UDebbie Almontaser uphumelele uloyiso kumlo wakhe wokuchasana nocalucalulo. Wayeyinqununu yokuqala yesikolo sikarhulumente sokuqala esithetha isiArabhu eUnited States, de kwabakho iphulo lentiyo lamnyanzela ukuba asikhuphe. Waziwa kakhulu ngempumelelo yakhe ekudaleni iyantlukwano ngokwenkcubeko, edibanisa amaSilamsi, amaKrestu kunye namaJuda, kodwa njengoko isikolo esitsha sasisondela kumhla wokuvulwa kwehlobo lika-2007, waba lixhoba lohlaselo oluchasene namaSilamsi kunye nama-Arabhu. Kwiveki ephelileyo, iKomishoni ye-Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) igwebe ukuba iSebe lezeMfundo lesiXeko saseNew York (DOE) lamcalula “ngenxa yohlanga lwakhe, inkolo nemvelaphi yesizwe.”
Esi sikolo sibizwa ngokuba yiKhalil Gibran International Academy. UGibran wayengumbhali ozelwe eLebhanon kunye nesithandi sobulumko. Incwadi yakhe eyaziwa kakhulu ethi, “The Prophet,” eyapapashwa ngowe-1923, ithengise iikopi ezingaphezu kwe-100 lezigidi ngeelwimi ezingama-40. Umgca osuka “kuMprofeti,” obalaseleyo kwiwebhusayithi yeziko lemfundo, ufundeka ngolu hlobo, “Umfundisi-ntsapho osisilumko ngokwenene akakuceli ukuba ungene endlwini yobulumko bakhe kodwa ukhokelela kumgubasi wengqondo yakho.”
Kodwa ukuba neengqondo eziphangaleleyo kwakungeyompendulo yeqela elithile elibizwa ngokuba yiStop the Madrassa. Eli qela lasebenzisa igama lesi-Arabhu lesikolo ngenxa yeentsingiselo zalo ezimbi nezikolo zonqulo eAfghanistan nasePakistan. Esi sikolo saphuhliswa njengesikolo sikarhulumente sehlabathi, esithetha iilwimi ezimbini kwibanga lesithandathu ukuya kwele-12 kwaye sasingenayo ikharityhulam yezenkolo. Njengoko iqela elincinci kodwa elivakalayo labachasi laqhubeka lithatha ingxaki ngesikolo esicwangcisiweyo, i-DOE yanyanzela u-Almontaser ukuba angenise kudliwano-ndlebe kunye ne-New York Post kaRupert Murdoch. Umxholo weli nqaku wawufundeka ngolu hlobo: “Inqununu Yesixeko 'Iyavukela.' ”
Kudliwano-ndlebe, u-Almontaser wacelwa ukuba achaze ukusetyenziswa kwegama intifada, kuba eli gama lalivela kwisikipa sombutho wamabhinqa owawudla ngokusebenzisa iiofisi zeqela lasekuhlaleni apho wayelilungu lebhodi. I-T-shirt yayingenanto yakwenza neKhalil Gibran International Academy. UAlmontaser wandixelela oku: “Wandibuza umbuzo omnye okanye emibini ngesikolo waza wandibuza ingcambu yegama. intifada. Njengomhlohli, ndaphendula nje ndathi kuye lisuka kwingcambu yegama infad ngesiArabhu, elithi 'vuthulula'; nangona kunjalo, eli gama liye lavelisa intsingiselo engalunganga esekelwe kungquzulwano lwasePalestina noSirayeli, apho amawakawaka abantu asweleke. Kudliwano-ndlebe, ndachaza ukuba ... ndiyabugxeka bonke ubundlobongela, nayiphi na imilo, indlela okanye uhlobo. "
Igqwetha lakhe, uAlan Levine, landixelela oku: “UDebbie wayelixhoba lephulo lokunyelisa. … Oontamo-lukhuni eluntwini babengenawo amandla okugxotha; iSebe leMfundo lenzile. Baye banikezela kwiingxwabangxwaba. ” Ingxelo yeEEOC yaqukumbela ngelithi, “I-DOE iye yanikezela kwana kwawona mkhethe ekubeni ukusekwa kwesikolo kwakucetywe ukushenxisa, yaye icandelo elincinane loluntu laphumelela ekubekeni umkhethe walo kwi-DOE njengomqeshi.” I-Almontaser ifuna ukubuyiselwa emsebenzini njengenqununu ye-KGIA, kunye nomvuzo ongemva, umonakalo kunye neentlawulo zomthetho. Isebe lomthetho lesiXeko saseNew York lithembise ukulwa naye. ULevine unethemba lokuba kuya kubakho isicombululo, kodwa ukulungele ukufaka isimangalo, esithi: “I-EEOC, engakwaziyo ukugalela izembe [yaye] iliziko eliphambili lelizwe ngokuphathelele amabango ocalucalulo lwengqesho, ithi yayinocalucalulo. Ndiza kuhamba ne-EEOC. Ndiqinisekile ukuba ijaji okanye ijaji iyakwenza oko.” Kwiintsuku emva kokuba ileta ye-EEOC ihanjiswe, inqununu engeyo-Arab-American ye-KGIA yehla, ngaphandle kwengcaciso, kwaye yatshintshwa ngumfundisi wase-Arab-American.
Kwiminyaka emithathu edluleyo, kanye kweso saqhwithi somlilo, iqela leenkokeli ezibalaseleyo zamaYuda, kuquka oorabhi abali-15, labhalela uluntu lwamaYuda ileta ngokuphandle lixhasa iAlmontaser, lisithi, “Sifuna inkxaso nentlonelo yakho ngogxa wakho nomhlobo othe wasinika imbeko nentlonelo. uphatheke kakubi kwaye usaqhubeka ephathwa lucalucalulo oluphazamisayo nolukhulayo phakathi kwethu ... ukubuya kwakhe kubantwana bakhe [e-KGIA] kuya kuzisa uxolo olukhulu nokuqondana phakathi kwabantu bazo zonke iinkolo kwinkqubo yethu yemfundo nakwisixeko sethu siphela. ” Eli tyala, njengesafobe, linentsingiselo ebanzi, njengoko uqhanqalazo luqhubeka kwizitrato zaseJerusalem kulandela isibhengezo sakwa-Israel samawakawaka ezindlu ezintsha kwi-East Jerusalem, evala amehlo uSekela Mongameli uJoe Biden xa wayeqalisa utyelelo loxolo apho.
U-Almontaser wandixelela, “Liphupha lam lobomi … ukukhokela isikolo, ukuseka iziko eliza kumisela umzekelo ekuncedeni ukwakha iibhlorho zokuqonda ngokuqinisekileyo nokudala abantu abatsha abaza kuba ngabacingeli behlabathi, abakhuphisanayo kwinkulungwane yama-21.” Owakhe ngumbono iSebe lezeMfundo lesiXeko saseNew York ekufuneka liwamkele, ngokubuyiselwa kwakhe emsebenzini ngokukhawuleza.
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