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Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan
Monika Bulaj: Ang nakatagong liwanag ng Afghanistan
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Inilahad ng litratistang si Monika Bulaj ang ilang marurubdob at nakakaantig na mga larawan ng Afghanistan -- ang mga tahanan, mga ritwal, mga kalalakihan at kababaihan. Sa likod ng mga balita, ano nga ba talaga ang alam ng mundo tungkol sa lugar na ito?
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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Ang aking mga paglalakbay sa Afghanistan
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began many, many years ago
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ay nagsimula ilang taon na ang nakalipas
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on the eastern border of my country,
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mula sa silangang bahagi ng aking bansa,
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my homeland, Poland.
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ang aking bayang sinilangan, ang Poland.
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I was walking through the forests
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Nilalakad ko noon ang mga gubat
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of my grandmother's tales.
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na laman ng mga kwento ni lola.
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A land where every field hides a grave,
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Isang lupain na itinatago ang puntod sa bawat sulok,
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where millions of people
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kung saan milyun-milyon katao ang
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have been deported or killed
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ipinatapon o ipinapatay
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in the 20th century.
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noong ika-20 siglo.
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Behind the destruction,
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Sa kabila ng pagkawasak,
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I found a soul of places.
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natagpuan ko ang diwa ng lugar na iyon.
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I met humble people.
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Nakatagpo ako ng mga mapagkumbabang tao.
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I heard their prayer
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Narinig ko ang kanilang dasal
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and ate their bread.
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at kumain ng kanilang tinapay.
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Then I have been walking East for 20 years --
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Sumunod kong nilakbay ang Silangan sa loob ng 20 taon --
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from Eastern Europe to Central Asia --
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mula Silangang Europa hanggang Gitnang Asya --
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through the Caucasus Mountains,
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sa mga bundok ng Caucasus,
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Middle East,
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Gitnang Silangan,
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North Africa,
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Hilagang Aprika,
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Russia.
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Rusya.
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And I ever met more humble people.
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At nakatagpo ako ng mas maraming taong may payak na pamumuhay.
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And I shared their bread and their prayer.
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Ibinahagi nila ang kanilang tinapay at mga panalangin.
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This is why I went to Afghanistan.
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Kung kaya naisip kong magtungo ng Afghanistan.
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One day, I crossed the bridge
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May isang araw, tinahak ko ang tulay
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over the Oxus River.
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na tumatawid sa Ilog Oxus.
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I was alone on foot.
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Ako ay nakapaa at mag-isa noon.
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And the Afghan soldier was so surprised to see me
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At nabigla ang sundalong Afghan nang makita niya ako
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that he forgot to stamp my passport.
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na nakalimutan pa niyang tatakan ang aking pasaporte.
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But he gave me a cup of tea.
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Bagamat binigyan naman niya ako ng tsaa.
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And I understood
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At naisip ko
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that his surprise was my protection.
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na ang kanyang pagkabigla ay ang aking kaligtasan.
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So I have been walking and traveling,
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Kaya nagpatuloy akong naglakad at naglakbay,
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by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking,
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sa kabayo, sa yak, sa trak, at nakikisakay,
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from Iran's border
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mula sa dulo ng Iran
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to the bottom, to the edge of the Wakhan Corridor.
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sa bandang ilalim, hanggang sa Wakhan Corridor.
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And in this way
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Sa ganitong paraan
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I could find noor, the hidden light of Afghanistan.
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masisilayan ko ang noor, ang natatagong liwanag ng Afghanistan.
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My only weapon
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Ang tanging tangan ko
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was my notebook and my Leica.
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ay ang aking kwaderno at kamera.
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I heard prayers of the Sufi --
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Napakinggan ko ang panalangin ng mga Sufi --
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humble Muslims,
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mga mapagkumbabang Muslim,
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hated by the Taliban.
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kinamumuhian ng mga Taliban.
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Hidden river,
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Nakatagong ilog,
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interconnected with the mysticism
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pinagdudugtong ng mistisismo
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from Gibraltar to India.
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mula Gibraltar hanggang India.
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The mosque where the respectful foreigner
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Ang moske kung saan ang dayuhang ginagalang
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is showered with blessings
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ay napapaulanan ng mga biyaya
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and with tears,
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at mga luha,
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and welcomed as a gift.
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at tinuturing bilang isang regalo.
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What do we know
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Ano ba ang alam natin
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about the country and the people
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tungkol sa bansa at sa mamamayan
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that we pretend to protect,
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na kunwari'y pinagtatanggol natin,
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about the villages
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tungkol sa mga kanayunan
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where the only one medicine
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kung saan ang tanging gamot
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to kill the pain and to stop the hunger
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sa hapdi at ang sagot sa gutom
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is opium?
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ay opium?
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These are opium-addicted people
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Ito ang mga mamamayang nalulong sa opium
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on the roofs of Kabul
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sa mga bubong ng Kabul
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10 years after the beginning of our war.
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10 taon matapos magsimula ang ating digmaan.
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These are the nomad girls
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Ito ang mga kababaihang nomad
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who became prostitutes for Afghan businessmen.
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na naging bayaran ng mga negosyanteng Afghan.
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What do we know about the women
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Ano nga ba ang alam natin sa mga babaeng ito
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10 years after the war?
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10 taon matapos ang giyera?
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Clothed in this nylon bag,
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Hawak ang nylong bag,
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made in China,
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gawa sa Tsina,
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with the name of burqa.
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at tinatawag na burka.
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I saw one day,
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Isang araw nasaksihan ko,
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the largest school in Afghanistan,
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ang pinakamalaking eskuwelahan sa Afghanistan,
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a girls' school.
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isang paaralang pambabae.
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13,000 girls
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13,000 kababaihan
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studying here
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ang nag-aaral dito
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in the rooms underground,
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sa mga silid-aralan sa ilalim ng lupa,
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full of scorpions.
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kasama ang mga alakdan.
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And their love [for studying]
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At ang kanilang pagsisikap [mag-aral]
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was so big that I cried.
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ay napakalaki, na napaiyak ako.
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What do we know
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Ano nga ba ang alam natin
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about the death threats by the Taliban
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tungkol sa mga banta ng Taliban
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nailed on the doors
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na nakapinid sa mga pinto
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of the people who dare to send their daughters to school as in Balkh?
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ng mga mamamayang pinapag-aral ang kanilang mga anak na babae tulad ng sa Balkh?
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The region is not secure, but full of the Taliban,
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Hindi ligtas ang rehiyon, dahil sa mga Taliban,
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and they did it.
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subalit pinagpatuloy nila.
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My aim is to give a voice
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Layon ko na bigyang boses
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to the silent people,
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ang mga taong hindi umiimik,
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to show the hidden lights
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upang ilahad ang nakatagong liwanag
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behind the curtain of the great game,
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sa likod ng kurtina ng isang malaking laro,
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the small worlds ignored by the media
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ang maliliit na buhay na hindi pinapansin ng media
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and the prophets of a global conflict.
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at ng mga propeta ng hindi pagkakasundo ng mundo.
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Thanks.
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Salamat.
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(Applause)
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(Palakpakan)
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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