Laura Boushnak: The deadly legacy of cluster bombs
لورا بوشناق: الإرث المميت للقنابل العنقودية.
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of a deserted field full of land mines.
it makes me nervous.
a cluster bomb survivor
وهو ناج من قنبلة عنقودية
Israel-Hezbollah War in Lebanon.
و إسرائيل في لبنان.
other survivors all around the world,
repercussions of cluster munitions
للذخائر العنقودية
started in Lebanon,
at Agence France-Presse in Paris.
وكالة (فرانس بريس) بباريس.
missed my parents' home.
قد أخطأت منزل والدي.
on assignment to cover that war,
في مهمة لتغطية تلك الحرب،
with my family,
to escape southern Lebanon.
من جنوب لبنان.
south, back to their homes,
جنوباً للعودة إلى منازلهم،
cluster submunitions
the 34-day conflict.
خلال الصراع الذي دام 34 يوماً.
during the last week of the conflict.
خلال الأسبوع الأخير من الصراع.
drive from my parents' home
عن منزل والدي
him through the years.
since we first met.
physical and emotional trauma.
الجسدية والنفسية.
to offer his friends tattoos,
لرفاقه وشاماً،
who spends hours surfing the Internet
والذي يقضي ساعات مبحراً على الإنترنت
become his girlfriend.
أن تصبح حبيبته.
of losing his legs
that never occur to us.
لا تحدث معنا أبداً.
or take for granted,
ونتعامل معها كمسلمات،
picking up something from the floor,
أو حتى حمل شيء من الأرض،
of stress and anxiety?
became of Mohammed,
what a cluster bomb was,
عن القنابل العنقودية،
weapon was used
between a military target
what a cluster bomb is.
filled with bomblets.
hundreds of bomblets.
just like landmines --
كألغام أرضية --
his land without a problem.
دون أية مشاكل.
and burn some branches,
بعض الأغصان،
could be set off because of the heat.
منه بسبب الحرارة.
those bomblets for toys,
أن هذه القنابل الصغيرة هي ألعاب،
bouncy balls or soda cans.
معدنية لمشروبات غازية.
a few months after the conflict ended
بعد أشهر من انتهاء النزاع
other kids' stories across the world
آخرين حول العالم
to the horrifying implications
in January 2007.
after his accident.
من الحادث.
في تلك السن المبكرة،
to get used to his new body.
at night wanting to scratch his lost feet.
يريد أن يحك رجليه المفقودتين.
was my instant realization
was likely to face in the future --
سيواجهها في المستقبل --
while adjusting to his injury
for Palestinian refugees,
الفلسطينيين،
Palestinian refugees,
in the public sector
regret dropping out of school
لتركه المدرسة
of a university degree
of impact on communities,
حلقةً مفرغةً من التداعيات على المجتمعات،
drop out of school,
تركوا المدارس،
أو فقدوا وظائفهم،
to provide for their families.
the continuous physical pain
the poorest of the poor.
is a burden to the families.
عبئاً على الأسر.
on humanitarian agencies,
على الوكالات الإنسانية،
lifelong support to the injured.
دعماً مدى الحياة للمصاب.
proper prosthetic legs.
على ساقين اصطناعيتين مناسبتين.
among his friends.
impacts of the weapon
early medical reports,
لاضطراب ما بعد الصدمة.
poor appetite, sleep disturbance
واضطراب في النوم
proper help to fully recover.
المناسبة ليتعافى على نحو كامل.
is to leave Lebanon at any cost --
بأي ثمن --
on a hazardous journey
Europe today through the Mediterranean.
اليوم عبر البحر المتوسط.
and hurting whole communities
مجتمعات بأكملها
of the Mines Advisory Group,
"ماينز أدفايزور غروب"،
tons of munitions over Laos.
من الذخائر فوق لاوس.
their targets in Vietnam,
where planes would drop their loads
حيث تلقي الطائرات حمولاتها
with loaded planes."
بطائرات محملة."
Committee of the Red Cross,
countries in the world --
الدول في العالم --
submunitions remain.
من الذخائر غير المنفجرة.
or injured since 1973.
منذ عام 1973.
by over 20 states during armed conflicts
أكثر من 20 دولة في نزاعات مسلحة
an international treaty
the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
الذخائر العنقودية .
of cluster munitions --
Russia and China --
والصين --
them in the future,
in their stockpiles
been used most recently
القنابل العنقودية مؤخراً
in Yemen and Syria.
on the worldwide investments
في هولندا،
billions of US dollars
cluster munitions.
are based in countries
the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
to find was picking lemons.
إيجادها هي قطف الليمون.
to work in the field he said,
often contaminate areas
غالباً ما تلوث المناطق
source of income.
International's research,
by cluster munitions are civilians.
هم من المدنيين.
of casualties are males.
these people have no choice
to three sisters.
to provide for his family,
due to his physical disability
نظراً لإعاقته البدنية
to people with disabilities,
ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة،
out looking for a job,
للبحث عن عمل،
paid to him out of pity.
He said, "My dream is to run,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laura Boushnak - PhotographerLaura Boushnak is a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian photographer whose work focuses on women, literacy and education reform in the Arab world.
Why you should listen
Boushnak's documentary project I Read I Write explores the barriers women face accessing education and the role of literacy in improving the lives of women in Egypt, Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. For the project, Boushnak encouraged women to write their thoughts on prints of their portraits, engaging them directly in the artistic process. Boushnak’s images have been widely published, and her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. She is a co-founder of Rawiya, a collective that brings together the work and experience of female photographers from the Middle East.
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