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Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan
Monika Bulaj: La llum amagada d'Afganistan.
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La fotògrafa Monika Bulaj comparteix amb nosaltres poderoses i íntimes imatges d'Afganistan -- imatges quotidianes, de rituals, d'homes i dones. Deixant de banda titulars, què sap realment el món sobre aquest lloc?
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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Els meus viatges a Afganistàn
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began many, many years ago
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van començar fa molts, molts anys
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on the eastern border of my country,
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a la frontera oriental del meu país,
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my homeland, Poland.
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la meva pàtria, Polònia.
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I was walking through the forests
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Caminava a través dels boscos
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of my grandmother's tales.
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dels contes de la meva àvia.
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A land where every field hides a grave,
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Una terra on cada camp amaga una tomba,
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where millions of people
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on milions de persones
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have been deported or killed
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han estat deportades o assassinades
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in the 20th century.
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al segle vint.
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Behind the destruction,
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Darrere la destrucció,
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I found a soul of places.
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vaig trobar una ànima de llocs.
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I met humble people.
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Vaig conèixer gent humil.
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I heard their prayer
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Vaig escoltar la seva pregària
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and ate their bread.
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i vaig menjar el seu pà.
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Then I have been walking East for 20 years --
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Després he estat caminant cap a l'Est durant 20 anys --
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from Eastern Europe to Central Asia --
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de l'Europa de l'Est a l'Àsia Central --
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through the Caucasus Mountains,
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a través de les muntanyes del Caucas,
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Middle East,
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Orient Mitjà,
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North Africa,
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Àfrica del Nord,
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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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I encara vaig conèixer més gent humil.
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And I shared their bread and their prayer.
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I vaig compartir el seu pà i la seva pregària.
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This is why I went to Afghanistan.
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És per això que vaig anar a l'Afganistan.
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One day, I crossed the bridge
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Un dia, vaig creuar el pont
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over the Oxus River.
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sobre el riu Oxus.
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I was alone on foot.
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Caminava tota sola.
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And the Afghan soldier was so surprised to see me
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I el soldat afganès es va sorprendre tant de veure'm
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that he forgot to stamp my passport.
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que es va oblidar de segellar el meu passaport.
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But he gave me a cup of tea.
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Però em va convidar a una tassa de te.
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And I understood
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I vaig comprendre
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that his surprise was my protection.
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que la seva sorpresa era la meva protecció.
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So I have been walking and traveling,
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Així que he estat caminant i viatjant,
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by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking,
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a cavall, yak, camió, fent autoestop,
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from Iran's border
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de la frontera d'Iran
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to the bottom, to the edge of the Wakhan Corridor.
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fins a baix del tot, a la vora del corredor de Wakhan.
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And in this way
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I en aquest camí
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I could find noor, the hidden light of Afghanistan.
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vaig poder trobar "noor", la llum secreta d'Afganistan.
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My only weapon
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La meva única arma
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was my notebook and my Leica.
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era la meva llibreta i la meva Leica.
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I heard prayers of the Sufi --
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Vaig escoltar oracions dels Sufís --
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humble Muslims,
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humils musulmans,
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hated by the Taliban.
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odiats pels talibans.
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Hidden river,
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Riu amagat,
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interconnected with the mysticism
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interconnectat amb el misticisme
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from Gibraltar to India.
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des de Gibraltar a l'Índia.
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The mosque where the respectful foreigner
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La mesquita on el respectuós estranger
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is showered with blessings
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és ruixat amb benediccions
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and with tears,
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i amb llàgrimes,
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and welcomed as a gift.
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i benvingut com si fos un regal.
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What do we know
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Què sabem ara
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about the country and the people
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sobre el país i la gent
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that we pretend to protect,
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que pretenem protegir,
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about the villages
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sobre els poblets
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where the only one medicine
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on la única medicina
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to kill the pain and to stop the hunger
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per calmar el dolor i aturar la gana
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is opium?
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és l'opi?
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These are opium-addicted people
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Aquestes persones són addictes a l'opi
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on the roofs of Kabul
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als sostres de Kabul
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10 years after the beginning of our war.
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10 anys després de l'inici de la nostra guerra.
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These are the nomad girls
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Aquestes són les noies nòmades
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who became prostitutes for Afghan businessmen.
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que es van tornar prostitutes per a homes de negocis afganesos.
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What do we know about the women
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Què sabem de les dones
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10 years after the war?
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10 anys després de la guerra?
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Clothed in this nylon bag,
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Vestides amb aquesta bossa de niló,
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made in China,
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feta a Xina,
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with the name of burqa.
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amb el nom de burca.
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I saw one day,
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Vaig veure un dia,
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the largest school in Afghanistan,
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l'escola més gran de l'Afganistan,
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a girls' school.
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una escola de noies.
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13,000 girls
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13.000 noies
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studying here
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estudiant aquí
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in the rooms underground,
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a les sales subterrànies,
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full of scorpions.
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plenes d'escorpions.
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And their love [for studying]
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I el seu amor [per estudiar]
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was so big that I cried.
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era tant gran que vaig plorar.
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What do we know
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Què sabem
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about the death threats by the Taliban
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sobre les amenaces de mort dels talibans
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nailed on the doors
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clavades a les portes
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of the people who dare to send their daughters to school as in Balkh?
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de la gent que gosa enviar les seves filles a l'escola com a Balkh?
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The region is not secure, but full of the Taliban,
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La regió no és segura, és plena de talibans,
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and they did it.
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i ho van fer.
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My aim is to give a voice
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El meu objectiu es donar una veu
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to the silent people,
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a la gent callada,
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to show the hidden lights
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per a ensenyar les llums amagades
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behind the curtain of the great game,
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darrere la cortina del gran joc,
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the small worlds ignored by the media
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els petits mons ignorats pels mitjans
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and the prophets of a global conflict.
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i els profetes d'un conflicte global.
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Thanks.
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Gràcies.
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
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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