Dibana noRahaf Khatib: I-American Muslim ebaleka iBoston Marathon yokuNyusa iMali yeeMbacu zaseSyria

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URahaf Khatib akaqhelekanga ekwaphuleni imiqobo kunye nokwenza ingxelo. Waba sematheni ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo ngokuba yimbaleki yokuqala yamaSilamsi ye-hijabi ukuba ivele kwiphepha elingaphandle lemagazini yokomelela komzimba. Ngoku, uceba ukuqhuba iBoston Marathon yokunyusa imali yeembacu zaseSyria eU.S.-isizathu esikufutshane nesithandekayo entliziyweni yakhe.

"Ibisoloko ingumnqweno wam ukubaleka ugqatso oludala, oludumileyo," uxelele uSHAPE kudliwanondlebe olukhethekileyo. Umdyarho waseBoston uza kuba ngowesithathu kuKhatib kwiMarathon yaseMajoror-sele sele ibalekile i-BMW Berlin kunye neBhanki yaseMelika eChicago. “Iinjongo zam kukwenza zontandathu, ngethemba lonyaka ozayo,” utshilo.

UKhatib uthi uchulumancile ngeli thuba, ngokuyinxenye kuba kukho ixesha awayecinga ukuba belingenzelwanga ukuba libe njalo. Ukusukela ukuba ugqatso alukho de kube ngu-Epreli, waqala ngokufikelela kwimibutho yesisa ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba, kamva wafunda ukuba umhla wokugqibela wokufaka isicelo ngesisa wawusele udlulile, ngoJulayi. “Andazi nokuba ngubani onokufaka isicelo kwangoko,” wahleka. "Ndandibuhlungu, ngoko ke ndandilungile, mhlawumbi ayenzelwanga ukuba ibe kulo nyaka."

Wamangaliswa kukuba, kamva wafumana i-imeyile emmema ukuba abaleke ugqatso."Ndifumene i-imeyile evela eHyland indimemela kwiqela labo bonke ababhinqileyo ngeembaleki ezimangalisayo," utshilo. "[Oko kukodwa] yayiluphawu lokuba kufuneka ndiyenze le nto."

Ngeendlela ezininzi eli thuba alinakufika ngexesha elingcono. Uzalelwe eDamasko, eSyria, uKhatib wafudukela eUnited States nabazali bakhe kwiminyaka engama-35 eyadlulayo. Oko waqala ukusebenza, wayesazi ukuba ukuba angaze abaleke umdyarho waseBoston, iya kuba yeyoncedo olunceda ababaleki baseSyria.

Ukubaleka kunye noncedo lwezobuntu zihamba kunye, utshilo. "Nantso ke into ekhupha umoya womdyarho. Ndiyifumene le bhibhi simahla kwaye ngendibaleke nayo, kungekho pun ijongisiweyo, kodwa bendiziva ngathi bendifuna ngokwenene ukufumana indawo yam kuMdyarho weBoston."

"Ngokukodwa ngayo yonke into ebisenzeka ezindabeni, iintsapho ziyaqhekeka," uqhubeke watsho. "Sineentsapho apha [e-US] ezihlala eMichigan ezifuna uncedo, kwaye ndiye ndacinga 'yeyona ndlela imangalisayo yokubuyisela'."

Kwiphepha lakhe lokunyusa ingxowa mali iLaunchGood, uKhatib ucacisa ukuba "kwizigidi ezingama-20 zeembacu ezikhukulayo emhlabeni namhlanje, omnye kwabane nguSyria." Kwaye kwi-10,000 yeembacu eziye zamkelwa yi-United States, i-1,500 yazo iye yahlala eMichigan. Kungenxa yoko le nto ukhetha ukonyusa imali ye-Syrian American Rescue Network (i-SARN) -ngathathi cala kwezopolitiko, engekho kwinkolo, engahlawulisi rhafu esekwe eMichigan.

Utata weza apha kwiminyaka engama-35 eyadlulayo kwaye umama weza nam sele elusana, utshilo. "Ndikhulele eMichigan, ndaya kwikholeji apha, kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi, yonke into. Into eyenzekayo ngoku inokwenzeka kum ngo-1983 xa ndandikwinqwelomoya ndize eMelika"

U-Khatib sele ethathele kuye ukuphelisa iintsomi malunga namaSilamsi aseMelika kunye neembaleki ze-hijabi, kwaye uya kuqhubeka nokusebenzisa lo mdlalo ukwazisa ngesizathu esikufutshane nesithandekayo entliziyweni yakhe.

Ukuba ungathanda ukubandakanyeka, unokunikela ngesizathu sikaRahaf ngephepha lakhe lokuLungiselela iGood. Jonga i-Instagram yakhe @runlikeahijabi okanye ulandele iqela lakhe nge #HylandsPowered yokuqhubeka noqeqesho lwabo njengoko belungiselela iBoston Marathon.

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