Ngelixa uninzi lwabahlalutyi bemithombo yeendaba bexoxa kabuhlungu ngemfazwe ye-PR phakathi kweWashington neBaghdad, bambalwa abaye bafunxa amanzi asele enziwe ngu-al-Jazeera emfanekisweni. Ukuba ama-Arabhu agqalwa ngokucacileyo elona qela liphambili ekujoliswe kulo kwicala ngalinye lephulo le-PR, i-American side-the belligerent side, oko-kukulahlekelwa yimfazwe ehloniphekileyo 'yentliziyo kunye nengqondo' kakhulu kunokuba icinge. Akukho nxalenye incinci yetyala eya kwi-al-Jazeera's coverage.
Liqhula elidala nelimuncu kwiLizwe lama-Arabhu ukuba ama-Arabhu angena kwi-BBC-radio-ukufunda okwenzeka ezitalatweni zawo. Okulusizi kukuba, oku bekusoloko kuyinyaniso. Amajelo eendaba ama-Arabhu-phantse onke aqhutywa ngurhulumente okanye angokwasemthethweni kude kube mva nje-ayiyomthubi nje engenazintloni, ayadika ngendlela edabukisayo kwaye ayikhathali. Hayi kwakhona. Ngoku, phantse wonke umArabhu okhathalayo ukwazi okanye ukuqonda iziganeko zangoku-kwaye unokufikelela kwisathelayithi TV-ibukele i-al-Jazeera, ngokuchanekileyo kuba ibonwa-ifanelekile-njengeyona ndawo ichanekileyo, ininzi kunye neyobuchwephesha yemithombo yeendaba ukuba ujike kuyo. Kwiintsuku ezilishumi elinanye ezidlulileyo zemfazwe, iphinde yadibanisa ulawulo lwayo olunomtsalane njengowona mthombo weendaba kuma-Arabhu ukusuka kwiGulf ukuya kwiAtlantiki.
Xa u-al-Jazeera wazalwa kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo amahemuhemu aye asanda malunga nemvelaphi, abaxhasi bezimali, kunye noqhagamshelwano oluyimfihlo kwi-Mossad okanye i-CIA, ... njl. Inxalenye yolu hlaselo lukhohlakeleyo ngokungathandabuzekiyo yondliwa ngoorhulumente bama-Arabhu ababengonwabanga nabathe baziqhelanisa nolawulo lwabo kumajelo eendaba. Olo lawulo lukhohlakeleyo lwaba namava othusayo kunye noloyiko lokuqala emva kokuba i-al-Jazeera iqalile ukunika ilizwi kuwo onke ama-Arabhu angathethiyo akwazileyo ukugcina isigqubuthelo kumashumi eminyaka: abezopolitiko abachasayo, amatshantliziyo abasetyhini, abathetheleli bamalungelo oluntu, abasekhohlo, amaSilamsi, ama-pan-Arabists, amaKomanisi, amagcuntswana eentlanga, iintatheli ezizimeleyo kunye nabahlalutyi, kunye nabameli malunga nawo wonke umthunzi wezopolitiko. Kodwa, zikho nezinye izinto ezibe negalelo kumoya wokungakholelwa okujikeleze i-al-Jazeera enempikiswano enkulu: ngaphandle kwento yokuba yasekwa ngoyena rhulumente uthembekileyo waseMelika okhuselweyo kwilizwe lama-Arabhu: urhulumente waseQatar. -hayi ncam i-Arab yaseSweden kwirekhodi yayo engakhanyisi kangako yamalungelo oluntu kunye nedemokhrasi- i-al-Jazeera iphinde yaqikelela iqondo lokugqwesa, ubuchwephesha kunye nenjongo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku engazange iviwe kulo naliphi na ilizwe lama-Arabhu okanye eliphuhlayo. Umlinganiselo wokuzithiya ukuboleka igama kubazala bethu baka-Abraham-kwadlala indima ekulahleni i-al-Jazeera ekuqaleni 'njengesithunywa sasemzini,' isixhokonxa okanye into nje edlulayo eyayiza kubhanga ngokukhawuleza njengelifu lasehlotyeni. kwisibhakabhaka saseBaghdad.
Ngokuzenzekelayo, i-al-Jazeera yayinomnye umzekelo: yazisa izigidi zama-Arabhu okokuqala ngqa koosopolitiki kunye nabahlalutyi bakwa-Israeli, iqhinga elathi ekuqaleni ladibanisa ukukrokrelana kunye nentiyo evulekileyo ephantse yoyisa ijelo lesathelayithi. Kodwa, njengakuninzi lwee-taboos, ukubonwa njengokudelela kakhulu, imvelaphi kunye nobubi baphembelela umdla osele uhleli wokubukela i-al-Jazeera, ngasese, ngamanye amaxesha. Imilinganiselo yayo yantinga, yaye ngokukhawuleza ngokwaneleyo abaninzi baqonda ukuba ukubukela iintshaba zabo kumabonwakude akufani nokulala kunye nazo, ukuba ukuchanabeka โkumbono nolunye uluvoโโisaci sika-al-Jazeera esikrelekreleโyayingelulo ubuqhophololo obuphakamileyo boorhulumente babo. kubakhokelele ekubeni bakholelwe, ukuba isininzi sandisa kuphela ukhetho oluphambi kwabo, ngaphandle kokubanyanzelela ukuba barhume kuwo nawuphi na umgca othile.
Yonke ngokwayo, i-al-Jazeera ngokuqinisekileyo iye yasebenza ngakumbi kunamaqela amaninzi angama-Arabhu enkululeko kunye ne-leftist adityaniswe ekukhuliseni ulwazi lwabantu base-Arab malunga nedemokhrasi, amalungelo oluntu, ubuninzi, ubutshantliziyo, ingcinezelo, iinkcubeko zamazwe ngamazwe, ezopolitiko kunye nezoqoqosho, kunye nokuba. imilinganiselo eyahluka-hlukeneyo yayo yonke imisebenzi ebandakanya u-Israeli-ebekujongwe ngayo ubukhulu becala kumajelo osasazo asemthethweni ngokwemigaqo yeeclichรฉs kunye neentetho ezikhasa ngamandla nezingaqondi kakuhle. Ibivuleleke ngeyona ndlela iyunivesithi ifumanekayo, kungekho mali yokufunda, kungekho msebenzi wesikolo wasekhaya kwaye kungekho zifundo zivela phezulu.
Emva kokubeka ababukeli bayo kwinto ebonakala ngathi yimpazamo kwinguqulelo yesiArabhu yokwenene yeglasnost kunye neperestroika, ial-Jazeera yazenzela eyayo inyaniso, kungekhona kwiindaba eyayiziveza, eyayichanekile kwaye inenjongo njengayo nayiphi na, kodwa ekufikeleleni. ummi oqhelekileyo wama-Arabhu isithuba sokukhululeka, ukuba nethemba, ukuziva unebhongo ngale ndawo yokwahlulahlula ephila phakathi kwentlango engathethekiyo yokudodobala kwengqondo, ingcinezelo kunye nophuhliso oluphantsi, zonke zigcinwe ngokudityaniswa okuntsonkothileyo kobuzwilakhe bendawo kunye neMelika. iminqathe kunye neentonga.
Ngokuthelekisa okudabukisayo, iiveki ngaphambi kokuba imfazwe ekhokelwa yi-US e-Iraq iqale, i-media media yaseMelika yawela ngokucokisekileyo kwindawo yayo elungiselelwe kakuhle kwaye yenza ngokuchanekileyo ngokweskripthi esibhalwe 'yiqela elilawulayo.' Ivakala ngakumbi njengehlabathi lesithathu leendaba eziqhutywa ngurhulumente? Ewe, kubi ngakumbi, enyanisweni. Ubuncinci kwimeko yokugqibela akukho mntu uthi ukhululekile, unenjongo okanye usondele kwiingcali. Ngaphambili, ukuzigwagwisa, ukuzenza ilungisa kunye nokulawula 'inyaniso' kunokuzalisa ngokulula umnyele.
Ukubukela iindaba kwi-Fox, i-CNN okanye nayiphi na inethiwekhi enkulu ye-TV yase-US isoloko ifuna umbukeli iqondo lokungazinzi kwengqondo, kunye nentando yokukholelwa kwi-metaphysics. Kodwa, ubuncinci ibiyonwabisa, kwaye ivuselela ngokubonakalayo. Abantu baseMelika bebesoloko beqaqambile ngokwenza umboniso omenyezelayo ngaphandle kweendaba ezingezizo-okwathi ngokungaguquguqukiyo zanciphisa umhlaba ukuba ube nemigaqo elula kunye ne-bytes yesandi esondliwa ngecephe kumthengi ophakathi waseMelika. Kodwa ngoku, emva kokubona kwenye indawo into ebesigcinele yona uMnu. kude ngokungqongqo kuyo nayiphi na indlela yokucinga enzulu ngokupheleleyo.
Kwaye ngako konke ukunyanzeliswa kobuntu bama-Arabhu kuyo yonke i-coverage kukude nokonwabisa.
Ukuba nethuba lokuthetha isiArabhu-ekugqibeleni, oku kuye kwaba luncedo ngexesha lobomi bam-ndifumana ukubukela i-al-Jazeera, phakathi kwezinye iitshaneli ezininzi zesathelayithi zama-Arabhu ezibonisa umbono onomtsalane wokwenyani, amagqabantshintshi kunye nohlalutyo. Kwaye kube kanye, ndisiya ndifumana iindaba ezingakumbi, ezingcono nezichanekileyo kunezo zinganikwanga isakhono sokuqonda isiArabhu kwihlabathi elithetha isiNgesi. I-Al-Jazeera iveza sonke isibhengezo esibalulekileyo saseMelika okanye saseBhritane, njengento ekhubekisayo okanye enobuhlanga njengoko ngamanye amaxesha inokuba njalo, ngobulungisa obumangalisayo kunye nenjongo, kunye nokudityaniswa kwezimvo zama-Arabhu. Ukuchaneka kwayo ngexesha lemfazwe yase-Afghanistan, intifada eqhubekayo yasePalestine kunye nemfazwe eqhubekayo yase-Anglo-American e-Iraq ngokwenene ihlazisa nasiphi na isitishi sikamabonakude solwimi lwesiNgesi, i-BBC ibandakanyiwe.
Ukuba umabonwakude waseMelika unokungahoywa ngokulula njengetyala lencwadi yeendaba ezingathandekiyo, ezinabantu abaninzi, kwicala elinye, abaxhasi beendaba, iBBC ayinakho. Inesithethe eside kwinjongo kunye nomda obanzi wokwenza isininzi kunoogxa bayo baseMelika. Kodwa, xa kuthelekiswa ne-al-Jazeera, i-BBC ifika inengqondo emxinwa, i-anachronistically colonial kwaye 'imiliselwe' ngosizi, okanye, ukuboleka igama kumboniso woxolo waseNew York: ebhedini.
Abantu baseMelika, kwaye ukuya kuthi ga kwiBrits, abaxhomekeke ikakhulu kumabonwakude ngeendaba zemfazwe bakwimeko enzima kakhulu. Bafumana uluhlu oluthe kratya lweqela likarhulumente kwaye luncinci kakhulu lwasimahla okanye oluchanekileyo. Bahlaselwa ngobuxoki obunye ukuya kobubini obukhulu ngemini, zidityaniswe nobuxoki obuncinane bokutshatisa. Ngamafutshane, bafumana imithombo yeendaba efanelwe yi-republic yebhanana embi kakhulu. Mhlawumbi bamelwe kukufunda isiArabhu, okanye, ngenxa yoko, isiFrentshi, isiJamani, okanye iSpanish ukuze babone ukukhanya.
* UOmar Barghouti ngumhlalutyi wezopolitiko wasePalestina. Inqaku lakhe elithi '9.11 Ukubeka ixesha kwiMimiselo yoLuntu' likhethwe phakathi 'kweyona nto ingcono ka-2002' nguMgcini. Amanqaku akhe avele kwiHartford Courant, Al-Ahram (Cairo), Z-Magazine phakathi kwabanye.
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