Kumanani ndi Rahaf Khatib: Msilamu waku America Akuthamanga Boston Marathon Kuti Akweze Ndalama Kwa Othawa Kwawo aku Syria

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Rahaf Khatib si mlendo pakuphwanya zopinga ndikupanga zonena. Adapanga mitu yankhani kumapeto kwa chaka chatha chifukwa chokhala Msilamu woyamba wothamanga wa hijabi kuwonekera pachikuto cha magazini yolimbitsa thupi. Tsopano, akukonzekera kuthamanga mpikisano wa Boston Marathon kuti akweze ndalama kwa anthu othawa kwawo aku Syria ku US-chifukwa chapafupi komanso chokondedwa kwa mtima wake.

"Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikulakalaka kuthamanga mpikisano wakale kwambiri, wapamwamba kwambiri," adauza SHAPE poyankhulana mwapadera. Boston Marathon idzakhala yachitatu ya Khatib World Marathon Major-yomwe yayamba kale kuthamanga mipikisano ya BMW Berlin ndi Bank of America Chicago. "Zolinga zanga ndikuchita zonse zisanu ndi chimodzi, ndikukhulupirira kuti pofika chaka chamawa," akutero.

Khatib akuti akusangalala ndi mwayiwu, pang'ono chifukwa panali mphindi yomwe amaganiza kuti siyiyenera kukhala. Popeza mpikisanowu udafika mpaka Epulo, adayamba kufikira mabungwe othandizira kumapeto kwa Disembala, pambuyo pake atazindikira kuti tsiku lomaliza logwiritsira ntchito zachifundo lidadutsa kale, mu Julayi. "Sindikudziwa kuti ndani angalembetse msanga," adaseka. "Ndinali wokhumudwa, ndiye ndinali bwino, mwina sichiyenera kukhala chaka chino."

Zinamudabwitsa kuti pambuyo pake adalandira imelo yomupempha kuti apikisane nawo."Ndili ndi imelo kuchokera kwa a Hyland akundiitanira ku gulu lawo lachikazi ndi othamanga odabwitsa," adatero. "[Icho mwa ichochokha] chinali chizindikiro kuti ndiyenera kuchita izi."

Mwanjira zambiri mwayi uwu sukanakhoza kubwera nthawi yabwinoko. Atabadwira ku Damascus, Syria, Khatib adasamukira ku United States ndi makolo ake zaka 35 zapitazo. Kuyambira pomwe adayamba kuthamanga, adadziwa kuti ngati angathamangire mpikisano wa Boston, ungakhale wachifundo chothandizira othawa kwawo aku Syria.

"Kuthamanga ndi zothandiza zimayendera limodzi," adatero. "Ndizo zomwe zimatulutsa mzimu wa marathon. Ndidapeza bibiyi kwaulere ndipo ndikadangothamanga nayo, palibe chilango chofunira, koma ndimamva ngati ndikufunika kuti ndipeze malo anga mu Boston Marathon."

Makamaka ndi zonse zomwe zakhala zikuchitika m'nkhani, mabanja akuphwanyidwa," adatero. "Tili ndi mabanja pano [ku U.S.] omwe adakhazikika ku Michigan omwe akusowa thandizo, ndipo ndimaganiza 'njira yabwino yobwezera'."

Patsamba lake la LaunchGood lopeza ndalama, Khatib akufotokoza kuti "mwa othawa kwawo okwana 20 miliyoni omwe akusefukira padziko lapansi masiku ano, m'modzi mwa anayi ndi Asuriya." Ndipo mwa othawa kwawo 10,000 omwe alandilidwa ndi United States, 1,500 mwa iwo asamukira ku Michigan. Ichi ndichifukwa chake akusankha kukweza ndalama ku Syrian American Rescue Network (SARN)-yopanda ndale, yopanda chipembedzo, yopereka msonkho ku Michigan.

Iye anati: “Bambo anga anabwera kuno zaka 35 zapitazo ndipo mayi anga ananditsatira ndili mwana. "Ndinakulira ku Michigan, ndinapita ku koleji kuno, pulayimale, chilichonse. Zomwe zikuchitika tsopano zikadandichitikira mu 1983 ndili mu ndege ndikubwera ku U.S."

Khatib adadzipereka kale kuti athetse nthano zonena za Asilamu aku America komanso othamanga a hijabi, ndipo apitiliza kugwiritsa ntchito masewerawa kuti adziwitse anthu omwe ali pafupi komanso okondedwa pamtima pake.

Ngati mungafune kutenga nawo mbali, mutha kupereka ndalama pazomwe a Rahaf kudzera patsamba la LaunchGood. Onani Instagram yake pa @runlikeahijabi kapena tsatirani ndi gulu lake kudzera pa #HylandsPowered kuti apitirize maphunziro awo pamene akukonzekera Boston Marathon.

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