Kunobva: The Independent
Ndakafunga kuti mazuva andaikanha matayi aibvira mumigwagwa akanga apera. Ndaiwanzobvisa mugwagwa muBelfast muna 1972. Ipapo, kazhinji kazhinji, ndakaita zvimwe chetezvo mukati Beirut.
Asi ipapo ndakanga ndiri zuro, sezvo mutyairi wangu akatendeka Selim akamirira nokushivirira kuti ndibatane maoko nomurwi womunzvimbomo ndokutsanangura chikonzero nei ndaida kusvika kuDamour (anenge mamaira 12 kumaodzanyemba kweBeirut) ndokuvheyesa kadhi rangu duku rokutsikirira reLebanese kumeso kwake, zvishoma nezvishoma ndichishandisa shangu dzangu dzebrown dzakanakisa kusunda matayi ake ari kutsva kubva mumugwagwa mukuru.
Vaipisa. Kungotarisa rimi remoto zvakaita kuti maziso angu akuvara.
Zvakanaka, tapedza. Ndokurova mota ndokutyaira tichiseka zvedu. Asi iyi yakanga iri nyaya yakakomba zvikuru. Hondo yakamira kure; mapurisa akayambira vatyairi vemotokari kuti vaende kumba. Mutemo uye kurongeka - unorangarira iwo mazwi ekare? - dzakanga dzisinganyanyi kukosha pane kodzero yepamutemo yenzira. Asi, kwemaawa anoverengeka, Selim neni takashandisa maruramiro edu pachedu.
Kazhinji, iyo varume vachibatidza moto idzi vaiva ve Amal Movement, ivo shia boka rinotungamirirwa naNabih Berri, mutauriri weparamende yeLebanon. Kana kuti vakandiudza, uye handina kuita nharo nazvo.
Izvi zvinotaura nyaya yayo. Vamwe vakanga vari varombo zvikuru, uye vakazvitarisa, uye handivapi mhosva nokuda kwezviito zvavo. Rebhanoni haina kumbobvira yave nyika yakapfuma kwazvo - kunze kwevatengesi vavo veSunni nemabhangi echiKristu - uye ava vaive vanhu vaive vasina zvekudya zvakakwana. Kwemazuva vakanga vachipokana nezvavaizowira. Iyo Lebanese pondo yakanga yadonha, mutengo wechikafu wainge wazungunuka - zvese chokwadi, ndinokuvimbisa - uye vakaratidzira.
Handina kushamisika, asi pane chimwe chinhu chitsva uye chinoshamisa pamusoro peizvi. Vhiki rose rino, makomo e Rebhanoni vapisa. Kubwinya kwavo kukuru kwemiti yemipine nemakomo anoshamisa akatumbuka nemirazvo. Zvikopokopo zvitatu zvehurumende zvekudzivirira moto zvakarara panhandare yendege yeBeirut - hurumende haina kuzvichengeta - uye zvaida. Girisi, Saipurasi uye Jodhani kutumira ndege yayo kuzodzima zvikomo zvinopfuta. Imba yangu pachangu pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeBeirut inonhuwa utsi. NeChitatu manheru, Mwari akashanyira Rebhanoni - anouya pano apo neapo, ndasarudza - ndokunyorovesa nyika nemvura nedutu. Mangwanani eChina, vharanda rangu rakanga rakazara jecha nemadota.
Asi pane chimwe chinhu chakakomba zvikuru chiri kuitika pano. Hasha dzepamuviri dzevanhu vekuLebanon hakusi kungoputika kwemauto. Hazvirevi kuti vanhuwo zvavo vane nzara – uye vane nzara – asi nekuti hurongwa husina kururama (mitero yakawandisa, mitengo yakakwira) iri kuita kuti zvitadze kushanda kuti zviunze kumba mari nechikafu.
Rega ndibvunze mubvunzo mudiki. Pamhenderekedzo yegungwa pandinogara - iyo Avenue de Paris, sekudanwa kwakaitwa neFrance kuti idaidzwe muma1920s - rinenge bhuroka rese remafurati harina chinhu. Chengetedza avo vanogovana bloc diki pandinogara, hapana chimwe kunze kwerima. Unogona kutyaira mudhorobha kubva pano, kwemaira kuenda pakati peBeirut, uye hauzowana mwenje. Zvivakwa izvi ndezvekudyara - neIraqis, kazhinji, asiwo nevaSyria neSaudis - uye hapana anogara ikoko.
Munyika umo varombo veBeqaa Valley nevapoteri vanobva kuSyria nevapoteri vePalestine (avo isu hatichatauri nezvavo, sezvo vari kuparara kwenyika yeIsrael) vari mumatangwena, ava vamiriri vane simba vemari vanomira vachikunda. : asina chinhu, akapfuma uye anonyadzisa.
Saka ndinotya kuti tichava nemamwe matayi ari kutsva mumugwagwa.
ZNetwork inopihwa mari chete kuburikidza nerupo rwevaverengi vayo.
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