TEDxWomen 2012
Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Dare to educate Afghan girls
Shabana Basij-Rasikh: Usuditi se obrazovati djevojke u Afganistanu
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Zamislite zemlju u kojoj se djevojke moraju iskradati kako bi išle u školu, sa smrtnim posljedicama ako ih uhvate kako uče. Takav je bio Afganistan tijekom vladavine talibana i tragovi te opasnosti su i danas vidljivi. 22-godišnja Shabana Basij-Rasikh vodi školu za djevojke u Afganistanu. Slavi moć obiteljske odluke da vjeruju u svoje kćeri -- i priča priču o hrabrome ocu koji se usprotivio lokalnim prijetnjama. (Snimljeno tijekom TEDxWomen)
Shabana Basij-Rasikh - Educator
Shabana Basij-Rasikh helps girls and young women in Afghanistan get an education. Full bio
Shabana Basij-Rasikh helps girls and young women in Afghanistan get an education. Full bio
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00:16
When I was 11,
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Kada sam imala 11 godina,
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I remember waking up one morning to the sound of joy in my house.
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sjećam se buđenja uz zvuk sreće jednoga jutra.
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My father was listening to BBC News
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Moj otac je slušao vijesti BBC-a
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on his small, gray radio.
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na svom malom, sivom radiju.
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There was a big smile on his face which was unusual then,
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Na njegovom je licu bio veliki smiješak, što je tada bilo neobično,
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because the news mostly depressed him.
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jer su ga vijesti uglavnom deprimirale.
00:36
"The Taliban are gone!" my father shouted.
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"Talibani su otišli!" otac je povikao.
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I didn't know what it meant,
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Nisam znala što to znači,
00:43
but I could see that my father was very, very happy.
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ali mogla sam vidjeti da je moj otac vrlo, vrlo sretan.
00:49
"You can go to a real school now," he said.
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"Sada možeš ići u pravu školu", rekao je.
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A morning that I will never forget.
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Jutro koje nikada neću zaboraviti.
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A real school.
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Prava škola.
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You see, I was six when the Taliban took over Afghanistan
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Vidite, ja sam imala 6 godina kada su Talibani preuzeli Afganistan
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and made it illegal for girls to go to school.
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i učinili ilegalnim da djevojke pohađaju školu.
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So for the next five years, I dressed as a boy
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Tako sam se sljedećih pet godina odjevala kao dječak
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to escort my older sister, who was no longer allowed
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kako bih pratila svoju stariju sestru, kojoj nije više bilo dozvoljeno
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to be outside alone, to a secret school.
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biti samoj vani, u tajnu školu.
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It was the only way we both could be educated.
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To je bio jedini način kako bismo se obje mogle obrazovati.
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Each day, we took a different route
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Svakim danom smo išle drugim putem
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so that no one would suspect where we were going.
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kako nitko ne bi posumnjao kamo idemo.
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We would cover our books in grocery bags
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Skrivale smo knjige u vrećicama za kupovinu,
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so it would seem we were just out shopping.
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da bi izgledalo kao da smo odlazile u kupovinu.
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The school was in a house,
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Škola je bila u kući,
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more than 100 of us packed in one small living room.
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više od stotine nas bilo je smješteno u maloj dnevnoj sobi.
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It was cozy in winter but extremely hot in summer.
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Bilo je ugodno tijekom zime, ali užasno vruće tijekom ljeta.
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We all knew we were risking our lives --
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Svi smo znali da riskiramo svoje živote--
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the teacher, the students and our parents.
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učitelji, učenici i naši roditelji.
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From time to time, the school would suddenly be canceled
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S vremena na vrijeme škola bi bila otkazana
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for a week because Taliban were suspicious.
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tjedan dana jer su talibani bili sumnjičavi.
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We always wondered what they knew about us.
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Uvijek smo se pitali što znaju o nama.
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Were we being followed?
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Jesu li nas slijedili?
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Do they know where we live?
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Znaju li gdje živimo?
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We were scared,
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Bili smo uplašeni,
02:24
but still, school was where we wanted to be.
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ali svejedno, škola je bila mjesto gdje smo željeli biti.
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I was very lucky to grow up in a family
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Imala sam sreće što sam odrasla u obitelji
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where education was prized and daughters were treasured.
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gdje je obrazovanje bilo cijenjeno i gdje su kćeri bile dragocjene.
02:41
My grandfather was an extraordinary man for his time.
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Moj je djed u svoje vrijem bio izvanredan čovjek.
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A total maverick from a remote province of Afghanistan,
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Posve svojeglav iz udaljene provincije Afganistana,
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he insisted that his daughter, my mom,
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zahtjevao je da njegova kćer, moja majka,
02:53
go to school, and for that he was disowned by his father.
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ide u školu i zbog toga ga se njegov otac odrekao.
03:00
But my educated mother became a teacher.
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Moja obrazovana majka postala je učiteljica.
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There she is.
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Tamo je.
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She retired two years ago, only to turn our house
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Otišla je u mirovinu prije dvije godine, samo kako bi našu kuću pretvorila
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into a school for girls and women in our neighborhood.
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u školu za djevojke i žene iz našeg susjedstva.
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And my father -- that's him --
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A moj otac -- ovo je on --
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he was the first ever in his family to receive an education.
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bio je prvi u svojoj obitelji koji je stekao obrazovanje.
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There was no question that his children
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Nije bilo upitno hoće li njegova djeca
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would receive an education, including his daughters,
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steći obrazovanje, uključujući njegove kćeri,
03:33
despite the Taliban, despite the risks.
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unatoč talibanima, unatoč riziku.
03:37
To him, there was greater risk in not educating his children.
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Za njega je veći rizik bio ne obrazovati svoju djecu.
03:46
During Taliban years, I remember
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Tijekom vladavine talibana, sjećam se
03:49
there were times I would get so frustrated by our life
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bilo je trenutaka kada bih bila toliko frustrirana našim životima
03:54
and always being scared and not seeing a future.
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i uvijek bih bila uplašena i nisam vidjela budućnost.
03:58
I would want to quit,
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Željela sam odustati,
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but my father,
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ali moj otac,
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he would say,
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znao je reći,
04:06
"Listen, my daughter,
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"Slušaj, kćeri,
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you can lose everything you own in your life.
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možeš izgubiti sve u svome životu.
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Your money can be stolen. You can be forced to leave your home during a war.
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Tvoj novac može biti ukraden. Možeš biti prisiljena napustiti svoj dom tijekom rata.
04:16
But the one thing that will always remain with you
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Ali samo jedna stvar koja uvijek ostaje s tobom
04:19
is what is here,
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je ono što je ovdje,
04:22
and if we have to sell our blood to pay your school fees,
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i ako moramo prodati našu krvu kako bismo platili tvoju školarinu,
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we will.
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to ćemo i učiniti.
04:30
So do you still not want to continue?"
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Dakle, da li i dalje ne želiš nastaviti?"
04:35
Today I am 22.
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Danas imam 22 godine.
04:39
I was raised in a country that has been destroyed
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odgojena sam u zemlji koja je uništena
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by decades of war.
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desetljećima rata.
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Fewer than six percent of women my age have made it beyond high school,
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Manje od šest posto žena moje dobi su nastavile nakon srednje škole
04:50
and had my family not been so committed to my education,
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i da moja obitelj nije bila toliko odana mom obrazovanju,
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I would be one of them.
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bila bih jedna od njih.
04:55
Instead, I stand here a proud graduate of Middlebury College.
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Umjesto toga, stojim ovdje ponosna što sam diplomirala na Middlebury fakultetu.
05:00
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
05:10
When I returned to Afghanistan, my grandfather,
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Kada sam se vratila u Afganistan, moj djed,
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the one exiled from his home for daring to educate his daughters,
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koji je bio prognan iz svog doma jer je usudio obrazovati svoje kćeri,
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was among the first to congratulate me.
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bio je među prvima koji su mi čestitali.
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He not only brags about my college degree,
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Ne samo da je ponosan na moju diplomu,
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but also that I was the first woman,
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nego i na to što sam prva žena,
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and that I am the first woman
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a i jesam prva žena
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to drive him through the streets of Kabul.
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koja ga je vozila ulicama Kabula.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
05:36
My family believes in me.
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Moja obitelj vjeruje u mene.
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I dream big, but my family dreams even bigger for me.
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Imam velike snove, ali moja obitelj ima još veće snove za mene.
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That's why I am a global ambassador for 10x10,
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To je razlog zašto sam globalni ambasador 10x10,
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a global campaign to educate women.
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globalnog kampanje za obrazovanje žena.
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That's why I cofounded SOLA,
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Zbog toga sam osnovala SOLA-u,
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the first and perhaps only boarding school
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prvi i vjerojatno jedini internat
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for girls in Afghanistan,
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za djevojke u Afganistanu,
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a country where it's still risky for girls to go to school.
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zemlji gdje je još uvijek riskantno da djevojke idu u školu.
06:04
The exciting thing is that I see students at my school
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Uzbudljivo je to što vidim učenike u svojoj školi
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with ambition grabbing at opportunity.
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s ambicijom da ugrabe priliku.
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And I see their parents and their fathers
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I vidim njihove roditelje i očeve
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who, like my own, advocate for them,
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koji, poput mojih, navijaju za njih
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despite and even in the face of daunting opposition.
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unatoč, pa čak i protivno obeshrabrujućoj oporbi.
06:30
Like Ahmed. That's not his real name,
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Kao Ahmed. To nije njegovo pravo ime
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and I cannot show you his face,
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i ne mogu pokazati njegovo lice,
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but Ahmed is the father of one of my students.
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ali Ahmed je otac jedne od mojih učenica.
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Less than a month ago, he and his daughter
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Prije manje od mjesec dana on i njegova kćer
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were on their way from SOLA to their village,
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su bili na putu iz SOLA-e prema svome selu
06:46
and they literally missed being killed
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i doslovno su izbjegli smrt
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by a roadside bomb by minutes.
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bombom koja je bila na putu.
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As he arrived home, the phone rang,
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Nakon što je stigao doma, telefon je zazvonio.
07:00
a voice warning him
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Glas ga je upozorio
07:03
that if he sent his daughter back to school,
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da ako pošalje kćer ponovo u školu,
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they would try again.
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pokušat će ponovno.
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"Kill me now, if you wish," he said,
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"Ubij me odmah, ako želiš", rekao je,
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"but I will not ruin my daughter's future
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"ali neću upropastiti budućnost svoje kćeri
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because of your old and backward ideas."
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zbog vaših starih i zaostalih ideja."
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What I've come to realize about Afghanistan,
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Počela sam shvaćati u vezi s Afganistanom
07:24
and this is something that is often dismissed in the West,
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nešto što je često odbačeno na Istoku,
07:28
that behind most of us who succeed
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da je iza nas koji smo uspjeli
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is a father who recognizes the value in his daughter
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otac koji prepoznaje vrijednosti svoje kćeri
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and who sees that her success is his success.
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i koji vidi da je njezin uspjeh njegov uspjeh.
07:43
It's not to say that our mothers aren't key in our success.
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To ne znači da majke nisu ključ našeg uspjeha.
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In fact, they're often the initial and convincing negotiators
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Zapravo, oni su često prvi i uvjerljivi pregovarači
07:51
of a bright future for their daughters,
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svijetle budućnosti njihovih kćeri,
07:55
but in the context of a society like in Afghanistan,
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ali u kontekstu društva kakvo je u Afganistanu,
07:58
we must have the support of men.
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moramo imati potporu muškaraca.
08:02
Under the Taliban, girls who went to school
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Pod talibanima, djevojke koje su išle u školu
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numbered in the hundreds --
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što je izraženo u stotinama --
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remember, it was illegal.
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zapamtite, išle su ilegalno.
08:09
But today, more than three million girls are in school in Afghanistan.
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Ali danas više od tri miliijuna djevojaka pohađa školu u Afganistanu.
08:15
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
08:22
Afghanistan looks so different from here in America.
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Afganistan izgleda toliko drukčije gledajući ga iz Amerike.
08:28
I find that Americans see the fragility in changes.
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Smatram da Amerikanci vide krhost u promjenama.
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I fear that these changes will not last
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Bojim se da te promjene neće trajati
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much beyond the U.S. troops' withdrawal.
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dugo nakon povlačenja američkih trupa.
08:41
But when I am back in Afghanistan,
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Ali kada sam u Afganistanu,
08:44
when I see the students in my school
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kada vidim učenike u svojoj školi
08:49
and their parents who advocate for them,
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i njihove roditelje koji ih podržavaju,
08:52
who encourage them, I see a promising future
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koji ih ohrabljuju, vidim obećanu budućnost
08:56
and lasting change.
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i promjene koje traju.
09:00
To me, Afghanistan is a country of hope and boundless possibilities,
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Za mene, Afganistan je zemlja nade i neograničenih mogućnosti,
09:08
and every single day
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i svaki dan
09:11
the girls of SOLA remind me of that.
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djevojke iz SOLA-e me na to podsjećaju.
09:15
Like me, they are dreaming big.
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Kao i ja, imaju velike snove.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
09:20
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shabana Basij-Rasikh - EducatorShabana Basij-Rasikh helps girls and young women in Afghanistan get an education.
Why you should listen
Shabana Basij-Rasikh was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. Under the Taliban, she dressed as a boy to escort her older sister to a secret school -- with dire consequences if they were caught. She attended a high school in America under the YES exchange program, and graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont. During college, she founded HELA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Afghan women through education. She also raised funds through foundations and public talks across the US to build a high school for girls in her ancestral village, and to build wells on the outskirts of Kabul to give communities access to clean drinking water.
An enthusiast of systemic change and community impact, Basij-Rasikh was selected as one of Glamour's Top 10 College Women of 2010, and was awarded the Vermont Campus Compact 2011 Kunin Public Award for outstanding public service, effective leadership and community-building. Now, Shabana has joined 10×10 as a Global Ambassador, supporting a global action campaign that links nonprofits, corporations, philanthropists, policy leaders, global influencers and grassroots activists in a movement to support girls’ education. She is managing director of SOLA (School of Leadership, Afghanistan), a nonprofit that helps exceptional young Afghan women access education worldwide and jobs back home.
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