Laura Boushnak: The deadly legacy of cluster bombs
劳拉·布什纳克: 致命的遗患——集束炸弹
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of a deserted field full of land mines.
it makes me nervous.
这是一个在2006年黎以冲突期间
a cluster bomb survivor
Israel-Hezbollah War in Lebanon.
other survivors all around the world,
许多的幸存者一样,
repercussions of cluster munitions
started in Lebanon,
at Agence France-Presse in Paris.
missed my parents' home.
on assignment to cover that war,
with my family,
to escape southern Lebanon.
south, back to their homes,
想回到家乡,
cluster submunitions
the 34-day conflict.
during the last week of the conflict.
最后一个星期失去了双腿。
drive from my parents' home
只有五分钟车程的地方,
him through the years.
since we first met.
已经过去十年了。
physical and emotional trauma.
to offer his friends tattoos,
给朋友画纹身,
who spends hours surfing the Internet
在网上花了几个小时的时间,
become his girlfriend.
of losing his legs
许许多多的琐碎小事。
that never occur to us.
or take for granted,
从地上捡起一件东西,
picking up something from the floor,
of stress and anxiety?
became of Mohammed,
what a cluster bomb was,
weapon was used
between a military target
what a cluster bomb is.
filled with bomblets.
释放上百颗小型炸弹。
hundreds of bomblets.
just like landmines --
his land without a problem.
and burn some branches,
could be set off because of the heat.
those bomblets for toys,
会误把那些炸弹当玩具,
像弹球或者汽水罐。
bouncy balls or soda cans.
后回黎巴嫩待上几个月,
a few months after the conflict ended
other kids' stories across the world
千千万万孩子的故事相似,
to the horrifying implications
in January 2007.
穆罕默德的时候,
after his accident.
to get used to his new body.
at night wanting to scratch his lost feet.
还想要挠一挠失去的脚。
was my instant realization
是因为我突然意识到,
was likely to face in the future --
while adjusting to his injury
集聚的拉希迪赫难民营中,
for Palestinian refugees,
Palestinian refugees,
in the public sector
regret dropping out of school
of a university degree
of impact on communities,
社会上形成了一个恶性循环,
导致伤残的人因此辍学了,
drop out of school,
to provide for their families.
the continuous physical pain
the poorest of the poor.
家庭来说是巨大的负担。
is a burden to the families.
on humanitarian agencies,
lifelong support to the injured.
更是无法承受。
proper prosthetic legs.
among his friends.
impacts of the weapon
early medical reports,
创伤后精神紧张性精神障碍。
睡眠障碍的困扰,
poor appetite, sleep disturbance
proper help to fully recover.
接受过合适且完善的康复治疗。
is to leave Lebanon at any cost --
不惜一切代价离开黎巴嫩——
on a hazardous journey
Europe today through the Mediterranean.
和摧毁我们整个社会,
and hurting whole communities
of the Mines Advisory Group,
杰米· 富兰克林的
超过两百万吨的弹药。
tons of munitions over Laos.
their targets in Vietnam,
投放到老挝的自由投放区,
where planes would drop their loads
with loaded planes."
Committee of the Red Cross,
世界上最贫困的国家之一——
countries in the world --
未成功引爆炸弹遗留。
submunitions remain.
or injured since 1973.
by over 20 states during armed conflicts
在军事冲突期间,
an international treaty
有119个国家签订了一项关于禁用
the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
of cluster munitions --
Russia and China --
them in the future,
in their stockpiles
been used most recently
in Yemen and Syria.
on the worldwide investments
billions of US dollars
cluster munitions.
are based in countries
the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
工作之一就是采摘柠檬。
to find was picking lemons.
to work in the field he said,
often contaminate areas
source of income.
地区的土地。
International's research,
98%的人都是平民,
by cluster munitions are civilians.
of casualties are males.
these people have no choice
to three sisters.
四个孩子中唯一的男孩。
to provide for his family,
due to his physical disability
当地社会对残疾人也缺乏
to people with disabilities,
out looking for a job,
paid to him out of pity.
He said, "My dream is to run,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laura Boushnak - PhotographerLaura Boushnak is a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian photographer whose work focuses on women, literacy and education reform in the Arab world.
Why you should listen
Boushnak's documentary project I Read I Write explores the barriers women face accessing education and the role of literacy in improving the lives of women in Egypt, Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. For the project, Boushnak encouraged women to write their thoughts on prints of their portraits, engaging them directly in the artistic process. Boushnak’s images have been widely published, and her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. She is a co-founder of Rawiya, a collective that brings together the work and experience of female photographers from the Middle East.
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