U-Edward Said ushonele esibhedlela eNew York City ngoLwesithathu ebusuku ngo-6.30 ntambama, wagcina ngokushona ngenxa yezinkinga ze-leukemia alwa nayo kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1990.
Simasha empilweni sigqugquzelwa yilabo abangabangane esibaziyo ukuthi bahamba nathi, ngaphansi kwamabhanela afanayo, endiza imibala efanayo, esekelwe amathemba nezinkolelo ezifanayo. Zingaba ngamamayela ayinkulungwane; kungenzeka singakhulumi nabo ezinyangeni; kodwa ubungane babo bushiswe emiphefumulweni yethu futhi sisekelwa ulwazi lokuthi banathi emhlabeni.
Abambalwa kuno-Edward Said, kimi nakwabanye abaningi kakhulu. Kukangaki, ngemva kwesonto, inyanga noma ngaphezulu, ngifinyelele kuye ocingweni futhi kungakapheli umzuzwana ngiphakanyiswe emoyeni wami, njengoba sasicindezela izibuyekezo zethu: uhambo lwakhe, ukunqoba kwakhe, ukuthukwa okuqhubekayo; izitha zakhuza zabaleka. Ngisho nasebuncaneni bakhe wayemuhle, futhi njengoba ngangihleka ukucasuka kwakhe ngegibe elibi elijikijelwa kuye ngumuntu ohlambalazayo wezinga lesishiyagalombili, wayekhuphuka esuka esisekelweni sokufel' ukholo futhi azihleke.
Akazange alahlekelwe umlilo, ngisho nalapho i-leukemia icindezela, yahanjiswa, yacindezelwa futhi. Waphila ngezinga elalingabulala umuntu ingxenye yeminyaka yakhe futhi ephile saka ngokuphindwe kashumi: indiza eya eLondon, iziqu zokuhlonishwa, yadlulela eLebanon, yadlulela eWest Bank, yadlulela eCairo, eMadrid, ebuyela eNew York. . Futhi sonke lesi sikhathi wayethulula iphrozi eshiwo engiyijabulele kakhulu, ama-diatribes avuthayo awasabalalisa ku-CounterPunch nakubabukeli abaningi bomhlaba. Phezulu kwefomu lakhe iphrozi yakhe inokucaca okungenadabuki, okungapheli kwe-Swift.
AmaPalestine awasoze azi umpetha omkhulu we-polemical. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, ngemvume yakhe yobuhlakani, ngangihlanganisa kusuka ezindabeni zakhe ezintathu ucezu lokuphetha eqoqweni lethu elizayo le-CounterPunch, Ipolitiki Yokulwa NamaJuda. Ngabanjwa, njengoba kaningi ngaphambili, ngamandla e-prose: umuntu wayengakwazi kanjani ukufunda lezo misho ezishisayo futhi angabilisi ngokufutheka, ngesikhathi esifanayo encoma ukuphana komphefumulo ka-Edward: ukuthi ngokuphoqeleka kobulungisa nobuzwe kubantu bakhe kwafika ubuntu obubiza ukubuyisana phakathi kwamaPalestine namaJuda akwa-Israel.
Amandla akhe okubhala ayemangalisa. Inkumbulo, ukugxeka, intshumayelo, inganekwane ephuma esibayeni sakhe, ipeni lomthombo elakhumbuza ukuthi u-Edward wayengumuntu ohlakaniphe kakhulu ngekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye losiko lukaZola noma lukaVictor Hugo, owake waphawula ukuthi inhlakanipho iyisixwayiso emlandweni. okungapheli. Ngawufunda lowo mugqa njengomfana wesikole, ngawubhala ebhukwini lami futhi nakuba manje ngihleka kancane ngokuzenzisa komugqa, ngicabanga ngo-Edward njengesikhulu, isamba esibonakalayo endaweni yengqondo nepolitiki eyaphoqa abantu, nokho. okungenzeka ukuthi babengathambekele, ukubhekana nesipiliyoni sasePalestine.
Eminyakeni edlule unkosikazi wakhe u-Mariam wangibuza ukuthi ngingalenza litholakale yini ifulethi lami eNew York, lapho engangihlala khona ngaleso sikhathi, njengendawo yokugubha usuku lokuzalwa luka-Edward olumangalisayo. Angiwathandi ama-surprise party kodwa ngivumile. Kwafika ukuhlwa; izivakashi zabuthana egumbini lami lokuhlala esitezi seshumi nanye e-40 Central Park West. Itafula legumbi lokudlela lalibubula ngaphansi kwezibiliboco zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Labe seliphuma izwi emnyango wangaphambili. U-Edward noMariam base befikile! Babenyuka ngekheshi. Sabe sesizwa ukubhodla kuka-Edward okuthukuthele: โKodwa angifuni ukuya esidlweni sakusihlwa no-******, Alex!โ Bangena ekugcineni kwenyuka isimemezelo emphinjeni engamashumi ayisikhombisa, Happy Birthday! Wahlehla nyovane ngokumangala wabe eselulama, wabe esebona ngegumbi bonke labo bangane bejabule ngokuthi bahambe izinkulungwane zamakhilomitha bezomxhawula. Ngangimbona ekhula kancane kancane ngenjabulo ebusweni obusha obusha kanye nokubingelela.
Akazange athukuthele lapho ebhekene nobungane nokutuswa, noma iziqu ezihloniphekile, njengoba nje engazange akhule isikhumba esiminyene. Ukuhlambalaza ngakunye kwakukusha futhi kulimaza njengakuqala ake wakuthola. Ikota yekhulu leminyaka edlule wayebiza, ngephimbo lesiNgisi elihlekisayo, โAlex-and-er, usuyibonile iNew Republic yakamuva? Ingabe ukufundile lokhu okungcolile, le diatribe enyanyeka ngokuphelele? Awukakwenzi? O, ngiyazi, awunandaba nemizwa yomuntu nje omnyama njengami.โ Ngangiqala ukuhleka, futhi ngithi nginezinto ezingcono engizozenza kunokufunda uMartin Peretz, noma u-Edward Alexander noma noma ngabe wayengubani umhlukumezi, kodwa isigamu sehora wayeququda, aphinde akhulume amazwi aphikisayo futhi alalele ngokudabukisayo njengoba ngangimtshela ukuthi angakhokhi. ukunaka.
Akazange alahlekelwe amandla okulinyazwa ukukhohlisa nethuba lalabo ababethi bangabangane. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule wafona ebuza ukuthi ngabe ngifunde ukuhlaselwa kwakhe okuyisiphukuphuku ngumngane wakhe omdala kakhulu uChristopher Hitchens kuyi-Atlantic Monthly. Wachaza ngokubhuqa okubuhlungu ucingo lapho uHitchens ayezame khona ukuzwisa unembeza wakhe ngokukhangisa ku-Edward ngokuhlaselwa okuzayo. Ngabuza u-Edward ukuthi kungani ayemangele, nokuthi kungani wayenendaba. Kodwa wamangala futhi wayenendaba. Isikhumba sakhe sasisincane, sincane kakhulu, ngicabanga ukuthi ngoba wayazi ukuthi inqobo nje uma esaphila, inqobo nje uma eqhubekela phambili njengomuntu wasePalestine oqhoshayo, ongaxolisi futhi okhulumayo, kwakuyoba nesitha phezu kwendlu elandelayo ezansi nomgwaqo esimagange ukuthulula. indle ekhanda lakhe.
Edward, mngane othandekayo, ngikuphakamisela ukubingelela kwakho kwalasha. Akudingeki ngivale amehlo ami ukuze ngijabulele ukuba khona kwakho, ukuhleka kwakho okucashile noma okujabulisayo, ubuhle bakho, umoya wakho ocace njengoka-d'Artagnan, iGascon evuthayo. Uyovutha njengamalangabi akhanya kakhulu enkumbulweni yami, njengoba uyovutha ezinkumbulweni zabo bonke ababekwazi nababekuncoma futhi bekuthanda.
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