Angikwazi ukundiza amakhayithi. Kodwa phakathi nokuvakasha kwamuva nje kwe-Olympic Village yaseBeijing, ngazizwa ngiphoqelekile ukuba ngenze kanjalo. Naphezu kwamakhaza kanye nehora lakusihlwa, kwakukhona abagijimi be-kite abaningi eduze kwami. Umdayisi waphikelela ngokuthi ngizame isandla sami ngaphambi kokuba ngithenge noma yikuphi, futhi ngakwenza. Lapho sengiqedele ukuthenga amakhayithi amancane ayishumi, ngabelane nale engangivele ngiyindiza nomfana othandeka kakhulu. Wangibonga, wabe esengicela ukuthi ngingadlali ngezinwele zakhe.
Ngaphambilini, e-Tiananmen Square, ngangibuke izixuku zabantu zizulazula ngokumangala emkhathini omkhulu, zithwebula izithombe ezingapheli phambi kweSango Lokuthula Kwasezulwini, eDolobheni Lombuso futhi zizungeze zonke izikhumbuzo eziseSigcawini.
Amasosha angaba ngu-10 avele ahlakazeka lapho ngibuza ukuthi ngingakwazi yini ukuthatha isithombe nawo. Injabulo yabo yabonakala idlula eyami.
Akukho kulokhu okumele nganoma iyiphi indlela kususe ubucayi bokubhidliza ngodlame embhikishweni wase-Tiananmen Square wango-1989. Lolo suku kufanele lukhunjulwe futhi kufanele kuqoqwe izifundo. Kodwa kungani kuncishiswa? Uma umuntu ecabanga nge-Tiananmen, kungani umuntu eveza imibono yezixuku zababhikishi namaqembu ezigebengu amasosha? Isimo esichitha igazi sisetshenziswa kaningi ukuze kuqondwe i-China njengombuso omelene nentando yeningi, ohlanganiswe ngokufanele 'namagugu entando yeningi' aseNtshonalanga.
Umuntu akakaze afunde izindaba ezinhle ezivela eShayina, nanoma yimaphi amanye amazwe 'okungewona awaseNtshonalanga' - ngaphandle uma kukhona i-ajenda yokukhangisa izindaba ezinhle ezivela kulawo mazwe, isibonelo, ukhetho okuthiwa luyimpumelelo e-Afghanistan olwenziwa ngaphansi kwesandla samabutho aseNtshonalanga.
E-Thailand ngesonto eledlule angibonanga zimpawu zama-Red Shirts, noma ama-Yellow Shirts. Nokho, ngiwabonile amaThai angenahembe. Uma kucatshangelwa ukushisa nomswakama, lokhu kwakungamangalisi. Iphuzu liwukuthi ngaphandle kokuma kwenxanxathela yezitolo enkulu eBangkok, lonke idolobha elikhulu lalibonakala lisebenza njengokujwayelekile. Indoda yaseThailand yayizabalaza ukungidlulisela ngemibono yayo yezombangazwe ngesiNgisi. Ngangimthole ebuka ividiyo kwenye ingosi yezokuxhumana. Le vidiyo ibonise inja nekati, ikati elimele ama-Red Shirts, nenja, uhulumeni wamanje. Bakhonkotha, bashwabadela futhi bahayiza, kodwa abazange bahlanganyele ngokomzimba. Le ndoda yaphawula ngokuhleka, โZinjena izinto eThailand.โ Bese, ngezwi elidabukisayo, โKonke kumayelana namandla nokulawula; akekho onendaba noThais ongakwazi ukuthenga ihembe - elibomvu, eliphuzi, noma ngenye indlela. "
Yiqiniso, kodwa futhi kubonakala sengathi abezindaba baseNtshonalanga abanandaba nalawa mazwe, ngaphandle komongo omncane kakhulu. Indaba yaseShayina ifaneleka kuphela uma ibandakanya imingcele kahulumeni (isb. ye-Google), noma ezomnotho, okungukuthi ukukhula komnotho waseShayina kuzothinta kanjani ukusimama komnotho waseNtshonalanga. Noma ngabe indaba ihlobene nobuciko kunepolitiki, ngandlela thize ithola indlela yokubuyela endikimbeni endala, isibonelo, uhulumeni ugxeka abaculi abadonsa kanzima.
Uma ama-Red Shirts kanye nohulumeni sebezixazulule izinkinga zabo, iThailand izonyamalala e-radar yethu. Kungadingeka isimo esibucayi sezomnotho, ukhetho oluyizigebengu, noma i-tsunami ukuyibuyisela njengendaba okufanele ixoxelwe. Okwamanje, izwe lizobuyela endimeni yalo efanele emazweni aseNtshonalanga - indawo eshibhile yabahambi abafuna uhambo abanemali abangayigcina, isihloko esikumabhulogi esiluleka ngezindlela zokuthola imali eyengeziwe ngebhakede lakho, noma i-baht, nezindlela ezihlakaniphile. ukubalekela abaculi baseThailand.
I-China neThailand yizinto ezijwayelekile, hhayi okuhlukile. Engxoxweni yakamuva nomhleli weReuters, ngikhale ngokuthi zonke izindaba zaseMalaysia zinezwi eliphansi elibi. Isibonelo sihlanganisa: Ukungqubuzana kwamaSulumane, amaKrestu mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwegama elithi โAllahโ; icala lika-Anwar Ibrahim; ipolitiki embi. Lezi zindaba zenza kube lula ukucabanga ngokushesha iMalaysia njengomphakathi ongasebenzi kahle noneshwa emhlabeni.
Lokhu akuwona umbono engawuthola ngesikhathi ngivakashele eMalaysia okokugcina. Ezicini eziningi, umphakathi othuthukayo. Inepolitiki yangaphakathi, njenganoma iyiphi enye indawo, kodwa empeleni amaKrestu namaSulumane abukeka ezwana kahle, njengoba sekuphele iminyaka eminingi.
Iziteshi zemidiya - ikakhulukazi lezo ezithumela izindaba zazo ezivela ezincwadini ezihlukahlukene zaseNtshonalanga - azigxili nje ezindabeni ezivusa amadlingozi, kodwa futhi zivusa amadlingozi ngamabomu, futhi zidlulisele izindaba ngamabomu ukuze ziqondwe ngaphakathi kwezimo zaseNtshonalanga. Ngakho 'intando yeningi', 'ukhetho', 'imikhawulo kahulumeni' kanye 'nobuphekula' kuyizinkulumo ezivamile.
Ngokudabukisayo, iningizimu ibuye ibe stereotyped eningizimu uqobo. Amaphephandaba emiphakathini okungeyona eyaseNtshonalanga ancike ekusakazweni okunikezwa izinhlangano zezindaba zaseNtshonalanga ngezindaba zabo zamazwe ngamazwe. Umngane wase-Indonesia usanda kuncoma 'isibindi' sami sokuya eNingizimu Afrika. Kuye, iNingizimu Afrika 'iyi-Afrika,' lapho abantu 'abaphansi', kanye namabhubesi nezinye izilwane zasendle bezingela izivakashi ezimhlophe ezingenacala. Siyabonga, Hollywood, ngokuphelelisa ubuciko be-stereotype.
Ngokufanayo, abanye abantu bakhombisa ukungakholwa ngokuphelele lapho bethola ukuthi i-Iran ingenye yezindawo zokuvakasha ezimatasatasa emhlabeni - hhayi abantu baseMelika noma ama-Israel, kodwa kubantu emhlabeni wonke. Yebo, i-Iran inokuningi engakunikeza mayelana namasiko, umlando, indawo kanye nezimpumelelo zomphakathi. Kuningi kakhulu ezweni kunokungqubuzana kwamasosha nentsha, noma izitatimende ezivuthayo eziphathelene nezikhali zenuzi, i-Israel kanye nokuQothulwa Kwesizwe.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, eStockholm, ngacela ithimba lezikhulu ukuba lingitshele izithombe ezazivela emakhanda abo lapho licabanga ngabantu basePalestine. Ngabacela ukuba bathembeke, ngibaqinisekise ukuthi akukho abakushoyo okwakuzongiphatha kabi. Kodwa lapho ngizwa impendulo yabo, ngacasuka kakhulu. Izithombe bezingcolile ngokungahluleki. Ngisho nezithombe 'ezinhle' phakathi kwazo beziphazamisa futhi zingezona iqiniso.
Abezindaba basentshonalanga bazoqhubeka nokunciphisa abantu abangebona abaseNtshonalanga, ngoba banentshisekelo yokwenza lokho, futhi sekuyinjwayelo. Isinyathelo sokuqala sokunqoba lokhu kungaba ukunika amandla imithombo yezindaba yethu yasekhaya neyesifunda, nokudala ubudlelwano phakathi kwabo. Singaphonsela inselele kuphela ukulandisa okunyanyekayo ngathi lapho siqala ukwethula iqiniso lethu nolwazi lwethu, futhi sisekele abanye ukuba benze okufanayo.
โ Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) ungumbhali wezindaba emhlabeni jikelele kanye noMhleli Omkhulu we-Brunei Times. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi "My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story" (Pluto Press, London), manje etholakala ku-Amazon.com.
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Vakashela iwebhusayithi yami: www.ramzybaroud.net. Buka futhi idokhumentari ka-Aljazeera emayelana nencwadi yami yakamuva: Ubaba Wami Wayengumlweli Wenkululeko: Indaba Engaziwa YaseGaza. (Pluto Press; Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). Uhlelo olunemibhalo engezansi luyatholakala ku-YouTube ngezingxenye ezimbili: Ingxenye I & Ingxenye II. Bese, hlola le filimu emfushane (in isiZulu futhi Arabic) mayelana nencwadi. Incwadi itholakala ku I-Pluto Cindezela (UK) I-Amazon UK futhi Amazon.
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