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Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan
Monika Bulaj: Skryté svetlo Afganistanu
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Fotografka Monika Bulaj zdieľa pôsobivé, intímne fotografie Afganistanu - domáceho života, rituálov, mužov a žien. Okrem toho, čo sa dozvie z titulkov správ, čo svet naozaj vie o tomto mieste?
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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Moje cesty do Afganistanu
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began many, many years ago
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začali pred mnohými, mnohými rokmi,
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on the eastern border of my country,
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na východnej hranici mojej krajiny,
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my homeland, Poland.
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mojej vlasti, Poľska.
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I was walking through the forests
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Prechádzala som sa morom
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of my grandmother's tales.
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príbehov mojej starej mamy.
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A land where every field hides a grave,
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Krajinou, kde každé pole skrýva hrob,
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where millions of people
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kde boli milióny ľudí
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have been deported or killed
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deportovaní alebo zabití
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in the 20th century.
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v 20. storočí.
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Behind the destruction,
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Za tou skazou
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I found a soul of places.
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som našla dušu týchto miest.
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I met humble people.
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Stretla som skromných ľudí.
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I heard their prayer
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Vypočula som si ich modlitbu
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and ate their bread.
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a jedla ich chlieb.
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Then I have been walking East for 20 years --
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Potom som 20 rokov putovala Východom -
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from Eastern Europe to Central Asia --
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od Východnej Európy po Strednú Áziu -
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through the Caucasus Mountains,
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cez Kaukaz,
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Middle East,
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Blízky Východ,
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North Africa,
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Severnú Afriku,
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Russia.
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Rusko.
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And I ever met more humble people.
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A vždy som stretla ďalších skromných ľudí.
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And I shared their bread and their prayer.
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A delila som sa o ich chlieb a ich modlitbu.
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This is why I went to Afghanistan.
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Pre toto som šla do Afganistanu.
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One day, I crossed the bridge
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Jedného dňa som prechádzala mostom
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over the Oxus River.
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cez rieku Oxus.
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I was alone on foot.
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Šla som peši a sama.
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And the Afghan soldier was so surprised to see me
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A afganistanský vojak bol tak prekvapený, že ma vidí,
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that he forgot to stamp my passport.
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že mi zabudol opečiatkovať pas.
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But he gave me a cup of tea.
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Ale dal mi šálku čaju.
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And I understood
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A pochopila som,
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that his surprise was my protection.
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že jeho prekvapenie bolo mojou ochranou.
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So I have been walking and traveling,
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Takže som chodila a cestovala,
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by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking,
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na koňoch, na jakovi, kamiónom, stopom,
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from Iran's border
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od iránskych hraníc
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to the bottom, to the edge of the Wakhan Corridor.
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až dolu, na kraj Wáchánského koridoru.
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And in this way
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A týmto spôsobom
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I could find noor, the hidden light of Afghanistan.
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som mohla nájsť noor, skryté svetlo Afganistanu.
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My only weapon
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Mojou jedinou zbraňou
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was my notebook and my Leica.
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bol môj notebook a môj fotoaparát, Leica.
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I heard prayers of the Sufi --
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Počula som modlitby Sufiov -
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humble Muslims,
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skromných moslimov
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hated by the Taliban.
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nenávidených Talibanom.
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Hidden river,
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Skrytá rieka,
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interconnected with the mysticism
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prepojená s mysticizmom
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from Gibraltar to India.
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z Gibraltáru do Indie.
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The mosque where the respectful foreigner
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Mešita, kde je úctivý cudzinec
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is showered with blessings
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zahrnutý požehnaniami
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and with tears,
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a slzami,
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and welcomed as a gift.
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a vítaný ako dar.
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What do we know
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Čo vieme
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about the country and the people
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o krajine a ľuďoch,
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that we pretend to protect,
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o ktorých predstierame, že ich ochraňujeme;
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about the villages
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o dedinách,
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where the only one medicine
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kde jediným liekom
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to kill the pain and to stop the hunger
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na utíšenie bolesti a zastavenie hladu
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is opium?
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je ópium?
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These are opium-addicted people
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Toto sú ľudia závislí na ópiu
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on the roofs of Kabul
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na strechách Kábulu
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10 years after the beginning of our war.
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10 rokov po začatí našej vojny.
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These are the nomad girls
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Toto sú nomádske dievčatá,
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who became prostitutes for Afghan businessmen.
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ktoré sa stali prostitútkami pre afganských obchodníkov.
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What do we know about the women
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Čo vieme o ženách
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10 years after the war?
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10 rokov po vojne?
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Clothed in this nylon bag,
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Oblečených v nylonových vreciach,
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made in China,
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vyrobených v Číne,
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with the name of burqa.
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ktorým sa hovorí burka.
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I saw one day,
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V jeden deň som videla
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the largest school in Afghanistan,
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najväčšiu školu v Afganistane,
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a girls' school.
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je to dievčenská škola.
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13,000 girls
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13 000 dievčat
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studying here
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tu študuje
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in the rooms underground,
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v podzemných miestnostiach
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full of scorpions.
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plných škorpiónov.
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And their love [for studying]
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A ich láska k učeniu
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was so big that I cried.
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bola tak veľká, že ma to rozplakalo.
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What do we know
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Čo vieme
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about the death threats by the Taliban
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o vyhrážkach smrťou od Talibanu,
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nailed on the doors
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pribitých na dverách
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of the people who dare to send their daughters to school as in Balkh?
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ľudí, ktorí sa opovážia poslať svoje dcéry do školy, ako je tá v Balkh?
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The region is not secure, but full of the Taliban,
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Oblasť nie je bezpečná, ale je plná Talibanu,
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and they did it.
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a oni to urobili.
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My aim is to give a voice
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Mojím cieľom je dať hlas
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to the silent people,
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nemým ľuďom,
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to show the hidden lights
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ukázať skryté svetlá
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behind the curtain of the great game,
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v zákulisí tejto veľkej hry
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the small worlds ignored by the media
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malých svetov ignorovaných médiami
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and the prophets of a global conflict.
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a prorokmi globálnych konfliktov.
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Thanks.
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Ďakujem.
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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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