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Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan
Monika Bulaj: A luz oculta do Afeganistão
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A fotógrafa Monika Bulaj partilha imagens impactantes e íntimas do Afeganistão -- de vida cotidiana, de rituais, de homens e de mulheres. Por trás das manchetes, o que o mundo realmente sabe sobre este lugar?
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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Minhas viagens ao Afeganistão
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began many, many years ago
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começaram há muitos, muitos anos
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on the eastern border of my country,
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na fronteira leste de meu país,
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my homeland, Poland.
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minha terra, a Polônia.
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I was walking through the forests
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Caminhei pelas florestas
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of my grandmother's tales.
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dos contos da minha avó.
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A land where every field hides a grave,
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Uma terra onde cada campo esconde um túmulo,
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where millions of people
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onde milhões de pessoas
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have been deported or killed
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foram deportadas ou mortas
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in the 20th century.
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no século XX.
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Behind the destruction,
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Por trás da destruição,
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I found a soul of places.
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encontrei a alma dos lugares.
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I met humble people.
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Conheci gente humilde.
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I heard their prayer
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Escutei suas preces
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and ate their bread.
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e comi do seu pão.
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Then I have been walking East for 20 years --
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Assim tenho caminhado pelo leste por 20 anos --
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from Eastern Europe to Central Asia --
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do Leste Europeu à Ásia Central --
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through the Caucasus Mountains,
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através das montanhas do Cáucaso,
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Middle East,
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Oriente Médio,
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North Africa,
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Norte da África,
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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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E encontrei mais pessoas humildes.
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And I shared their bread and their prayer.
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E partilhei seu pão e sua prece.
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This is why I went to Afghanistan.
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Por isso fui ao Afeganistão.
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One day, I crossed the bridge
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Um dia, atravessei a ponte
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over the Oxus River.
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sobre o Rio Oxus.
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I was alone on foot.
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Eu estava a pé, sozinha.
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And the Afghan soldier was so surprised to see me
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E o soldado afegão ficou tão surpreso em me ver
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that he forgot to stamp my passport.
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que esqueceu de carimbar meu passaporte.
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But he gave me a cup of tea.
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Mas me deu uma xícara de chá.
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And I understood
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E eu compreendi
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that his surprise was my protection.
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que a surpresa dele era a minha proteção.
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So I have been walking and traveling,
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Assim tenho andado e viajado,
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by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking,
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a cavalo, de iaque, de caminhão, pegando carona,
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from Iran's border
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da fronteira do Irã
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to the bottom, to the edge of the Wakhan Corridor.
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até o outro lado, até a borda do Corredor de Wakhan.
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And in this way
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E assim
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I could find noor, the hidden light of Afghanistan.
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eu pude encontrar 'noor', a luz oculta do Afeganistão.
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My only weapon
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Minha única arma
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was my notebook and my Leica.
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era meu caderno e minha Leica.
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I heard prayers of the Sufi --
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Eu ouvi as preces dos sufis --
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humble Muslims,
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mulçumanos humildes,
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hated by the Taliban.
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odiados pelos membros do Taliban.
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Hidden river,
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Rio escondido,
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interconnected with the mysticism
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interconectado com o misticismo
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from Gibraltar to India.
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de Gilbraltar à Índia.
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The mosque where the respectful foreigner
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A mesquita onde o estrangeiro respeitoso
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is showered with blessings
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é banhado em bênçãos
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and with tears,
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e lágrimas,
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and welcomed as a gift.
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e acolhido como uma dádiva.
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What do we know
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O que sabemos
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about the country and the people
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sobre o país e o povo
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that we pretend to protect,
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que fingimos proteger,
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about the villages
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sobre as vilas
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where the only one medicine
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onde o único medicamento
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to kill the pain and to stop the hunger
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que aplaca a dor e detém a fome
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is opium?
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é o ópio?
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These are opium-addicted people
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Estas são pessoas viciadas em ópio
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on the roofs of Kabul
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nos telhados de Cabul
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10 years after the beginning of our war.
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10 anos depois do começo de nossa guerra.
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These are the nomad girls
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Estas são as meninas nômades
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who became prostitutes for Afghan businessmen.
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que se tornaram prostitutas dos empresários afegãos.
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What do we know about the women
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O que sabemos das mulheres
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10 years after the war?
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10 anos após a guerra?
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Clothed in this nylon bag,
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Vestidas nesses sacos de náilon,
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made in China,
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feitos na China,
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with the name of burqa.
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com o nome de burca.
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I saw one day,
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Um dia eu vi,
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the largest school in Afghanistan,
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a maior escola do Afeganistão,
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a girls' school.
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uma escola de meninas.
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13,000 girls
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13.000 meninas
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studying here
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que estudam aqui
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in the rooms underground,
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em salas subterrâneas,
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full of scorpions.
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cheias de escorpiões.
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And their love [for studying]
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E o amor delas pelo estudo
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was so big that I cried.
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era tão grande que chorei.
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What do we know
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O que sabemos
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about the death threats by the Taliban
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sobre as ameaças de morte feitas pelo Taliban
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nailed on the doors
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pregadas nas portas
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of the people who dare to send their daughters to school as in Balkh?
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das pessoas que ousam enviar suas filhas para uma escola como a de Balkh?
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The region is not secure, but full of the Taliban,
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A região não é segura, e sim cheia de membros do Taliban,
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and they did it.
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e eles fizeram isso.
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My aim is to give a voice
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Meu objetivo é dar uma voz
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to the silent people,
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ao povo silente,
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to show the hidden lights
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mostrar as luzes ocultas
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behind the curtain of the great game,
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por trás da cortina do grande jogo,
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the small worlds ignored by the media
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os pequenos mundos ignorados pela mídia
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and the prophets of a global conflict.
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e pelos profetas de um conflito mundial.
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Thanks.
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Obrigada.
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(Applause)
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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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