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Ndinkaganiza kuti masiku amene ndinkakankhira matayala oyaka m’misewu atha. Ndinkatsegula msewu ku Belfast mu 1972. Ndiyeno, kaŵirikaŵiri, ndinkachitanso chimodzimodzi mkati Beirut.
Koma ndinali kumeneko dzulo, pamene dalaivala wanga wokhulupirika Selim anadikirira moleza mtima kuti ndigwirane chanza ndi wankhondo wakumaloko ndi kufotokoza chifukwa chimene ndinafunira kukafika ku Damour (pafupifupi makilomita 12 kum’mwera kwa Beirut) ndi kugwedeza khadi langa losindikizira laling’ono la ku Lebanon pamaso pake, pang'onopang'ono kugwiritsa ntchito nsapato zanga zabwino kwambiri zabulauni kukankhira matayala ake oyaka mumsewu waukulu.
Anali otentha. Kungoyang'ana malawi amoto kudandipweteka m'maso.
Chabwino, ife tatsiriza. Ndipo ndinayendetsa ndi kuyendetsa ndi kuyendetsa, ndi kuseka kuti ife tinachita chomwecho. Koma iyi inali nkhani yaikulu kwambiri. Gulu lankhondo linakhala kutali; apolisi analangiza oyendetsa galimoto kuti apite kwawo. Lamulo ndi dongosolo - mukukumbukira mawu akale amenewo? - zinali zocheperapo kusiyana ndi ufulu wovomerezeka. Koma, kwa maola angapo, Selim ndi ine tinagwiritsa ntchito ufulu wathu wosankha.
Kwambiri, a amuna kuyatsa moto awa anali a Amal Movement, ndi shia gulu lolamulidwa ndi Nabih Berri, sipikala wa nyumba yamalamulo ya Lebanon. Kapena anandiuza, ndipo sindinatsutsane nazo.
Izi zikufotokoza nkhani yake. Ena anali osauka kwambiri, ndipo amaziyang’ana, ndipo sindimawaimba mlandu kwenikweni chifukwa cha zochita zawo. Lebanon siinakhalepo dziko lolemera kwambiri - kupatula amalonda awo a Sunni ndi mabanki achikhristu - ndipo awa anali anthu omwe analibe chakudya chokwanira. Kwa masiku angapo, iwo anali kutsutsa tsogolo lawo. Mapaundi aku Lebanon anali atatsika, mtengo wa chakudya udatsika - zonse ndi zoona, ndikukulonjezani - ndipo adachita ziwonetsero.
Sindinadabwe, komabe panali china chatsopano ndi chodabwitsa pa izi. Sabata yonseyi, mapiri a Lebanon awotcha. Ulemerero wawo waukulu wa mitengo ya paini ndi mapiri odabwitsa aphuka ndi malawi amoto. Ma helikoputala atatu aboma olimbana ndi moto akuwola pa eyapoti yapadziko lonse ya Beirut - boma silinawasunge - ndipo likufunika Greece, Cyprus ndi Jordan kutumiza ndege zake kuzimitsa mapiri oyaka moto. Nyumba yanga yomwe ili m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Beirut inali kununkha utsi. Lachitatu usiku, Mulungu adayendera Lebanon - amabwera kuno mwa apo ndi apo, ndasankha - ndikunyowetsa dziko mvula ndi chimphepo. Lachinayi m’mawa, khonde langa linali litakutidwa ndi mchenga ndi phulusa.
Koma pali chinachake choopsa kwambiri chimene chikuchitika pano. Mkwiyo wakuthupi wa anthu aku Lebanon sikungophulika kwa zigawenga. Sikuti anthu wamba ali ndi njala - ndipo ali - koma chifukwa dongosolo lopanda chilungamo (misonkho yochulukirapo, mitengo yokwera kwambiri) ikupangitsa kukhala kosatheka kugwira ntchito kuti abweretse ndalama ndi chakudya kunyumba.
Ndiloleni ndifunse funso limodzi laling'ono. M'mphepete mwa nyanja komwe ndimakhala - Avenue de Paris, monga momwe dziko la France linagamula kuti liyenera kutchedwa m'ma 1920s - pafupifupi nyumba iliyonse ilibe kanthu. Sungani kwa iwo omwe amagawana kabukhu kakang'ono komwe ndimakhala, palibe china koma mdima. Mutha kuyendetsa kumusi kuchokera pano, mtunda wa makilomita kupita pakati pa Beirut, ndipo simudzapeza kuwala. Nyumbazi ndizogulitsa ndalama - ndi ma Iraqi, makamaka, komanso a Syria ndi Saudis - ndipo palibe amene amakhala kumeneko.
M'dziko lomwe anthu osauka a m'chigwa cha Beqaa ndi othawa kwawo ochokera ku Syria ndi othawa kwawo aku Palestine (omwe sitikulankhulanso, popeza ndi zowonongeka za dziko la Israeli) ali m'misasa, alonda amphamvu awa amapeza ndalama zopambana. : opanda kanthu, olemera ndi ochititsa manyazi.
Chifukwa chake ndikuwopa kuti tikhala ndi matayala oyaka kwambiri pamsewu.
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