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From the Ted Talk by Monika Bulaj: The hidden light of Afghanistan

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My travels to Afghanistan bgaen many, many yeras ago on the eastern boderr of my country, my homeland, Poland. I was wainlkg through the forests of my grandmother's tales. A land where every field hides a grave, where millions of people have been deported or killed in the 20th century.

Behind the destruction, I found a soul of places. I met humble people. I heard their prayer and ate their bread. Then I have been walking East for 20 years — from Eastern epuroe to ctrneal Asia — through the Caucasus Mountains, Middle East, North aicrfa, Russia. And I ever met more hbmule people. And I shared their bread and their prayer. This is why I went to Afghanistan.

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My travels to Afghanistan _____ many, many _____ ago on the eastern ______ of my country, my homeland, Poland. I was _______ through the forests of my grandmother's tales. A land where every field hides a grave, where millions of people have been deported or killed in the 20th century.

Behind the destruction, I found a soul of places. I met humble people. I heard their prayer and ate their bread. Then I have been walking East for 20 years — from Eastern ______ to _______ Asia — through the Caucasus Mountains, Middle East, North ______, Russia. And I ever met more ______ people. And I shared their bread and their prayer. This is why I went to Afghanistan.

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  1. central
  2. began
  3. africa
  4. years
  5. europe
  6. border
  7. walking
  8. humble

Original Text


My travels to Afghanistan began many, many years ago on the eastern border of my country, my homeland, Poland. I was walking through the forests of my grandmother's tales. A land where every field hides a grave, where millions of people have been deported or killed in the 20th century.

Behind the destruction, I found a soul of places. I met humble people. I heard their prayer and ate their bread. Then I have been walking East for 20 years — from Eastern Europe to Central Asia — through the Caucasus Mountains, Middle East, North Africa, Russia. And I ever met more humble people. And I shared their bread and their prayer. This is why I went to Afghanistan.

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