Sangana naRahaf Khatib: MuMuslim wekuAmerica Anomhanya Boston Marathon Kukwidza Mari yevapoteri veSyria.

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Rahaf Khatib haazivikanwe kutyora zvipingamupinyi uye kutaura chirevo. Akagadzira misoro yenhau mukupera kwegore rapfuura nekuve mumhanyi wechiMuslim wehijabi wekutanga kubuda pabutiro remagazini yekusimba. Zvino, anoronga kumhanya iyo Boston Marathon yekutsvaga mari kune vapoteri veSyria muU.S.-chikonzero chiri pedyo uye chinodiwa pamoyo pake.

"Chagara chiri chishuwo changu kumhanya nhangemutange yekare, ine mukurumbira," akaudza SHAPE mubvunzurudzo yakasarudzika. Iyo Boston Marathon ichave yeKhatib yechitatu World Marathon Major-atove akamhanya nhangemutange yeBMW Berlin neBank of America Chicago. “Chinangwa changu ndechekuita zvese zvitanhatu, ndinovimba kuti panosvika gore rinouya,” anodaro.

Khatib anoti anofara nemukana uyu, zvishoma nekuti pane imwe nguva yaaifunga kuti yaisafanirwa kudaro. Sezvo nhangemutange isati yasvika Kubvumbi, akange atanga kusvika kune vanopa mukupera kwaZvita, akazoziva kuti zuva rekupedzisira rekunyorera kuburikidza nerubatsiro rakanga rapfuura, muna Chikunguru. "Ini handitozive kuti ndiani angazoregedze izvo kare," akaseka. "Ndaive ndakagumbuka, saka ndanga ndapora, pamwe hazvifanirwe kuve gore rino."

Chakamushamisa ndechekuti akazogamuchira email yaimukoka kuti amhanye."Ndakawana email kubva kuHyland yekundikoka kuchikwata chavo chevakadzi nevatambi vanoshamisa," akadaro. "[Icho pachacho] chaive chiratidzo chekuti ndinofanira kuita izvi."

Munzira dzakawanda uyu mukana waigona kunge usina kuuya panguva iri nani. Akazvarwa muDhamasiko, Siria, Khatib akatamira kuUnited States nevabereki vake makore makumi matatu nemashanu apfuura. Kubva paakatanga kumhanya, aiziva kuti kana akambomhanya marathon yeBoston, zvaizove zvemubatsiro zvinobatsira vapoteri veSyria.

“Kumhanya nekubatsira vanhu zvinofambidzana,” vakadaro. "Ndo izvo zvinoburitsa mweya wemujaho. Ini ndakawana bhibhi iri mahara uye ndaigona kungomhanya naro, hapana pun yaida, asi ndainzwa sekunge ndaida chaizvo kuwana nzvimbo yangu muBoston Marathon."

"Kunyanya nezvose zvave kuitika munhau, mhuri dziri kupatsanurwa," akaenderera mberi. "Tine mhuri pano [muU.S.] dzakagara kuMichigan dzinoda kubatsirwa, uye ndakafunga 'inzira inoshamisa yekudzorera'."

Pa peji rake reLaunchGood fundraising, Khatib anotsanangura kuti "pavapoteri vane mamiriyoni e20 vari kufashamira pasi rose nhasi, mumwe chete muzvina muSyria." Uye kubva muvapoteri zviuru gumi vakatambirwa neUnited States, chiuru chimwe nemazana mashanu vakagara patsva kuMichigan. Ndosaka ari kusarudza kukwidza mari yeSyrian American Rescue Network (SARN)-isiri yezvematongerwo enyika, isiri yechitendero, isingabhadhare mutero inogara muMichigan.

"Baba vangu vakauya pano makore makumi matatu nemashanu apfuura uye amai vangu vakauya mushure mangu semucheche," akadaro. "Ndakarererwa kuMichigan, ndakaenda kukoreji kuno, chikoro chepuraimari, zvese. Zviri kuitika izvozvi zvaigona kunge zvakaitika kwandiri muna 1983 ndiri mundege ndichiuya kuU.S."

Khatib akatozvitora kuti abvise nhema pamusoro pevaMuslim vekuAmerican uye vatambi vehijabi, uye acharamba achishandisa mutambo uyu kuzivisa nezvechikonzero chiri padyo uye chinodiwa pamoyo wake.

Kana iwe uchida kutora chikamu, iwe unogona kupa kune icho Rahaf's chikonzero kuburikidza naye LaunchGood Peji. Tarisa uone Instagram yake pa @runlikeahijabi kana uteedzere nechikwata chake kuburikidza ne #HylandsPowered kufambirana nedzidzo yavo pavanenge vachigadzirira Boston Marathon.

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