NIbrahim Hussein Leibeit wazaka khumi ndi zinayi akusintha kulemera kwake momveka bwino. Chitsa cha mwendo wake, womwe unaphulitsidwa pansi pa bondo ndi bomba lokwirira pa Epulo 10, sichinachira. "Kupweteka ndi koopsa" amandiuza. "Koma lero ndizotheka kuti ndiganizire zina." Leibeit anabadwira ndikukulira m'misasa ya anthu othawa kwawo kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Algeria komwe anthu pafupifupi 165,000 aku Saharawi adathawa kwawo ku Western Sahara akhala kwa zaka zopitilira makumi atatu.
Western Sahara, "gawo lomaliza la Africa," idagawidwa pakati pa Morocco ndi Mauritania ndi Asipanya pomwe adachoka mu 1976 kutsatira kulimbikitsa anthu ambiri a ku Morocco omwe amadziwika kuti "Green March." Chaka chatha, Khothi Lachilungamo Padziko Lonse linakana zonena za dziko la Morocco ndi Mauritania zodzilamulira derali, pozindikira kuti Saharawi ili ndi ufulu wodzilamulira. Mu February 1976, gulu lodziyimira pawokha la Saharawi, Polisario Front, lidalengeza kukhazikitsidwa kwa Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. Nkhondo ya zaka 16 inayambika pakati pa a Morocco ndi a Polisario Front, a Mauritania atachoka mu 1979. Mu 1991, kumenyanako kunatha ndipo malinga ndi mgwirizano wa United Nations oletsa nkhondo, referendum yodzilamulira inalonjezedwa. Komabe, izi zatsekedwa mosalekeza ndi Morocco, kusiya Saharawi kukhala m'misasa inayi yayikulu m'chipululu cha Algeria.
Kumudzi kwa othawa kwawo pafupifupi 30,000, Dakhla, wotchulidwa dzina la mzinda wokongola wa m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Western Sahara, ndi malo akutali kwambiri pamisasa. Ili pamtunda wa makilomita oposa 100 kuchokera mumzinda wapafupi wa Tindouf. Ilibe misewu yokonzedwa ndipo imadalira chakudya ndi madzi kuchokera kunja. M'miyezi yachilimwe, kutentha kumapitilira madigiri 120. Pokhala ndi mikuntho yamchenga, zomera zazingโono, ndipo mulibe magwero a chakudya kapena madzi, nโzosadabwitsa kuti derali limadziwika kuti โGawo la Mdyerekezi.โ Komabe, modabwitsa, kwa sabata la mwezi wa Meyi, msasa wa anthu othawa kwawo wabwinjawu umakhala ndi chikondwerero cha Sahara International Film Festival (www.festivalsahara.com), gulu lalikulu la ziwonetsero, zokambirana, ndi ma concert omwe amapezeka ndi zisudzo ndi opanga mafilimu odziwika padziko lonse lapansi.
Tsopano m'chaka chake chachisanu ndi chimodzi, chikondwererochi chinakhazikitsidwa ndi wojambula mafilimu wa ku Peru Javier Corcuera yemwe adapambana mphoto. Cholinga chake ndi kusangalatsa ndi kuphunzitsa anthu othawa kwawo, komanso kudziwitsa anthu padziko lonse za mavuto a anthu a ku Saharawi. Panali anthu opitilira 500 ochokera kumayiko ena omwe adapezekapo chaka chino, makamaka aku Spain, omwe adawulukira ku Tindouf m'ndege ziwiri zobwereketsa ndikupita kumsasa womwe ukukulirakulira ndi gulu la Landcruisers. Dakhla palokha ndi yaukhondo komanso yolinganizidwa bwino, yokhala ndi misewu yayikulu yamchenga yokhala ndi nyumba ndi mahema opangidwa mwaukhondo. Malo a chikondwererochi ali m'dera lalikulu pakatikati pa msasa ndipo amaphatikizapo chophimba chakunja cha multiplex chomwe chili pambali ya lorry yodziwika bwino. Chinsalu chapakati chazunguliridwa ndi mahema ochitirako misonkhano, ziwonetsero, ndi zowonera m'nyumba komanso malo ogulitsira ambiri.
TPulogalamu yake ya 2009 idaphatikizanso mafilimu opitilira 40 ochokera padziko lonse lapansi. Mituyi makamaka imayang'ana zochitika zosiyanasiyana zakulimbana ndi chiyembekezo, koma panali zosangalatsa zina zosavuta komanso filimu yakanema yomwe inkasunga unyinji wa ana othawa kwawo omwe adagwidwa. Maphunziro a audiovisual omwe amayendetsedwa ndi bungwe lachifundo lochokera ku London la Sandblast adapatsa anthu othawa kwawo ku Sahrawi mwayi wodziwa mbali zonse za kupanga mafilimu ndikupanga makanema awoawo. Izi zidayikidwa pa intaneti ndipo zitha kuwonedwa ndi achibale awo ku Western Sahara, omwe adasiyana nawo zaka zopitilira 33.
Chikondwererochi chikudziwika bwino, chothandizidwa ndi zowunikira monga Penelope Cruz ndi Pedro Almodovar. Chaka chino anthu angapo odziwika bwino ochokera ku zosangalatsa adapezekapo, kuphatikiza ochita zisudzo Helena Anaya (Kugonana ndi LuciaEduardo Noriega (Vantage Point) ndi wotsogolera mafilimu osankhidwa ndi Oscar Javier Fesser.
Anthu otchuka, monga alendo onse obwera ku chikondwererochi, amakhala ndi mabanja a Saharawi, akugawana nyumba zawo ndi chakudya chawo. Kukhala pamodzi ndi othawa kwawo kunapatsa alendo chidziwitso cha mikhalidwe yomwe othawa kwawo akukhalamo ndipo kulimbikitsa otenga nawo mbali ambiri kuti achite nawo ntchito yokakamiza Morocco pazochitika za ku Western Sahara. Kampeni ku Spain ikukula pang'onopang'ono, kulimbikitsidwa ndi malingaliro achinyengo kwa a Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero boma latsopano la sosholisti, lomwe silinathe kusintha mfundo yomwe idakhalapo kwanthawi yayitali yaku Spain ku Morocco.
Komabe, ochita kampeni amazindikira kuti kukhudza kusintha kwenikweni sikungakhale paboma la Spain. Ndi dziko la Morocco posachedwapa lotchulidwa ndi US ngati bwenzi lalikulu losakhala la NATO, komanso ndi maboma ambiri akumadzulo ndi makampani omwe akugwira nawo ntchito zopindulitsa zamalonda ndi anthu a ku Morocco, kuchitapo kanthu sikunakhale pamwamba pa ndondomeko ya mayiko. Zosungirako zazikulu za phosphate, malo akuluakulu ophera nsomba, ndi nkhokwe zamafuta ndi gasi zakunyanja zomwe zitha kupangitsa kuti Western Sahara sichomwe anthu a ku Morocco adzasiya mopepuka.
Mwachinsinsi, woimira Polisario adavomereza kukhudzidwa ndi kukwera kwa zigawenga pakati pa achinyamata ena aku Saharawi. Atadikira moleza mtima pamene zigamulo zosaลตerengeka za UN zaperekedwa ndi kunyalanyazidwa, ambiri ataya chikhulupiriro mโntchito ya ukazembe. Zowonadi, Ibrahim Hussein Leibeit ndi m'modzi wachichepere wotere. Anali akutenga nawo mbali paulendo wopita ku linga la mtunda wa makilomita 1,553 lotchedwa "khoma," lomangidwa ndi anthu a ku Morocco kuti aletse Sahrawis kubwerera kudziko lawo. Mwachiphiphiritso, Ibrahim anali kuyesa kuyandikira pafupi ndi khoma kuti aponye mwala kutsidya lina pomwe adaponda pa bomba. Mofulumira akukhala chinthu cha ngwazi kwa Sahrawi, chizindikiro cha kusamvera kwawo. Ibrahim sanong'oneza bondo: "Ndingasangalale kutaya mwendo wanga wina ngati zingatanthauze kuti dziko langa lingakhale lomasuka."
Pamwambo wa kapeti wofiira wafumbi patsiku lomaliza, chigamulo cha oweruza otchuka chinalengezedwa ndipo mphotho ya White Camel ya chithunzi chabwino kwambiri idatengedwa ndi wojambula Albert Noriega pafilimu ya 2008 Steven Soderbergh, Che, Guerilla. Otenga nawo mbali ndi okonza, ena akugwedeza mbendera za dziko la Saharawi, adatenga nawo gawo pomaliza mgwirizano ndi othawa kwawo. Pambuyo pa kuyimba kwa zithunzi zovomerezeka, omwe adatenga nawo mbali padziko lonse lapansi adakwera gulu la Landcruisers lomwe lidali lodikirira ali mosangalala. Koma pamene gululo likubwerera kudutsa chipululu chopanda kanthu, maganizo anasintha ndipo maganizo anatembenukira kwa omwe anatsala. Panthawi ya nkhondo ya zaka 16, akaidi ogwidwa a ku Morocco anamangidwa m'chipululu. Anali omasuka kunyamuka nthawi iliyonse, koma ku Sahara kulibe kopita. Dakhla kwenikweni ndi ndende ya m'chipululu. Ngakhale kuti ali ndi mkwiyo komanso kukhumudwa, Y. Lamine Baali, woimira Polisario ku UK, amandiuza kuti chomwe chimapangitsa kuti Saharawri atsimikizire ndi kupanda chilungamo kwakukulu. Ndinamva mawu oti "karama" kwambiri ku Dakhla. Ndi mawu achiarabu otanthauza mphamvu ndi ulemu.
I kugunda ku London, kwafumbi komanso kudabwitsidwa, koma mosamveka bwino za cholinga. Mawa lake ku ntchito ndinawatengera abwana anga pambali ndikuwapatsa kalata yosiya ntchito. Ndinaganiza zogwira ntchito m'malo mwake ndi Free Western Sahara Campaign (www.freesahara.com) kuti ndithandize kusuntha nkhani ya othawa kwawo ku Saharawi pamasamba a chikhalidwe cha magazini ochepa omwe amafotokoza za chikondwerero cha mafilimu ndikupita kumasamba apadziko lonse a nyuzipepala zonse kumene ndi zake.
Chaka chamawa, tikuyembekeza kuti padzakhala maulendo opita ku Tindouf ochokera ku London, Paris ndi LA odzaza ndi ochita masewera, ojambula mafilimu, oimba, komanso ena omwe akufuna kukhala nawo pachikondwererochi ndikuwonetsa mgwirizano wawo ndi Saharawi. Mwanjira imeneyi chikondwererocho chidzakhala chapadziko lonse lapansi, kukakamiza ochita zisankho ndikukumbutsa dziko za mkangano womwe wayiwalika mwanjira ina.
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