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Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan
Monika Bulaj: Cahaya tersembunyi dari Afganistan
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Fotografer Monika Bulaj menunjukkan gambar pribadi yang luar biasa dari Afganistan -- tentang keseharian di rumah, ritual, dan pria dan wanita. Di balik berita utama ini, apa yang benar-benar diketahui dunia tentang tempat ini?
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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Perjalanan saya ke Afganistan
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began many, many years ago
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dimulai bertahun-tahun yang lalu
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on the eastern border of my country,
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di perbatasan bagian timur dari negara saya,
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my homeland, Poland.
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tanah air saya, Polandia.
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I was walking through the forests
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Saya berjalan melewati hutan
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of my grandmother's tales.
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dari dongeng nenek saya.
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A land where every field hides a grave,
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Tanah dengan makam tersembunyi di mana-mana
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where millions of people
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di mana jutaan orang
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have been deported or killed
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telah diusir atau dibunuh
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in the 20th century.
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pada abad ke-20.
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Behind the destruction,
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Di balik neraka itu,
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I found a soul of places.
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saya menemukan tempat bagi jiwa saya.
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I met humble people.
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Saya bertemu orang-orang miskin,
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I heard their prayer
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mendengarkan doa-doa mereka,
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and ate their bread.
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dan makan makanan mereka.
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Then I have been walking East for 20 years --
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Lalu saya berjalan ke arah Timur selama 20 tahun --
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from Eastern Europe to Central Asia --
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dari Eropa Timur ke Asia Tengah --
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through the Caucasus Mountains,
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melalui Pegunungan Kaukasus
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Middle East,
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Timur Tengah,
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North Africa,
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Afrika Utara,
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Russia.
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dan Rusia.
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And I ever met more humble people.
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Saya bertemu orang-orang yang lebih miskin lagi.
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And I shared their bread and their prayer.
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Dan kami berbagi makanan dan doa bersama.
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This is why I went to Afghanistan.
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Inilah mengapa saya pergi ke Afganistan.
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One day, I crossed the bridge
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Suatu hari, saya menyeberangi jembatan
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over the Oxus River.
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di atas Sungai Oxus.
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I was alone on foot.
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Saya berjalan kaki sendirian.
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And the Afghan soldier was so surprised to see me
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Dan tentara Afganistan sangat terkejut melihat saya
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that he forgot to stamp my passport.
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hingga dia lupa mengecap paspor saya.
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But he gave me a cup of tea.
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Namun dia memberikan secangkir teh.
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And I understood
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Dan saya mengerti
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that his surprise was my protection.
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bahwa keterkejutannya adalah apa yang melindungi saya.
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So I have been walking and traveling,
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Saya berjalan dan bepergian
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by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking,
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dengan kuda, yak, truk, dan menumpang
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from Iran's border
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dari perbatasan Iran
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to the bottom, to the edge of the Wakhan Corridor.
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ke selatan, hingga tepi Koridor Wakhan.
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And in this way
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Dan dalam perjalanan ini
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I could find noor, the hidden light of Afghanistan.
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saya dapat menemukan "nur," cahaya tersembunyi dari Afganistan.
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My only weapon
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Satu-satunya senjata saya
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was my notebook and my Leica.
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adalah buku catatan dan Leica.
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I heard prayers of the Sufi --
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Saya mendengar doa-doa dari kaum Sufi --
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humble Muslims,
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umat Islam yang rendah hati
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hated by the Taliban.
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yang dibenci oleh Taliban.
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Hidden river,
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Sungai tersembunyi,
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interconnected with the mysticism
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yang berhubungan dengan ilmu kebatinan
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from Gibraltar to India.
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dari Gibraltar hingga India.
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The mosque where the respectful foreigner
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Masjid di mana orang asing yang dihormati
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is showered with blessings
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dilimpahkan dengan berkat
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and with tears,
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dan air mata
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and welcomed as a gift.
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dan disambut sebagai hadiah.
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What do we know
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Apa yang kita ketahui
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about the country and the people
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tentang negara dan orang-orang
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that we pretend to protect,
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yang pura-pura kita lindungi,
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about the villages
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tentang pedesaan
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where the only one medicine
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di mana satu-satunya obat
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to kill the pain and to stop the hunger
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untuk menghilangkan rasa sakit dan menghentikan kelaparan
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is opium?
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adalah opium?
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These are opium-addicted people
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Mereka ini adalah para pecandu opium
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on the roofs of Kabul
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di atap-atap kota Kabul
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10 years after the beginning of our war.
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10 tahun setelah dimulainya perang kita.
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These are the nomad girls
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Ini adalah para gadis biasa
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who became prostitutes for Afghan businessmen.
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yang melacurkan diri kepada para pengusaha Afgan.
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What do we know about the women
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Apa yang kita ketahui tentang para wanita ini
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10 years after the war?
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10 tahun setelah perang itu?
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Clothed in this nylon bag,
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Dengan berpakaian kantong nilon
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made in China,
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buatan Cina
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with the name of burqa.
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atas nama burqa.
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I saw one day,
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Suatu hari saya melihat
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the largest school in Afghanistan,
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sekolah terbesar di Afganistan,
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a girls' school.
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sekolah khusus perempuan.
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13,000 girls
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13.000 anak perempuan
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studying here
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bersekolah di sini
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in the rooms underground,
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dalam ruangan di bawah tanah
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full of scorpions.
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yang dipenuhi kalajengking.
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And their love [for studying]
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Dan gairah mereka (untuk belajar)
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was so big that I cried.
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sangat besar hingga saya menangis.
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What do we know
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Apa yang kita ketahui
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about the death threats by the Taliban
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tentang ancaman pembunuhan dari Taliban
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nailed on the doors
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yang dipaku pada pintu-pintu
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of the people who dare to send their daughters to school as in Balkh?
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untuk orang-orang yang berani mengirimkan putri mereka ke sekolah seperti di Balkh?
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The region is not secure, but full of the Taliban,
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Daerah ini tidak aman, namun dipenuhi Taliban
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and they did it.
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dan mereka melakukannya.
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My aim is to give a voice
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Tujuan saya adalah memberikan suara
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to the silent people,
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bagi orang-orang yang diam
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to show the hidden lights
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untuk menunjukkan cahaya tersembunyi
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behind the curtain of the great game,
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di balik tirai dari permainan besar,
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the small worlds ignored by the media
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dunia kecil yang diabaikan oleh media
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and the prophets of a global conflict.
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dan para dalang dari konflik global.
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Thanks.
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Terima kasih.
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(Applause)
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(Tepuk tangan)
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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