemen vazhdojne, redaktorja e Yemen Times, Nadia Al-Sakkaf, flet ne TEDGlobal me drejtuesen Pat Mitchell. Gazeta e Al-Sakkaf ne anglisht eshte vitale per shperndarjen e lajmeve- dhe shperndarjen e vizionit te ri te Jemenit, si dhe femrave te ketij vendi si bashkepunetore te barabarta ne pune dhe ndryshim.
Nadia Al-Sakkaf - Journalist
Nadia Al-Sakkaf is the editor-in-chief of the Yemen Times, the most widely read English-language newspaper in Yemen. Full bio
Nadia Al-Sakkaf is the editor-in-chief of the Yemen Times, the most widely read English-language newspaper in Yemen. Full bio
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Pat Mitchell: You have brought us images from the Yemen Times.
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Pat Mitchell: Ju na keni sjellur imazhe nga Yemen Times
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And take us through those,
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Kalo neper keto fotografi
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and introduce us to another Yemen.
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dhe na paraqit me nje Jemen tjeter.
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Nadia Al-Sakkaf: Well, I'm glad to be here.
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Nadia Al-Sakkaf: Jam e lumtur qe gjendem ketu.
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And I would like to share with you all
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Dhe deshiroj te ndaj me ju te gjithe
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some of the pictures that are happening today in Yemen.
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disa nga fotografite qe po ndodhin sot ne Jemen.
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This picture shows a revolution
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Kjo fotografi tregon nje revolucion
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started by women,
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te filluar nga femrat
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and it shows women and men
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dhe paraqet femrat dhe meshkujte
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leading a mixed protest.
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duke udhehequr nje proteste te perzier.
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The other picture
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Fotografia tjeter
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is the popularity of the real need for change.
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eshte popullariteti i nevojes se vertete per ndryshim.
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So many people are there.
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Ka aq shume njerez aty.
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The intensity of the upspring.
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Intensiteti i revoltes.
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This picture shows that the revolution
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Fotografia tregon se revolucioni
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has allowed opportunities for training,
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ka hapur mundesi per trajnime,
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for education.
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dhe arsimim.
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These women are learning about first aid
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Keto femra po mesojne per ndihmen e pare
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and their rights according to the constitution.
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dhe te drejtat e tyre sipas kushtetutes.
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I love this picture.
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E dua kete fotografi.
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I just wanted to show
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Vetem desha te tregoj
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that over 60 percent of the Yemeni population
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se mbi 60 perqind e popullsise se Jemenit
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are 15 years and below.
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jane 15 vjet ose me te rinj.
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And they were excluded from decision-making,
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Dhe keta jane te paperfshire ne vendimmarrje,
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and now they are in the forefront of the news,
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ndersa tash shfaqen ne ballina te lajmeve,
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raising the flag.
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duke ngritur flamurin.
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English --
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Anglisht--
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you will see, this is jeans
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do te shihni, keto jane xhinse
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and tights,
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dhe geta,
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and an English expression --
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dhe nje shprehje angleze
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the ability to share with the world
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mundesia per te ndare me boten
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what is going on in our own country.
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cfare po ndodhe ne shtetin tone.
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And expression also,
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Dhe te shprehurit poashtu,
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it has brought talents.
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ka vene ne pah talentet.
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Yemenis are using cartoons
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Qytetaret e Jemenit po perdorin ilustrime
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and art,
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dhe art,
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paintings, comics,
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vizatime, stripa,
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to tell the world and each other
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qe t'i tregojne botes dhe njeri tjetrit
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about what's going on.
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se cka po ndodhe.
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Obviously, there's always the dark side of it.
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Sigurisht, gjithmone ekziston edhe ana e erret.
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And this is just one of the less-gruesome pictures
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Dhe kjo eshte nje prej fotografive me pak tmerruese
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of the revolution
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te revolucionit
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and the cost that we have to pay.
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dhe cmimit qe duhet te paguajme.
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The solidarity
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Solidariteti
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of millions of Yemenis across the country
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i miliona qytetareve te Jemenit nga i tere shteti
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just demanding the one thing.
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qe kerkojne vetem nje gje.
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And finally, lots of people are saying
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Dhe me ne fund, shume njerez po thone
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that Yemen's revolution
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qe revolucioni i Jemenit
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is going to break the country.
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do ta ndaje shtetin.
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Is it going to be so many different countries?
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A do te ndahet vendi ne shume shtete te ndryshme?
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Is it going to be another Somalia?
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A do te jete nje Somali tjeter?
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But we want to tell the world that, no,
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Por ne duam t'i themi botes se, jo,
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under the one flag, we'll still remain as Yemeni people.
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nen nje flamur, ne do te mbesim njerezit e Jemenit.
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PM: Thank you for those images, Nadia.
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PM: Faleminderit per keto imazhe, Nadia.
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And they do, in many ways,
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Dhe po, ne menyra te shumta,
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tell a different story
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ato po tregojne nje histori te ndryshme
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than the story of Yemen,
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prej historise se Jemenit,
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the one that is often in the news.
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qe e shohim shpesh ne lajme.
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And yet, you yourself
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Dhe prape, ju personalisht
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defy all those characterizations.
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i sfidoni gjithe ato karakterizime.
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So let's talk about the personal story for a moment.
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Le te flasim per historine tuaj personale per nje moment.
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Your father is murdered.
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Babai juaj eshte vrare.
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The Yemen Times already has
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Yemen times vecse ka
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a strong reputation in Yemen
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nje reputacion te mire ne Jemen
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as an independent English language newspaper.
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si nje gazete e pavarur ne gjuhen angleze.
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How did you then
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Si atehere
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make the decision and assume the responsibilities
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e morret vendimin dhe pergjegjesite
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of running a newspaper,
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per te udhehequr nje gazete,
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especially in such times of conflict?
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posacerisht ne kohe te konfliktit?
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NA: Well, let me first warn you
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NA: Me lejoni fillimisht t'ju paralajmroj
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that I'm not the traditional Yemeni girl.
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qe une nuk jam nje vajze tradicionale e Jemenit.
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I've guessed you've already noticed this by now.
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Besoj qe vecse e keni verejtur kete deri tash.
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(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
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In Yemen, most women are veiled
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Ne Jemen, shumica e femrave jane teresisht te mbuluara me vello
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and they are sitting behind doors
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te ulura prapa dyerve
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and not very much part of the public life.
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dhe jo shume pjese e jetes publike.
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But there's so much potential.
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Por ka aq shume potencial.
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I wish I could show you my Yemen.
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Do te doja te ju tregoja Jemenin tim.
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I wish you could see
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Sa do te doja qe te shikonit
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Yemen through my eyes.
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Jemenin permes syve te mi.
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Then you would know
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Atehere do te dinit
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that there's so much to it.
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qe ka aq shume ne lidhje me te.
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And I was privileged because I was born into a family,
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Une kam qene e privilegjuar qe kam lindur ne nje familje,
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my father would always encourage the boys and the girls.
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babai im gjithmone i inkurajonte si djemte dhe vajzat.
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He would say we are equal.
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Thoshte se jemi te barabarte.
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And he was such an extraordinary man.
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Ishte nje njeri i jashtezakonshem.
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And even my mother -- I owe it to my family.
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Bile edhe nena- i detyrohem familjen time per kete qe jam.
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A story:
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Nje histori:
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I studied in India.
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Kam studiuar ne Indi.
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And in my third year, I started becoming confused
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Ne vitin e trete, fillova te behem e hutuar
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because I was Yemeni,
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sepse isha nga Jemeni
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but I was also mixing up
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por edhe po perzihesha
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with a lot of my friends in college.
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me shume miqe ne fakulltet.
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And I went back home and I said,
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Dhe shkova ne shtepi e thashe,
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"Daddy, I don't know who I am.
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"Babi, une nuk e di se kush jam.
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I'm not a Yemeni; I'm not an Indian."
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Une nuk jam nga Jemeni; Une nuk jam nga India."
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And he said, "You are the bridge."
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Dhe ai tha, "Ti je ura."
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And that is something I will keep in my heart forever.
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Dhe kjo eshte dicka qe do ta mbaje gjithmone ne zemer.
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So since then I've been the bridge,
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Pra prej atehere kam qene ura,
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and a lot of people have walked over me.
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dhe shume njerez me kane shkelur.
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PM: I don't think so. (Laughter)
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PM: Nuk ma merr mendja. (Te qeshura)
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NA: But it just helps tell
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NA: Por thjeshte mjafton te them
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that some people are change agents
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qe disa njerez jane agjente te ndryshimit
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in the society.
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ne shoqeri.
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And when I became editor-in-chief
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Dhe kur u bera zevendes redaktore
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after my brother actually --
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pasi qe vellau im--
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my father passed away in 1999,
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babai vdiq ne 1999,
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and then my brother until 2005 --
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deri ne 2005, vellau im --
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and everybody was betting that I will not be able to do it.
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me te gjithe te tjeret po venin bast se une nuk do t'ia dilja.
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"What's this young girl coming in and showing off
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"Cfare ben kjo vajze e re duke ardhur dhe u treguar
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because it's her family business," or something.
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sikurse te ishte biznisi i familjes se saj," ose dicka e tille.
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It was very hard at first.
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Ishte shume e veshtire ne fillim.
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I didn't want to clash with people.
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Nuk doja te perplasesha me njerez.
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But with all due respect
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Por me gjithe respektin
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to all the men, and the older men especially,
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per te gjithe meshkujte, sidomos ata me te moshuarit,
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they did not want me around.
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nuk me donin afer.
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It was very hard, you know,
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Ishte shume e veshtire,
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to impose my authority.
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te imponoj autoritetin tim.
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But a woman's got to do what a woman's got to do.
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Por nje grua duhet te bej cfare nje grua duhet te bej.
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
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And in the first year,
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Dhe ne vitin e pare,
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I had to fire half of the men.
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u detyrova te largoj nga puna gjysmen e meshkujve.
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(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
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Brought in more women.
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Solla me shume femra.
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Brought in younger men.
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Solla me shume meshkuj te ri.
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And we have a more gender-balanced newsroom today.
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Dhe sot e kemi nje dhome me te balancuar me autore te lajmeve.
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The other thing is that it's about professionalism.
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Gjeja tjeter eshte profesionalizmi.
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It's about proving who you are and what you can do.
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Te deshmuarit se kush jemi dhe cfare bejme.
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And I don't know if I'm going to be boasting now,
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E di qe do te lavdohem tani,
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but in 2006 alone,
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por vetem ne 2006,
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we won three international awards.
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fituam tre cmime nderkombetare.
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One of them is the IPI
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Njeri nga ta eshte IPI
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Free Media Pioneer Award.
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Cmimi per Media nismetare te pavaruara.
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So that was the answer
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Keshtu qe kjo ishte pergjigjja
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to all the Yemeni people.
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per gjithe njerezit e Jemenit.
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And I want to score a point here,
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Dhe dua te fitoj nje pike ketu,
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because my husband is in the room over there.
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sepse burri im eshte ne dhome, atje .
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If you could please stand up, [unclear].
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Nese mund te ngrihesh ne kembe,
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He has been very supportive of me.
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Ai me ka mbeshtetur shume.
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
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PM: And we should point out
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PM: Dhe duhet te permend
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that he works with you as well at the paper.
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se ai punon me ju per gazeten poashtu.
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But in assuming this responsibility
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Por duke e marrur kete pergjegjesi
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and going about it as you have,
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dhe duke e trajtuar ate sic keni bere,
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you have become a bridge
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jeni shnderruar ne nje ure
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between an older and traditional society
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ne mes nje shoqerie te vjeter dhe tradicionale
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and the one that you are now creating at the paper.
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dhe asaj qe ju tani po krijoni permes gazetes.
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And so along with changing who worked there,
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Keshtu qe bashke me ndryshimin e stafit,
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you must have come up against another positioning
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juve ju eshte dashur te viheni edhe kunder dickaje tjeter
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that we always run into, in particular with women,
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me te cilen cdo here ballafaqohemi, posacerisht me femra,
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and it has to do with outside image,
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dhe ka te bej me pamjen e jashtme,
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dress, the veiled woman.
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veshjen, grate me fytyra te mbuluara me vello.
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So how have you dealt with this
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Si jeni perballe me kete
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on a personal level
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ne nivel personal
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as well as the women who worked for you?
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e poashtu edhe me femrat qe kane punuar per ju?
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NA: As you know,
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NA: Sic e dini,
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the image of a lot of Yemeni women is a lot of black
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imazhi i shume femrave te Jemenit eshte shume
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and covered, veiled women.
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femra me fytyra te mbuluara dhe te zeza.
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And this is true.
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Dhe kjo eshte e vertete.
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And a lot of it is
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Dhe shume prej kesaj
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because women are not able, are not free,
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per shkak se femrat nuk munden, nuk jane te lira,
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to show their face to their self.
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t'ia tregojne fytyren vetes se tyre.
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It's a lot of traditional imposing
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Ka shume imponim tradicional
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coming by authority figures
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qe vjen prej figurave me autoritet
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such as the men, the grandparents and so on.
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sikurse meshkujte, gjysherite e keshtu me radhe.
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And it's economic empowerment
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Eshte fuqizimi ekonomik
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and the ability for a woman to say,
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dhe mundesia e nje femre per te thene,
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"I am as much contributing to this family, or more,
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" Une po kontribuoj njejte per kete familje, ose edhe me shume,
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than you are."
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se sa ju."
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And the more empowered the women become,
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Dhe sa me te pavarura qe behen femrat,
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the more they are able to remove the veil, for example,
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aq me shume kane mundesi ta heqin vellon nga fytyra, per shembull
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or to drive their own car
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ose te ngasin veturen e tyre personale
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or to have a job or to be able to travel.
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ose te kene nje pune, apo te kene mundesi te udhetojne.
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So the other face of Yemen
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Keshtu qe fytyra tjeter e Jemenit
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is actually one
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eshte faktikisht nje
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that lies behind the veil,
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qe fshihet prapa vellose qe mbulon fytyren,
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and it's economic empowerment mostly
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dhe kryesisht pavaresimit ekonomik
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that allows the woman to just uncover it.
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qe i lejon femrat ta heqin ate.
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And I have done this throughout my work.
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Dhe une e kam bere kete gjate punes sime.
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I've tried to encourage young girls.
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Jam perpjekur t'i bind vajzat e reja.
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We started with, you can take it off in the office.
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Filluam me, mund ta hiqni ne zyre.
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And then after that, you can take it off on assignments.
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Dhe pas kesaj, mund te hecni vellon nga fytyra kur jeni ne detyre.
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Because I didn't believe a journalist can be a journalist with --
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Sepse nuk kam besuar qe nje gazetare mund te jete gazetare me--
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how can you talk to people if you have your face covered? --
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si mund te ju flasesh njerezve nese e keni fytyren e mbuluar?
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and so on; it's just a movement.
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dhe keshtu me radhe; eshte thjeshte nje levizje.
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And I am a role model in Yemen.
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Dhe une jam nje model per ne Jemen.
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A lot of people look up to me.
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Shume njerez me marrin shembull.
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A lot of young girls look up to me.
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Shume vajza te reja me marrin shembull.
08:05
And I need to prove to them that, yes, you can still be married,
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Dhe me duhet te ju deshmoj atyre se, po, ti mund te martohesh,
08:07
you can still be a mother,
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mund te behesh nene,
08:09
and you can still be respected within the society,
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dhe te jesh e respektuar nga shoqeria,
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but at the same time,
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por ne te njejten kohe,
08:13
that doesn't mean you [should] just be one of the crowd.
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kjo nuk do te thote qe duhet te jesh vetem nje ne mesin e nje grumbulli.
08:16
You can be yourself and have your face.
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Mund te jesh vetja dhe te mbash fytyren tende.
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PM: But by putting yourself personally out there --
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PM: Por duke e ekspozuar veten tende personalisht,
08:23
both projecting a different image
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duke projektuar nje imazh ndryshe
08:25
of Yemeni women,
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te femrave te Jemenit,
08:27
but also what you have made possible
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por gjithashtu edhe me gjithcka qe keni bere te mundur
08:29
for the women who work at the paper --
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per femrat qe punojne per gazeten--
08:32
has this put you in personal danger?
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a e keni vene veten ne rrezik?
08:36
NA: Well the Yemen Times, across 20 years,
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NA: Po gjate 20 viteve Yemen Times
08:39
has been through so much.
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kam kaluar neper shume gjera.
08:41
We've suffered prosecution;
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Kemi qene te perndjekur;
08:43
the paper was closed down more than three times.
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gazeta eshte mbyllur me shume se tre here.
08:45
It's an independent newspaper,
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Eshte nje gazete e pavarur,
08:48
but tell that to the people in charge.
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por ec e shpjegoju kete njerezve ne detyre.
08:50
They think that if there's anything against them,
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Ata mendojne se nese ka ckado kunder tyre ne te,
08:53
then we are being an opposition newspaper.
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atehere ne jemi gazete e opozites.
08:57
And very, very difficult times.
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Dhe shume, shume kohe te veshtira.
09:00
Some of my reporters were arrested.
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Disa nga reporteret e mi ishin arrestuar.
09:02
We had some court cases.
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Kemi pasur disa raste ne gjyq.
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My father was assassinated.
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Babain tim e vrane.
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Today, we are in a much better situation.
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Sot, jemi ne nje situate shume me te mire.
09:09
We've created the credibility.
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E kemi krijuar besueshmerine.
09:11
And in times of revolution or change like today,
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Dhe ne kohe te revolucionit ose ndryshimit sikurse sot,
09:14
it is very important for independent media to have a voice.
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eshte shume e rendesishme per mediat e pavarura te kene ze.
09:18
It's very important
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Eshte shume e rendesishme
09:20
for you to go to YemenTimes.com,
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per ju te shkoni ne YemenTimes.com,
09:22
and it's very important
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dhe eshte shume e rendesishme
09:24
to listen to our voice.
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qe te degjoni zerin tone.
09:27
And this is probably something
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Dhe kjo sigurisht eshte dicka
09:29
I'm going to share with you
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qe do te ndaje me ju,
09:31
in Western media probably --
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ne mediat perendimore me siguri--
09:33
and how there's a lot of stereotypes --
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ka shume stereotipe--
09:37
thinking of Yemen in one single frame:
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mendohet per Jemenin brenda nje kornize te vetme:
09:40
this is what Yemen is all about.
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kjo eshte gjicka qe mund te kete per Jemenin.
09:43
And that's not fair.
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E kjo nuk eshte e drejte.
09:45
It's not fair for me; it's not fair for my country.
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Nuk eshte e drejte per mua; nuk eshte e drejte per shtetin tim.
09:47
A lot of reporters come to Yemen
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Shume reportere vijne ne Jemen
09:49
and they want to write a story on Al-Qaeda or terrorism.
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dhe duan te shkruajne nje histori per Al-Qaeden ose terrorizmin.
09:52
And I just wanted to share with you:
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Dhe une vetem desha te ndaje me ju:
09:56
there's one reporter that came.
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qe nje here erdhi nje reporter.
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He wanted to do a documentary
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Ai donte te bente nje dokumentar
10:00
on what his editors wanted.
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per cka redaktoret e tij deshironin.
10:04
And he ended up writing about a story that even surprised me --
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Dhe perfundoj duke shkruar nje ngarje qe edhe mua me befasoj--
10:07
hip hop --
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hip hop--
10:09
that there are young Yemeni men
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se si ka te djem te ri nga Jemeni
10:12
who express themselves
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qe e shprehin veten
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through dancing and puchu puchu.
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permes vallezimit dhe puqu puqu.
10:17
(Laughter)
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Qeshje)
10:19
That thing. (PM: Rap. Break dancing.)
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Cfaredo qe ajo eshte. (PM: Rap, Break dancing)
10:22
Yeah, break dancing.
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Po, break dancing.
10:24
I'm not so old.
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Nuk jam aq e vjeter.
10:27
I'm just not in touch.
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Vecse nuk i ndjek.
10:29
(Laughter)
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(Te qeshura)
10:31
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
10:34
PM: Yes, you are.
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PM: Po, ti e ben.
10:36
Actually, that's a documentary
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Ne fakt, ai eshte bere nje dokumentar
10:38
that's available online; the video's online.
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qe mund te shikohet online; video eshte online.
10:41
NA: ShaketheDust.org.
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NA: ShaketheDust.org
10:43
PM: "Shake the Dust." (NA: "Shake the Dust.")
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PM: "Shake the Dust." (NA: Shake the Dust.")
10:46
PM: ShaketheDust.org.
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PM: ShaketheDust.org
10:48
And it definitely does give a different image of Yemen.
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Dhe definitivisht jep nje imazh tjeter per Jemenin.
10:51
You spoke about the responsibility of the press.
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Ju folet per pergjegjesine e shtypit.
10:54
And certainly, when we look
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Dhe sigurisht, kur shikojme
10:57
at the ways in which we have separated ourselves from others
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menyrat se si ne kemi ndare veten tone prej te tjereve,
11:00
and we've created fear
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se si kemi krijuar frike
11:02
and danger,
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dhe rrezik,
11:04
often from lack of knowledge,
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shpesh nga mungesa e njohurive
11:06
lack of real understanding,
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mungesa e te kuptuarite te vertete,
11:08
how do you see
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si e shihni
11:10
the way that the Western press in particular
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rrugen qe shtypi perendimor
11:13
is covering this and all other stories out of the region,
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mbulon tere kete ngjarje dhe te tjera nga regjioni,
11:16
but in particular, in your country?
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por kryesisht , ne shtetin tuaj?
11:18
NA: Well there is a saying that says,
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NA: Po, eshte nje thenie qe thote:
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"You fear what you don't know,
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"Ju frikesoheni nga cfare nuk dini,
11:23
and you hate what you fear."
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dhe urreni ate qe i frikesoheni."
11:26
So it's about the lack of research, basically.
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Pra ka te beje me mungesen e hulumtimit, ne princip.
11:29
It's almost, "Do your homework," --
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Eshte pothuajse, "Beni detyrat,"--
11:32
some involvement.
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pak perfshirje.
11:34
And you cannot do parachute reporting --
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Nuk mund ta leshoni raportimin me parashute--
11:37
just jump into a country for two days
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vetem te kerceni ne nje shtet per dy dite
11:40
and think that you've done your homework and a story.
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dhe te mendoni se i keni bere detyrat e shtepise dhe te krijoni nje storje.
11:43
So I wish
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Keshtu qe uroj
11:45
that the world would know my Yemen,
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qe bota te njohin Jemenin tim,
11:47
my country, my people.
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shtetin tim, njerezit e mi.
11:50
I am an example, and there are others like me.
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Une jam nje shembull, dhe ka te tjere sikurse une.
11:53
We may not be that many,
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Mund te mos jemi shume,
11:55
but if we are promoted
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por nese afirmohemi
11:57
as a good, positive example,
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si shembull i mire dhe pozitiv
12:00
there will be others -- men and women --
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do te kete te tjere-- meshkuj dhe femra--
12:03
who can eventually bridge the gap --
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qe ne te vertete mund te lidhin zbrazetirat me ura--
12:06
again, coming to the bridge --
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prape-- duke u kthyer te ura--
12:08
between Yemen and the world
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ne mes te Jemenit dhe botes
12:10
and telling first
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dhe duke treguar fillimisht
12:12
about recognition
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njohje
12:14
and then about communication
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e me pas komunikim
12:16
and compassion.
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dhe dhembshuri.
12:19
I think Yemen is going to be
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Une mendoj se Jemeni do te jete
12:21
in a very bad situation
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ne nje situate shume te veshtire
12:24
in the next two or three years.
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ne dy deri tre vitet e ardhshme.
12:26
It's natural.
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Eshte natyrale.
12:28
But after the two years, which is a price we are willing to pay,
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Por pas dy viteve, qe eshte cmimi qe ne jemi te gatshem te paguajme,
12:31
we are going to stand up again on our feet,
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ne do te qendrojme perseri ne kembet tona,
12:34
but in the new Yemen
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por ne Jemenin e ri
12:36
with a younger and more empowered people --
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me njerez me te ri dhe me te fuqizuar--
12:39
democratic.
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demokratik.
12:41
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
12:49
PM: Nadia, I think you've just given us
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PM: Nadia, po mendoj qe ju sapo na keni dhene
12:51
a very different view of Yemen.
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nje perspektive tjeter te Jemenit.
12:54
And certainly you yourself and what you do
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Dhe sigurisht ju vete dhe ajo se cfare ju beni
12:57
have given us a view of the future
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na kane dhene nje pamje te se ardhmes
13:00
that we will embrace
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qe do ta perqafojme
13:03
and be grateful for.
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dhe per te cilen do te jemi mirenjohes.
13:05
And the very best of luck to you.
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Pacit shume fat.
13:07
YemenTimes.com.
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YemenTimes.com
13:10
NA: On Twitter also.
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NA: Ne Twitter poashtu.
13:13
PM: So you are plugged in.
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PM: Pra jeni te kyqur.
13:15
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nadia Al-Sakkaf - JournalistNadia Al-Sakkaf is the editor-in-chief of the Yemen Times, the most widely read English-language newspaper in Yemen.
Why you should listen
Nadia Al-Sakkaf became the chief editor of the Yemen Times, the country's first and most widely read independent English-language newspaper, in March 2005, and quickly became a leading voice in Yemen and worldwide media on issues of media, gender, development and politics. During the May 2011 leadership crisis in Yemen, Al-Sakkaf and her organization were vital in reporting the news and putting the political situation in context for the wider world. And as the crisis rolls on, the role of an independent press becomes even more vital. The Yemen Times has reporters on the ground in Sana'a, Taiz, Aden and Hodeida covering the uprising.
Under Al-Sakkaf's leadership, the Yemen Times has also created several publications -- especially those for the advocacy of women’s participation in politics, such as Breaking the Stereotype, a book on Yemeni women's experience as political candidates in elections.
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