Feras Fayyad: The real-life superheroes helping Syrian refugees | TED Fellows

Translator: Yuliani Supandji Reviewer: Maria Nainggolan

[SHAPE YOUR FUTURE]

[BENTUK IMPIANMU]

Society has a set of stories it tells itself

Masyarakat memiliki sejumlah cerita untuk diceritakan sendiri

about who refugees are and what they look like.

mengenai siapa itu para pengungsi dan bagaimana rupa mereka.

But let me tell you a different story.

Namun kuberitahu cerita lainnya.

My story.

Ceritaku.

I'm a filmmaker and a refugee

Aku seorang pembuat film dan seorang pengungsi

from a small village in northern Syria.

dari kampung kecil di Suriah bagian utara.

In our village, growing up, there was no stable electricity supply.

Di kampung kami, kami tumbuh tanpa suplai listrik yang stabil.

We spend most of our nights around gas lanterns

Kami habiskan malam-malam kami di seputar lentera gas.

and told stories about Syrian mythological superbeings

dan bercerita tentang pahlawan mitos dari Suriah

that protected the vulnerable.

yang melindungi yang lemah.

I was a boy who loved the stories of superheroes.

Aku adalah anak lelaki yang suka cerita-cerita pahlawan.

But later on, these stories shifted to tales of heroes

Lalu, cerita-cerita itu berubah ke kisah heroik

that my family has to face under the Assad dictatorship.

tentang yang keluargaku harus hadapi di bawah pemerintahan diktator Assad.

One of my uncles was killed under torture.

Salah satu pamanku dibunuh di bawah siksaan.

My father had to burn his books before they were even published

Ayahku harus membakar bukunya bahkan sebelum diterbitkan

in order to protect us from the regime.

supaya melindungi kami dari rezim itu.

He burned his dreams along with his books.

Ia membakar impiannya bersama buku-bukunya.

These stories must not be forgotten,

Cerita-cerita ini jangan sampai terlupakan,

my parents insisted.

orang tuaku bersikeras.

The stories stopped being a pastime.

Cerita-cerita itu bukan hanya cerita sebelum tidur.

It became a form of resistance.

Ia menjadi bentuk perlawanan.

I studied filmmaking and focused on documentaries.

Aku belajar membuat film dan fokus kepada film-film dokumenter.

Documentary filmmaking, you see, became my way of resistance.

Pembuatan film dokumenter, kau tahu, jadi caraku melakukan perlawanan.

I documented stories of Syrians who opposed the Assad regime,

Aku mendokumentasikan banyak cerita Suriah yang menentang rezim Assad,

in 2011, when the revolution started.

di 2011, saat revolusi dimulai.

I was arrested, tortured

Aku dipenjara, disiksa

and sexually assaulted.

dan dilecehkan secara seksual.

When I was released, I left Syria.

Saat aku dilepaskan, aku meninggalkan Suriah.

I was traumatized

Aku pun trauma

and tried to end my life.

dan berusaha mengakhiri hidupku.

My wife stood by me and helped me hang onto life.

Istriku berdiri bersamaku dan membantuku bertahan hidup.

But as a result, I stopped making films.

Namun akibatnya, aku berhenti membuat film-film.

Despite my arrest and torture,

Selain karena ditangkap dan disiksa,

I took many risks in order to see my family.

aku mengambil banyak resiko untuk bertemu keluargaku.

So a year later, when the Assad regime lost control of the north of Syria,

Lalu setahun setelahnya, saat rezim Assad melepas kontrol dari utara Syria,

I was able to visit my hometown.

aku baru bisa datang ke kampungku lagi.

There, I met many inspiring Syrians,

Di sana, aku banyak bertemu orang-orang inspiratif dari Suriah,

real life superheroes who stayed behind to save lives.

para pahlawan nyata yang tinggal demi menyelamatkan nyawa orang lain.

I was captivated by how genuine they were.

Aku terpikat dengan kejujuran mereka.

Without planning, I took out my camera and started filming,

Tanpa kurencanakan, kuambil kameraku dan mulai mengambil gambar,

I felt inspired.

aku merasa terinspirasi.

These real-life superheroes saved the filmmaker in me.

Para pahlawan nyata ini menyelamatkan si pembuat film di hidupku.

Khalid was one of the heroes in my first feature film,

Khalid adalah salah satu pahlawan di film panjang pertamaku,

"Last Men in Aleppo."

“Last Men in Aleppo.”

Khaled was a simple man who dreamed to be a firefighter,

Khalid adalah lelaki biasa yang bermimpi jadi pemadam kebakaran,

but he couldn't follow his dream.

tapi ia tak bisa mewujudkan mimpinya.

So he worked as a house painter.

Jadi ia bekerja sebagai tukang cat rumah.

When the war destroyed his city, he found his calling.

Saat perang merusak kotanya, ia menemukan panggilan hidupnya.

He joined the White Helmets,

Ia bergabung bersama White Helmets,

a group of Syrian volunteers who formed a civil defense organization

kelompok relawan di Suriah yang membentuk organisasi pertahanan rakyat

to rescue civilians from their bombed homes.

untuk menyelamatkan warga-warga sipil dari pengeboman di rumah mereka.

Khalid saved hundreds of lives.

Khalid menyelamatkan ratusan nyawa.

While doing that, he died as a hero.

Sambil melakukan itu, ia wafat sebagai pahlawan.

The second hero is Dr. Amani Ballour,

Pahlawan kedua adalah Dr. Amani Ballour,

whose story I told in my second film, “The Cave.”

yang ceritanya kuceritakan di film keduaku, “The Cave.”

It's a story of an extraordinary woman

Itu adalah cerita soal wanita luar biasa

who founded an underground hospital in eastern Ghouta.

yang mendirikan rumah sakit bawah tanah di Ghouta bagian timur.

She treated injured children, victims of atrocities,

Ia merawat anak-anak terluka, korban-korban kekejaman,

while bombs fell around them.

saat banyak bom jatuh di sekitar mereka.

As a female scientist,

Sebagai peneliti wanita,

she defied sexism and patriarchy

ia melawan seksisme dan patriarki

to save civilians who suffered two attacks with chemical weapons.

untuk menyelamatkan warga sipil yang terkena dua serangan senjata kimiawi.

And then there are the two superheroes who saved my own life.

Dan ada dua pahlawan lagi yang menyelamatkan hidupku.

Khalil Ma'touq and Anwar al-Bunni.

Khalil Ma’touq dan Anwar al-Bunni.

They are the lawyers who took up my case

Mereka adalah pengacara yang mengambil kasusku

and got me out of the most notorious torture facilities in Damascus.

dan membuatku lepas dari penjara siksaan di Damascus yang terkenal keji.

While Anwar now is in Germany, fighting for justice for Syrian refugees,

Kini Anwar berada di Jerman, melawan ketidakadilan bagi para pengungsi Syria,

Khalil was arrested in 2012 because of his work.

Khalil ditangkap di tahun 2012 karena pekerjaannya.

We don't know anything about him

Kita tidak tahu kabar keberadaannya

because the Syrian regime continues to deny his arrest,

karena rezim di Suriah terus menyangkal penangkapannya,

but his work is not in vain.

namun pekerjaannya tidak sia-sia.

It's for Khalil I faced my torturer in Germany.

Karena Khalil, aku bertemu muka dengan penyiksaku di Jerman.

In June 2020 I gave my testimony

Pada Juni 2020, aku memberikan kesaksianku

at the first trial on Syrian state of torture

di pengadilan pertama mengenai kekejaman di Suriah

before a German court in Koblenz.

di mahkamah Jerman di Koblenz.

It is for Amani and Khalid

Karena Amani dan Khalid,

I'm still the filmmaker today.

aku masih menjadi pembuat film saat ini.

They inspired me to create a new cinematic universe of superheroes,

Mereka menginspirasiku untuk membuat semesta sinematik para pahlawan yang baru,

based on their quest to end injustice.

berdasarkan investigasi mereka untuk mengakhiri ketidakadilan.

Creating this cinematic universe has not been an easy journey.

Membuat semesta sinematik bukanlah perjalanan yang mudah.

It's been a brutal struggle

Ini adalah perjuangan yang brutal

against racism and discrimination in the film industry,

melawan rasisme dan diskriminasi di industri perfilman,

an industry dominated by people who think they know how the audience,

sebuah industri yang didominasi orang yang tahu siapa penontonnya.

how you want a film about Syrians to be,

bagaimana kau mau film tentang orang-orang Suriah itu seharusnya,

how you want superheroes or refugees to look.

bagaimana kau mau para pahlawan dan para pengungsi ditampilkan.

But refugees look just like me.

Namun para pengungsi tampak begini saja seperti saya.

These refugees were superheroes

Para pengungsi ini adalah para pahlawan

who defied the status quo and stereotype.

yang menentang status quo dan stereotip.

So I will not stop. I owe it to them.

Jadi aku takkan berhenti, aku berhutang kepada mereka.

I owe it to my daughter, the young refugee child.

Aku berhutang ke anak perempuanku, anak seorang pengungsi.

To tell the stories of superheros

Untuk menceritakan cerita-cerita para pahlawan

who look just like her.

yang tampak seperti dirinya.

For her, I will continue to resist.

Untuk dia, aku akan terus melawan.

Thank you.

Terima kasih.