Manje njengoba sonke sekufanele sibe amaMelika njengoba kubhebhetheka “ababi”, isigameko sakamuva singikhumbuze ukuthi abanye bethu, noma ngabe sihlala kuphi, balungile, njengoba uGeorge Bush esanda kubeka, . €œPakisiâ€.
Wenzani umfana onegama elifana no-Abdul Aziz kulezi zinsuku ukuhamba ngaphandle kokuhlushwa yiziphathimandla? Zama futhi ubukeke uthobekile uma usesikhumulweni sezindiza, kweluleka umngane ePakistan. Ungaligqoki ibhantshi lakho lesikhumba e-Hong Kong, kusho iqabane lase-Australia, ngemuva kokushaywa kwabezindaba lapho ngilindele ukuhlanganyela kwami emhlanganweni omelene neWorld Economic Forum East Asia Summit ngo-Okthoba.
Njengoba ngingena endizeni ngisuka esikhumulweni sezindiza saseVancouver ngo-Okthoba odlule, isisebenzi sase-Algeria esitobhini sezindiza saxoxa nami ngokuthi kuzoba nzima kanjani ukuba abantu abanamagama afana nelethu bahambe.
Umngane waseNew Zealand oyisazi sezinyunyana wangishayela ucingo ngenkathi ngisanqikaza mayelana nokuthi ngiqhubeke nohambo oluya eCanada, ngiqinisekile ukuthi ukube bengikwenye yezindiza ekuhlaselweni kwangoSepthemba 11, igama lami lodwa lalizoholela ekucabangeni ukuthi “iphekulaâ€.
Ngo-Okthoba odlule lapho sikhuluma esigungwini sephaneli ephathelene nokuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kanye nokwenza kube yicala kwabaphikisayo emfundisweni yase-Ottawa, isishoshovu esimelene nama impiriyali, umbhali kanye nomngane, u-Jaggi Singh waveza ukuthi sobabili sihambisana nephrofayili ekhona yobuphekula besimanje. /umgebengu: abesilisa abashefiwe, abanebala elinsundu, abaphakathi kweminyaka engama-25 no-35, abanemfundo ephakeme futhi esazi kahle isiNgisi.
Okujabulisayo ukuthi, ngaphandle kokukhulumisana ngalokhu, sobabili sase siqalile ukukhula izintshebe...
Intshebe yakhe ayizange ivimbe uJaggi ukuthi aphenywe imibuzo, aseshwe futhi agcinwe ngamaphoyisa ase-US Immigration and Customs emngceleni waseCanada/US ngoNovemba odlule.
NgoJanuwari 14, ngaya eVietnam. Ngemva kokungena nokuthola ipasi lami lokugibela, ngahamba ngayobamba indiza yami ye-Air New Zealand eya eSydney umlenze wokuqala wohambo ngaphambi kuka-6am e-Christchurch Airport. Kodwa intshebe yami nokumamatheka okuthobekile akukwazanga ukungisindisa ekumisweni nasekuvalelweni. Lapho ngethula ipasipoti yami (yaseNew Zealand) nekhadi lokusuka endaweni yezimpahla kanye nokuthuthela kwelinye izwe, nganikezwa i-Aviation Security ngemva kokuba isikhulu sisho inothi elisedeskini laso, futhi mhlawumbe nombhalo wekhompyutha.
Igama lami, ngazisiwe, lalifana nelomuntu “okungenzeka ukuthi mubi kakhuluâ€ohlwini “oluvela eLondon†olunikezwa inkampani yezindiza, ngokusho kwesikhulu Sesevisi Yezokuphepha Kwezindiza esithathe ipasi lami nepasi lokugibela sangiphelezela. phezu kwephoyisa elihlomile. Bekufanele “ngihlolweâ€. Ngangingaboshiwe - angazi ukuthi ngangiboshwe ngaphansi kwaliphi igunya lomthetho. Okungenani izikhwama zami aziseshwanga – kulokhu. Kulezi zimo, ubani owaziyo ukuthi yikuphi ukusabela okungaba amabha ami kashokoledi, amakhalenda ezindawo zase-New Zealand, ingasaphathwa eyeqembu lami lekhilikithi lase-Pakistani eliphezulu namasokisi e-holey okungenzeka avuse?
Kanjalo-ke yilokhu okwakushiwo “izinga eliphezulu lokuqashelwaâ€njengelithi “Igolide Elite" Ukwethulwa kwami esimweni sokuthi “Elite Gold†okwakuthembisa “izinga elisha lokunethezeka nokunethezeka kwezohambo†kwakuzophathwa njengomsolwa wamaphekula.
Ukuba negama lobuSulumane ngokusobala kuwukusola okwanele, ngisho nangaphambi kukaSepthemba 11, ikakhulukazi ezweni lapho ukuqonda kwabantu abaningi ngezwe lamaSulumane kulamulwa yizithombe zaseHollywood ezikhipha amagwebu emlonyeni “amaphekula amaSulumane†ezisongela ukudedela izikhali ezibhubhisayo. Noma ukuntenga okucishe kungabonakali okunikezwa yi-CNN nezinye izikhondlakhondla ze-infotainment zomhlaba wonke eziphumelele “izindaba zomhlaba†lapha.
Kodwa futhi ngingumgqugquzeli omelene nama impiriyali, umbhali kanye nomcwaningi ozibophezele ngokuqinile ekusekeleni imizabalazo yaboMdabu yobukhosi kanye neminye imizabalazo yobulungiswa bezenhlalo nezomnotho. Eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule ikhaya lami lagqekezwa emisebenzini ephoxa kakhulu futhi ewumbukwane “yobunhloli bezokuphepha†emlandweni waseNew Zealand. Ngaleso sikhathi, insizakalo “yobunhloli†yamaphoyisa aseNew Zealand ibonakala ingithatha “njengoweqisayo†okufanele inakwe ngaphambi komhla ziyi-11 kuSepthemba.
Kumelwe ngivume, angikwazi ngempela ukuhambisana nokushisayo nokuthi yini engekho uma kuziwa ekwahluleleni ukubonakala nemfashini yobuso besilisa kule “impi yokulwa namaphekulaâ€.
Ngoba uma sizokholelwa lokho esikhonjiswa nge-lens yezindaba zezinkampani inkomba yenkululeko, ubulungiswa, inkululeko kanye nempucuko yabantu base-Afghani okwamanje ukuthi amadoda anentshebe nabesifazane bagqoka ama-burqas, hhayi ukuthi banelungelo lokunquma yini. ikusasa labo kanye nokuphila ngesithunzi. Hhayi ukuthi abaphathi base-US bayabagxeka ngempela abantu base-Afghani abajwayelekile njengoba bengakhathaleli amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezingane, abesifazane namadoda ase-Iraq ebabulele. Futhi ababambisene nabo kule mpi, abadlali abancane empini njengohulumeni waseNew Zealand nowase-Australia bahluke kancane.
Abanye bangase bathi umhlaba usushintshile kusukela ngo-September 11, kodwa kumelwe sibuze ukuthi yini entsha? Kusukela ngeMpi Yomshoshaphansi, izinhlangano zezobunhloli zaseNtshonalanga zenze izinsongo ezintsha zokuphepha ezivumela ukugadwa kwemiphakathi eminingi yabafuduki ngesisekelo sokuhlangana kwayo kwangempela noma okucatshangwayo ngokobuhlanga nenkolo, kuyilapho futhi ihlola abakhulumeli bobukhosi Bezizwe Zomdabu, kanye nabamelene nonxiwankulu bezinkampani. . Abanye bethu, njengoJaggi kanye nami singena kuzo zontathu izigaba. Intshebe noma ingekho.
Iphoyisa lahamba nepasi lami ukuyokhuluma nothile, labuya, laphinde lanyamalala. Ekugcineni – ngemva kokungabaza ukuthi ngangizoya noma yikuphi, ngavunyelwa ukugibela endizeni, kodwa iphoyisa noma isikhulu sezokuphepha zezindiza akekho owayekwazi noma owayengaphonsa ukukhanya kwangempela kokuthi kwenzakalani. Ngabuza ukuthi kwakuyinkathi evulekile yini kwabesilisa abangamaSulumane beminyaka ethile futhi ngingatholanga lutho. Ngachaza ukuthi uma kuzoba nenkinga yokuthi ngihambe ngakho-ke kungcono baqinisekise ukuthi umnyango kahulumeni waseVietnam owawuxhase i-visa yami uyazi ngakho nokuthi cishe babengeke bakujabulele ukuphakanyiswa kwami. Ngasala ngihlakaniphe kakhulu ngokuthi – ngabe - kwakunqunywe kanjani ukuthi angiyena “okungenzeka ukuthi mubi kakhulu†u-Abdul Aziz Choudry.
Abasebenzi be-Air New Zealand eSydney bathe akukho lutho ohlelweni lwabo lwekhompyutha ngami futhi kwakungeke kube yinkampani yabo yezindiza esakaza igama lami. Basole iNew Zealand Customs.
Ngakhansela izinhlelo zami zaseSydney futhi ngachitha isikhathi esidumazayo ngifuna izimpendulo kuziphathimandla eChristchurch ngocingo, ngaphambi kokundizela eBangkok ngalobobusuku. I-Aviation Security iqale yathi abakwaCustoms babanikeze igama lami. UCustoms wangitshela okuphambene.
Ekugcineni umphathi wetheminali ye-Air New Zealand wafona e-Christchurch. Inhlangano yezobunhloli (“wayenesiqiniseko esihle” ukuthi kwakungeyaphesheya kwezilwandle, hhayi eyaseNew Zealand) isabalalise igama lami, nokuthi lokhu bekukade “ukuhlola okuvamileâ€. Inkampani yezindiza ibe isithumela ulwazi endaweni yami yokuqala engangisuka kuyo. Waphika ngokusobala ukuthi inkampani yakhe yendiza yayibhala imininingwane yabagibeli, “ingiqinisekisa†ukuthi kwakungenxa yegama lami ukuthi ngamiswa. Akakwazanga ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ngeke ngimiswe ngaphambi kwezinye izindiza zami – nakuba ngenhlanhla bengingekho – kulokhu.
Angifuni ukuqhakambisa ukubaluleka kwalokhu okwenzekile. Kude le, izinto ezimbi kakhulu zenzeka kubantu abanamagama afana nelami emhlabeni wonke. Kusukela ezigodini zase-Afghanistan eziqhunyiswa ngamabhomu kuya kumakhulu “abasolwa†abamsulwa abaqoqwe futhi baboshwa e-USA ngenxa yephrofayela yobuhlanga neyenkolo, ukuya ezikhungweni zokuboshwa eziphethwe ngasese – amakamu okuhlushwa ahlala abantu abadinga ukukhoseliswa e-Australia. Umhlaba wethu uya ngokuya ufana nesethi ye-movie esabekayo ye-B, enawo wonke ama-stereotypes kanye nezindima ezimiswe ngaphambili ngumqondisi olambele amandla ongazange afunde ukuhlafuna ukudla kwakhe ngendlela efanele, kanye neqembu lefilimu elinonya elisabalala emhlabeni wonke, lifisa ukumjabulisa. . Kodwa lena akuyona imuvi.
U-Tariq Ali, ngemva kokuboshwa nokusesha kwakhe amaphoyisa aseJalimane esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Munich ngo-Okthoba odlule wabhala: “Ngicabanga ukuthi ulwazi lwami bekuwukuzilolongela izingubo ngalokho okuseza. Bekuwumklwelo okwanele, kodwa, uma kungelashwa, kungaholela esigangeni esibhibhayo.†Leso simila sesisakazekele kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba.
Ngaleso sikhathi kufanele sigweme, samukele isiphetho sethu, futhi sikuthathele esilevini. Kuphela “ukuhlola okujwayelekile†phela. Yebo, kunjalo.