Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan

http://www.ted.com Photographer Monika Bulaj shares powerful, intimate images of Afghanistan -- of home life, of ritual, of men and women. Behind the headlines, what does the world truly know about this place?

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[rossmoore13]

People need to understand the wars in the middle-east more. it's not the farmers and workers with the bombs, It's the religious brainwashers.

[ZZzzzzzWhat]

@bobmarlzzz Well Afganistan has some wonderful giant Buddha statues considered one of the wonders of ancient world and .. oh right,they were destroyed by the Taliban, never mind.

[aeneanesse]

I think Monika is the most inspiring person I have ever listened to!

[ingush1989]

There is only one solution for afganpeople.

[VaeVictisAeternum]

@rossmoore13 No, the farmers and workers are often the backbone and the main supporters of any religious extremists. When you first start to learn about those countries you tend to think their extremism to be imposed by a handful of out of touch thinkers and a counter reaction to outside forces. But when you really get familiarized with the situation, only then you truly understand why those ideas could take hold in the first place.

This is the banality of evil.

[LetaStaceyjr641]

cool bin so lieb

[ordnascrazy]

(Esperanto) Tre interesa kaj grava prelego.

Vere, kion ni okcidentanoj scias pri tiaj popoloj? Ni nur malmulte konas ilin kaj tiu malmulto devenas de la televidoj aŭ de la ĵurnaloj. Sed vidi rektokule kaj nur legi estas tre malsimilaj aferoj.

La scio pri io ajn estas la plej grava afero, kiu povas liberigi la homojn.

[najimabdel]

@armytaskforce11x She's from Poland, listen better.

[Tolstoievsky]

opiuuum smoke that shit yeaaaah

[LudicrousTachyon]

@rossmoore13 Don't forget the survivors of "collateral murder". We create the situation where it's easiest for children of murdered parents to seek survival and desire vengence. Those brainwashers are most able to provide both those things.

[armytaskforce11x]

she sounds like a yokal.....she is not even from afghanistan