Kimina, nakwabaningi emhlabeni jikelele, ngicabanga ukuthi igama lika-Edward Said liyohlala lihlotshaniswa -ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye izinto - nokungaphezu kwalokho รขโฌยฆ . Ukhona (inkathi edlule ingasetshenziswa kuphela nalezo zamafa aphansi kakhulu) ngalรฉ kokufa, njengoba sesikuqondile, ngomqondo wokuthi ukuzamazama kokugcina kwenhliziyo yakhe, ngokuvamile okuhambisana nokuphela kokuphila, noma ukuqala kokuphila. ukuphela kokuba khona ngokomzimba, wehlulekile endabeni yakhe ukwethula isigaba esilandelayo, ukungabi nalutho okuphelele. Kuyimfanelo yamadoda nabesifazane abakhulu ukuthi ukufa kwabo ngokomzimba akuhlanganisi ukuphela kwabo. Emhlabeni wethu wamanje, bambalwa abazothola ilungelo elifana no-Edward Said.
Ungaphezu kokufinyelela okubanzi kobuhlakani bakhe, kusukela ku-opera kuye kwi-Islam, kusukela ezincwadini kuya kufilosofi, futhi kuningi phakathi.
Ngizogxila lapha esizindeni esithile ku-Said esivame ukungatholi izihloko zezindaba kwabezindaba zasentshonalanga: umphumela oguqula ngokujulile wefilosofi yakhe yengcindezelo nokumelana. Kubantu basePalestine kanye nabo bonke abacindezelwe emazweni asathuthuka noma angekho emhlabeni, i-Said ibe ugqozi oluyingqayizivele lokumelana nezimiso zokuziphatha, emzabalazweni wokungabi nabulungisa, kanye nolwesintu oluhunyushelwe ezilimini zethu ezihlukene kanye namasiko ethu angavamile kanye nezindlela zokucabanga. Ukuzazi thina, ukukhulula izingqondo zethu, ukuziqhenya ngamasiko ethu kanye nokwabelana nabanye kwakuhlale Kuthi izihluthulelo zenkululeko.
Nakuba ngingazange ngibe nenhlanhla yokuba ngumfundi wakhe wangempela, ngafunda okuningi kuye, nokho. Ngale kwe-Orientalism kanye Nombuzo WasePalestine, ngafunda kakhulu endleleni yakhe enesithunzi neyobuntu kubantu abadelelwa ubuntu. Ama-anecdotes amabili alandelayo azoveza ingxenye yalesi sici esikhethekile sokudlula kuka-Said.
Ukuzisola & Ugqozi
Emuva ngo-1984, lapho ngingumongameli waleyo ngaleso sikhathi eyayiyi-Arab Club yase-Columbia University, ngazama ngokungakhathali izindlela zokumemela u-Edward Said emicimbini yethu. Phela wayengowethu, ukuzigqaja kwethu, usaziwayo wethu, iphimbo elingakhethwanga entshonalanga yamaPalestine angenazwi. Ngangazi ngokuphikelela kuka-Said enqaba ukukhuluma emicimbini รขโฌลama-Arabรขโฌ, njengoba ayekwenyanya โukukhuluma nabaguqukile,โ njengoba eke wachaza. Ngizamile ukuqinisa isikhashana ohlelweni lwakhe lwehhovisi elimatasa ukuze ngimqinisekise ukuthi imicimbi yethu ihehe abantu baseMelika abangu-95%, iningi labo okungabafundi ababengachazwa kahle ngokuthi bathanda iPalestine โ labo abajwayelene neColumbia bazokwazi kahle ukuthi ngibhekise kuphi. - kodwa angikwazanga ukumenza angibone, noma omunye wethu, ngaleyo ndaba. Bese-ke - bewazi ukuthi "ngaleso sikhathi" siyeza - ngolunye usuku olwejwayelekile ngangiphuma ekhampasi ngiphethe iflaya emcimbini esasiwuhlelile, nongqondongqondo oqavile ongumJuda waseMelika njengombhalo oyinhloko. Nganginesitayela esikhethekile sokuphequlula amapheshana, ngendlela: Ngaqopha amapheshana ngomumo wejiyomethri ezinyathelweni ezinhle ezivulekile eziholela e-Alma Mater, phansi, futhi cishe yonke indawo lapho abafundi abajwayelekile bebengalindele ukubona noma yiziphi izimpukane.
U-Edward Said wadlula nekhofi lakhe ekuseni kanye nebheyili. Wangibona nginyakaza, ngihlela umsebenzi wami wobuciko ngokunemba, ukulinganisa nokuzinikela, ukuze ngihehe amehlo ayengaqeqeshelwe ukubona noma yini ehlobene nePalestine. Ngike ngambona esondela eshela elinye lamapheshana ahlelwe kahle, kodwa ngaqhubeka nomsebenzi wami sengathi angizange. Weza kimi futhi wangibuza ngokuncokola: รขโฌลWenzani ngo-6:30 ekuseni ulahla izitebhisi?รขโฌ Ngokucindezela ngokushesha injabulo yami ebabazekayo ngokuba nalokhu okungaphezu kokuba unkulunkulu onganaki ekhuluma nami, ngaphendula ngokunganaki:รขโฌโ ลUkusheshisa umcimbi.รขโฌ รขOkuhlaba umxhwele impela,รข kwaba yindlela asabela ngayo ekubambeni kwami โโehlombe, okuyinto ayengavamile ukuyibona, ikakhulukazi evela kumfundi wasePalestine. รขโฌลSiyabonga ngosizo lwakho olukhulu, profesa, senza kahle kakhulu ngomkhankaso wethu wolwazi,รขโฌ kwaba umcibisholo wami wesibili womlomo owawuqondiswe kuye. Sobabili sasazi ukuthi wayengenzanga lutho kuze kube yileso sikhathi ukuze asisize nganoma iyiphi indlela noma nganoma iyiphi indlela. Kodwa kuze kube yileso sikhathi. Ngomzuzu osobala wecala, wangedlulisela kimi isimemo esifudumele sokuhlangana naye ehhovisi lakheโithempeli! - ngalo lolo suku. Ngijabule, ngaziqhenya futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke kwaqinisekiswa ngokungenakuphimisa, ngagwinya ngokushesha ukuziqhenya kwami โโngakwamukela.
Wayecabange ngokweqiniso ukuthi senza imicimbi yakudala emelene no-Israyeli eyayikhuluma nama-Arab kanye nabasekeli bawo abaseduze kuphela. Lapho ebona ukuthi wayenephutha, waba nesibindi sokukusho, ngendlela yakhe. Futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke wabamba iqhaza elibalulekile ekuguquleni isimo e-Columbia, ekhuthaza inkulumo-mpikiswano yeqiniso ngengxabano yase-Palestine-Israel, eletha enkampasini imibono emisha nezimpikiswano iningi labafundi nabafundisi ababengakazitholi.
Kusukela lapho, u-Edward Said ukhulume emicimbini yethu eminingi. Ngothando lwakhe oluvamile nobuhlakani bakhe obuvelele, u-Said wayehlale enenhlanganisela emangalisayo yemiphumela ezithamelini zethu eziminyene: ekhangayo, efundisa, ethandeka, ecasulayo, ecasulayo, ehilelekayo, futhi uma umphikisi oqhoshayo ephikelela ekuzameni ukumbethelela ngamanga noma izingxabano ezisontekile. (akudingeki ukusho, amacala anjalo ayeyivelakancane e-Columbia), wayefanelwe impatho ye-VIP eyayinikezwa njalo ngu-Said: ukubethelwa kwengqondo, esidlangalaleni! Omunye kuphela ungqondongqondo ekuhlangenwe nakho kwami โโโโesikhathi eside ezenzweni zabafundi owayenezikhali ezinamandla zokucekela phansi okunengqondo: uNoam Chomsky.
Umphumela obungahlosiwe wochungechunge lwemicimbi yethu ephumelele kakhulu, egqugquzelwe ngu-Said, kwaba ukukhuphuka okumangalisayo kwesimo senhlangano yethu. Sasijwayele ngisho nokukhuluma ngesithombe sethu esisha ngokuthi รขโฌลenye yezinhlangano ezinkulu esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme,รขโฌ njengoba amanye amaqembu ayesibuka, singazi ukuthi ubulungu bethu obuzibophezele kakhulu futhi obunogqozi alukaze lufike endaweni enamadijithi amabili!! Uma sibheka emuva, akukhona nje ukuvelela kukaSaid okusisizile, kwaba umoya wakhe wokumelana nazo zonke izinkinga owasikhuthaza kakhulu, futhi, mangisho, waguqula abanye bethu ngendlela engenakuhlehliswa. Futhi ngacabanga ukuthi uLenin kuphela owayenefomula yomlingo yokuguqula idlanzana lezishoshovu ezizinikele zibe amandla anamandla nanomphumela woshintsho.
Izimiso Okokuqala
Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi yobudlelwane obuhle kakhulu, kwakuzofika isiphepho ebuhlotsheni bethu ne I-Grand Palestinian. Ekuphakameni kwe-intifada yokuqala yasePalestine (1987 1993), ezinye zezinhlangano zamaSiyoni esikhungweni (unkulunkulu, sasibaningi kakhulu!) banquma ukumema inhloko yohlelo รขโฌลlomthethoรขโฌ lwe-Israel ezindaweni zasePalestine, ezihlotshisiwe. ujenene wamasosha owaba/obhekene nobugebengu obuningi kakhulu ukuthi angabalwa lapha. Inhlangano yabafundi bama-Arab kanye nezinye izinhlangano zabafundi ezithuthukayo zinqume ukukhankasela ukuvimbela lo mholi wezempi, โowayenegazi ezandleni zakhe,โ njengoba ucwaningo lwethu olunzulu luye lwaveza, ukuthi akhulume e-Columbia. Sibe nenkulumompikiswano eshubile yangaphakathi mayelana nokuthi inkulumo yakhe izohlanganisa yini ukugqugquzela udlame, ukuthethelelwa kokucwasa ngokwebala, ukuvikela ukubulala okwenziwa ibutho lakhe cishe nsuku zonke e-Palestine, noma รขโฌยฆ umzuzwana nje wenkululeko yokukhuluma. Sazama ukunxenxa abagqugquzeli ukuthi isikhulumi esinjalo sithwale umthwalo omningi wamakholoni kanye nobugebengu emahlombe aso kangangokuthi amazwi akhe ayenokuvukela ngokwemvelo. Sidwebe izifaniso zenhlangano ekude kwesokudla imema, isibonelo, ujenene wangaphambili wama-SS. Nakuba babengajabuliswanga yilo mfanekiso, abanye babo bavuma ukuthi โkwakuwukuqhathanisa okunengqondo okunengqondo.โ Noma kunjalo, sehluleka ngokudabukisayo ukubathengisela umqondo wokungamethembi. Sishintshele ku-Plan B. Sicele ukumelwa okulinganayo kuphaneli yohlangothi lwethu, รขโฌลngakolunye uhlangothiรขโฌ - njengoba bebevame ukufuna ngokweqile emicimbini yethu. Sanqatshwa, ngokungenasihawu, kufanele ngengeze. Kungani kufanele bezwe noma iyiphi ingcindezi evela kumfelandawonye omncane wamaqembu wabafundi abangakwazi ukulinganisa ukude namandla amakhulu ababewaphethe futhi bewaveza ekhempasini? Ngaleso sikhathi, sacishe sakhathazeka ngokuzama ukuphendula lowo mbuzo ngendlela eyayizobamangaza, uma singabafundisi isifundo esasidingeka kabi sokuthobeka nokungaguquguquki kokuziphatha.
Saxoxisana nomfundisi wethu ohlonishwayo, u-Said, uChomsky, kanye nongadumile ngaleso sikhathi, u-Norman Finkelstein. Sasingazi ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi laba abathathu babengama-aficionados ayisichibiyelo sokuqala! Baphendula ngazwi linye okungalindelekile: kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lo jenene angaba yisigebengu kangakanani - bonke bavumelana ngokuthi - inkulumo yakhe e-Columbia ingahunyushwa kuphela njengomkhuba wenkululeko yokukhuluma, okufanele thina, izisulu zokuhlolwa kwelungelo lobunikazi, siwuvikele futhi siwuvikele. khuthaza. Kwakuyishawa ebandayo kithina sonke, esidabukisayo futhi sinyakaza. Babengeke balubone kanjani olunye uhlangothi, ukuthi inkulumo enjalo ngokuqinisekile ingawukhulisa kanjani umoya osuvele unenzondo osizungezile esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme, ukuthi ingaphefumula kanjani impilo entsha ezinsongweni zokufa ezesabekayo abanye bethu ababezitholile. Kubo, isimiso safika kuqala, ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye izinto, ngaphezu kwemizwelo nentukuthelo yesikhashana. U-Said waze wasabisa ngokuthi uzosigxeka esidlangalaleni uma senza noma iyiphi indlela yokuhlola ngokumelene nojenene ochitha igazi.
Yebo saphoqeleka ukuthi siguqule amaqhinga ethu ukuze sihambisane naleso seluleko/isibopho. Sanquma ukuqola ngaphandle kwehholo leSikole Somthetho, lapho ujenene wayezokhuluma khona, bese singena ehholo, simlalele futhi ekugcineni simphonsele inselelo ngqo. Kodwa sinqume ukukwenza ngesitayela. Safihla ngokucophelela amafulege ethu asePalestine namabhanela amelene nomsebenzi ngaphansi kwezingubo zethu futhi sangena ehholo ngemva kokuba seligcwele yebo, laligcwele ngokuvukela!! bona. Kwakuwuhlobo lombhikisho ongenalo udlame, esasicabanga ukuthi, obungenakubonwa ukude njengokuhlola. Nokho, sasingenalo uhlelo, ngakho sathuthuka.
Lapho ekugcineni kwethulwa ujenene, wasukuma futhi, wafaka isithombe sesekela lenkosi yamakoloni, waya endaweni yesikhulumi ngokubonisana, ephahlwe onogada ababili abakhulu. Savula amabhanela ethu ngokuxhamazela sawaphakamisa. Manje uzocabangani ngathi, ngizibuze. Wayezothukuthela, kodwa aziqhenye, ngaziqinisekisa ngokushesha. Ujenene wahlabeka ikakhulukazi indawo yefulegi elikhulu elalisezandleni zami ngaleso sikhathi elalivinjelwe ngokuphelele eWest Bank kanye naseGaza, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yezinqumo zakhe. Kona kanye ukusetshenziswa kwenhlanganisela yemibala yayo, ebomvu, emnyama, eluhlaza kanye nemhlophe, kwakwanele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umenzi wobubi uzonikezwa isigwebo sezempi esinzima. Impela ngangikuqaphela lokho. Wahlehla ngovalo wahlebela u-MC, urabi omnene owayenomoya omuhle ukudlula bonke ubuholi bamaqembu amaZayoni ekhempasini. Sihumusha ukuhlehla jikelele kusuka endaweni yesikhulumi njengokunqoba kwethu okuncane, saqhulula izingoma. Wayebonakala ethukuthele.
Nokho, ngendlela esabekayo, ibutho elincane lamaphoyisa aseDolobheni laseNew York elalidume ngokungenaluzwela lalisehholo futhi lizungeza ngamunye wethu ngokuphazima kwesoโungafisa sengathi lingasabela ngendlela esebenza kahle kangaka ebugebengwini! Ngacela ngokusobala u-MC ukuthi asibophe ngaleyo ndlela ngibeke engcupheni yokuphazamiseka okuqinisekile emizamweni yethu yokubuyisana. Lelo qhinga lokugwema ukuboshwa - okungasho ukudingiswa kwethu sonke esasingabafundi bakwamanye amazwe - laphumelela ngokumangalisayo. Acele amaphoyisa ukuthi ame eduze. Ngemuva kwemizuliswano eminingana yokucela ukuthula kukarabi, okuhlanganisa izithembiso zokusinika phansi ngemuva inkulumo, nokuhlabelela kwethu okungaguquki, nokho okuhlelekile, phakathi kwesimo sokushaqeka okuhlangene okwakuhlasele izethameli - phela, kwakungeyona nsuku zonke ukuthi othile angaphonsela inselelo ngobuhlakani umfelandawonye onamandla onke wamaqembu amaZiyoni e-Columbia - the UMC unqume ukuxoxisana nami ukuze kuqedwe ukungaboni ngaso linye. Njengoba bengingenalo igunya lokukhulumela iqembu, ngibabuka kude ozakwethu, bavele bangikhanyisela. Bangethemba ukuthi ngizofinyelela ukuvumelana okuhle. Ngabe u-Edward Said uzongicebisa ukuthi ngenzeni ebunzimeni obunje, ngazibuza. Sahlangana phakathi; urabi wenyuka izinyathelo ezimbalwa, ngehla ezimbalwa. Nganginazo zonke izinhloso zokumisa, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo kwadingeka ngigcine ukwethembeka nomuzwa wokuba nomthwalo wemfanelo ezingxoxweni zami naye. Ngabuhlonipha ubuqotho bakhe kanye nokushintshashintsha ngezikhathi ezithile kobuntu. Emizuzwini eyishumi sixoxa ngenhlonipho, safinyelela esivumelwaneni.
Urabi waya esiteji esincane eyokwazisa isivakashi sakhe ngesivumelwano. Ngiwele ihholo ukuze ngihlanganyele nozakwethu imininingwane.
Futhi-ke, ngaphakamisa ifulegi lami ngase ngehlela endaweni yesikhulumi. Urabi umemezele isivumelwano ngombhobho: รขโฌลOmele amaqembu abhikishayo uzokhuluma imizuzu emihlanu bese ecela iqembu lakhe ukuthi liphume. Khona-ke, isikhulumi sethu esivelele siyogcina sethule inkulumo yaso, ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka.รขโฌ Izethameli zase ziqala ukushaqeka. Ngingakwazi ukufihla injabulo yami, ngagibela isiteji kancane futhi ngama ngemva kwesiteji ukuze nginikeze inkulumo yami yemizuzu emihlanu, empeleni ngizama ukukholisa abantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka ukuthi baphume nathi ukuze babhikishele irekhodi lobugebengu lesikhulumi. Kungazelelwe, ujenene wasukuma wamemeza: รขโฌลNgeke ngikuvume lokhu kuhlaziswa, ngimi eduze komuntu wasePalestine ephethe ifulege.รขโฌ Waphatha isikhwama sakhe waphuma nonogada bakhe. Siqaphela incazelo yalesi sivunguvungu, saqala ukucula. Abanye abebelalele bakhale, abanye bavele bahambe bebhekise amakhanda phansi. Thina-ke sasizwa sengathi amakhanda ethu azoshaya usilingi. Wathi kufanele ngiziqhenye, ngacabanga. Ngangifile iphutha.
Zathi zingafika kuye lezo ndaba wavele wabhoka ngolaka. Masinyane wasibeka icala lokulimaza indaba yethu, futhi wenza kahle ngesithembiso sakhe, wakhuluma ngokumelene nathi obala. Lapho ngihlangana naye ngemva kwalokho, wayesepholile, futhi saba nenkulumo-mpikiswano ephusile. Wavuma ukuthi isenzo sethu โsasinesibindi,โ โsisebenza kahleโ futhi โsibonakala singenakugwenywa,โ kodwa sasingalungile noma kunjalo. Ngingaphila nalokho.
Naphezu kwemizwa yakhe engafinyeleleki, wayekhona lapho sidinga iseluleko esinokuqonda. Ngisho noma wayengenathi, sasimbiza ezingqondweni zethu lapho sidinga izwi lokucabanga nobuntu ukuze lisiqondise. Manje njengoba esehambile ngokwenyama, izwi lakhe, amazwi akhe, iphupho lakhe elingafezekanga lizoqhubeka liphila, lifundise, lithukuthelise, lisicunule, lithakazelise futhi lisikhulule ekugcineni.
* U-Omar Barghouti ungumfundi wasePalestine owenza iziqu zobudokotela zefilosofi (izimiso zokuziphatha) eNyuvesi yaseTel Aviv. Uphinde abe ngumhlaziyi wezepolitiki. Isihloko sakhe esithi รขโฌล9.11 Ukubeka Isikhathi Ngemibandela Yomuntuรขโฌ sikhethwe phakathi รขโฌลOkungcono Kakhulu kwango-2002รขโฌ yi-Guardian. Izindatshana zakhe zivele kuHartford Courant, Al-Ahram kanye neZ-Magazine, phakathi kwezinye.
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