Ke Nurse Muslim e loli nei i ka ʻike, hoʻokahi pēpē i ka manawa

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• ʻAkaʻaka i ka lumi lawe
• Ke hoʻololi nei i nā ʻike i ka manaʻo o ka "Muslim"
• He makuahine Muslim ma ʻAmelika
• ʻO nā wahine ʻokoʻa, nā kuanaʻike like ʻole
• Ke hana nei i nā pilina

Mai kona wā kamaliʻi, ua pīhoihoi ʻo Malak Kikhia me ka hāpai keiki. "I ka wā e hāpai ana koʻu makuahine a i ʻole kāna mau hoaaloha, kau mau koʻu lima a pepeiao paha i ko lākou ʻōpū, ke manaʻo a hoʻolohe nei i ka pēpē ʻana o ka pēpē. A ua nīnau wau i nā nīnau he nui, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

ʻOiai ʻo ia ke kaikamahine mua a ʻehā, ua lilo ʻo ia i kuleana nui no ke kaikuahine nui ma ke kōkua ʻana i kāna makuahine e mālama i kāna mau kaikuahine. “Aloha mau wau i nā pēpē. He pahu hanai hānai kaʻu i nā makahiki 1980, me kahi stethoscope, syringe, a me Band- Aids, a e pāʻani pū wau me ia me kaʻu mau pēpē a me koʻu mau kaikuahine, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Ua ʻike wau i koʻu wā ʻōpio ʻōpio e makemake ana wau e lilo i kahu hānai hanauna hānau."

He moeʻuhane kāna i hana ai i mea ʻoiaʻiʻo. I kēia manawa kahi kahu hānai hana a hānau ma Georgia, ua kōkua ʻo Malak i ka hoʻopakele ʻana ma kahi o 200 mau pēpē a me ka helu ʻana. "He ʻoiaʻiʻo kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei: Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hana āu e aloha ai, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hana i hoʻokahi lā i kou ola," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

ʻAkaʻaka i ka lumi lawe

ʻO Malak kahi Libyan-American hanauna mua. Ua neʻe kona mau mākua mai Benghazi ma ke ʻano he haumāna ma 1973 e hele i ke Kulanui o Santa Barbara. I loko o kēlā manawa, loaʻa iā lāua kā lāua keiki ʻelua - me Malak hoʻi - ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻohana i Columbia, Missouri e hele i ke Kulanui o Missouri. Ua noho ʻo Malak i ka hapa nui o kāna wā kamaliʻi ma laila. I kona male ʻana ma 1995, ua neʻe ʻo ia i Georgia.

Ke hana nei i ka Hema, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā maʻi āna i ʻike ai ʻaʻole lākou he Arab a Muslim paha. ʻOiai e kau ʻo ia i kahi pāpale scrub i ka wā e hāʻawi aku ai, hōʻike haʻaheo kāna peʻa limahana i ke kiʻi o kona kau ʻana i ka hijab.

"ʻAʻole au e hūnā he Muslim wau," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. "ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, lawe mau wau iā ia i kaʻu poʻe maʻi a ʻike lākou he Muslim kēia wahine hoʻomākeʻaka." Hiki iā lākou ke kiʻi i kahi peek o kona lauoho ʻulaʻula i hoʻoluʻu ʻia ma lalo o kāna pāpale scrub.

A ua ʻōlelo ʻo Malak ua loaʻa iā ia he mau haneli mau hanana maikaʻi me nā ʻohana. "Hoʻomaʻo wau e hoʻomāmā i nā mea a hōʻemi i ka hopohopo o nā māku," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Inā ʻike wau i ka makaʻu o ka makuahine, e ʻōlelo paha wau," No laila, he aha ka hana ma aneʻi? Kūleʻa paha ʻoe a poni paha ʻoe a paʻa paʻa paha? ’ʻAkaʻaka lākou a haki ka hau.”

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Malak ua loaʻa iā ia nā leka Facebook he nui mai nā mea maʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi ana iā ia no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kā lākou hānau hānau ʻana. "I ka wā i hānau ai wau i kaʻu pēpē he 100, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka ʻae mai ka ʻohana e kau i kahi kiʻi ʻo ia ma aʻu ma ka pāpaho, a ua hele a ʻano viral kekahi," hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia. "I ka ʻike ʻana o kaʻu poʻe maʻi i hala i ke kiʻi, hoʻomaka lākou e ʻōlelo i ka nui o kā lākou pēpē! Ua waimaka kēia i koʻu mau maka. ”

Ke hoʻololi nei i nā ʻike i ka manaʻo o ka "Muslim"

ʻOiai ʻo ia e kū nei, ʻae ʻo Malak ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka prejudice i ka hana, ma ka pololei a me ka ʻole. ʻO ka hanana pololei loa i puka hou mai ke kula hānai, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hana ana ma kahi kikowaena dialysis.

Aia ia ma kahi kaiāulu o Georgia ʻaʻole i like ʻole, a komo ʻo ia i kāna hijab ma ka hana. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i kekahi mau kāne e ʻōlelo nei ʻaʻole lākou i makemake i kahi ʻAlapia e mālama iā lākou.

"Ua wehewehe akahi keonimana kikoʻī i kona makemake ʻole iaʻu e mālama iā ia no ka mea he ʻAlapia wau a he Muslim. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i palekana a haʻi mai iaʻu, 'ʻAʻole ʻoe ʻike.' "

Ua launa pū ʻo Malak me kāna mau hoa hana e ʻike pono ʻo ia ke mālama pono ʻia i kēlā me kēia manawa ʻo ia ma ke kikowaena, akā i ka ʻike ʻana o kāna luna ʻaʻole ʻo ia i mālama iā ia, ua kūʻē ʻo ia iā Malak.

"Ua nānā ʻo ia iaʻu ua make i ka maka a haʻi mai iaʻu:" He kahu hānai maikaʻi ʻoe. Paulele wau iā ʻoe. A ua hoʻohiki ʻoe ma ke kula hānai e mālama ʻoe i nā mea maʻi āpau inā he aha. ʻO wau kou kua. ’”

Mai kēlā manawa mai, e hoʻomaka ana ʻo Malak e mālama i ke kāne. "Ua ʻōhumu ʻo ia i ka manawa mua, akā e haʻi wau iā ia naʻu a i ʻole ke kali lōʻihi no ka loaʻa hou ʻana o kahi kahu."

"He huff and puff," minoʻaka ʻo ia. Akā ua noho ʻoihana ʻo ia a hoʻokipa i kona ʻano a hiki i kahi mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. "Ma ka hopena, ua lilo wau i kahu hānai punahele nāna a e noi wale ʻo ia naʻu e mālama iā ia."

I ka ulu ʻana o kā lāua pilina, ua kala aku ke kāne iā Malak, e wehewehe ana ua loaʻa hewa kāna ʻike. "Ua haʻi wau iā ia ua maopopo iaʻu a ʻo kaʻu hana ke hōʻike aku i nā ʻAmelika i ka ʻaoʻao maikaʻi o ka American Muslim."

He makuahine Muslim ma ʻAmelika

ʻAʻole wale ʻo Malak kahi kahu hānai e kōkua ana i nā makuahine hou e lawe i kā lākou pēpē i ka honua. He makuahine ʻo ia iho, me ʻekolu mau keiki kāne a me ʻelua mau kaikamahine. ʻO lākou he poʻe kamaʻāina hānau ʻAmelika e like me ia, a hānai ʻia lākou a pau i ka Muslim.

Aia kāna mau keikikāne māhoe ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, a ʻo kāna mau kaikamahine he 15 a me 12 mau makahiki, ʻoiai kāna keikikāne ma ke koleke a me ka Pūʻali Koa Aupuni.

"Ua makemake ʻo ia e hui pū i kona wā he 17. Ua pīhoihoi au. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ka pūʻali koa a ʻo nā mea a pau i hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo e hele ana ʻo ia i ke kaua, "hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia. "Akā, he kanaka ikaika a haʻaheo ʻo ia i kēia ʻāina e like me aʻu. Haʻaheo loa wau iā ia. "

ʻOiai ʻo Malak e hānai i kāna mau kaikamahine me nā loina Muslim, hoʻāla ʻo ia iā lākou e ʻoluʻolu e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā pilikia wahine a me ka moekolohe. "Ma muli o ko lākou wā ʻōpio, ua aʻo ʻia lākou i ka huaʻōlelo wahine. ʻO wau kahi kahu hana a me ka hānai hānau, ma hope o nā mea āpau. "

Hāpai hoʻi ʻo ia iā lākou e koho i kā lākou koho ponoʻī, e like me ke kau ʻana i ka hijab a me ka ʻole. "Ma ke ʻano he wahine, pono mākou i ka kuleana e kaohi i nā mea e holo me ko mākou mau kino." Hoʻohui ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole wau e hana i nā kaikamahine i ka hijab. Manaʻo wau he kūpaʻa ia, no laila inā hoʻoholo lākou e ʻaʻahu iā ia, he mea pono iā lākou e hoʻopaʻa i ke kau ʻana. E kali au i ka hoʻoholo ʻana a hiki i ko lākou ʻelemakule ʻana. "

ʻO nā wahine ʻokoʻa, nā kuanaʻike like ʻole

ʻAʻole wale ʻo Malak e hana nei e hoʻololi i nā kuanaʻike a me nā manaʻo mua ma ke ʻano he kahu hānai a me kahi makuahine, ke kōkua pū nei ʻo ia e hoʻohuli i nā hoʻokaʻawale moʻomeheu i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. Ma ke ʻano he wahine Muslim e hana ana i ke olakino wahine, aia ia i kahi kūlana kūikawā, i kekahi manawa e kōkua ana i nā wahine Muslim ʻē aʻe e hoʻokele i ka ʻāina hou i ka wā e pili ana i ke olakino.

"I kā mākou moʻomeheu, ʻo nā pilikia wahine, e like me kou mau wā a me kou hāpai ʻana, ua manaʻo ʻia he pilikino a ʻaʻole ia e kūkākūkā ʻia me nā kāne. Hele kekahi mau wahine a hiki i ke kamaʻilio ʻole ʻana e pili ana i kēia pilikia me kā lākou kāne, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kekahi o nā manawa he nui i kahea ʻia ʻo ia e kūkākūkā no ka lawe ʻana i kahi wahine ʻōlelo ʻAlapia e loaʻa ana nā pilikia. "He kāne kāne unuhi'ōlelo kā lākou e kamaʻilio pū ana me ia ma ke kelepona, e haʻi ana iā ia e pahu i ka pēpē, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e pane.

"Ua maopopo iaʻu kāna kānalua," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Hilahila ʻo ia e haʻi aku ana kahi kāne iā ia e pili ana i kāna hāpai ʻana. No laila ua hele au i mua o kona alo a haʻi aku iā ia e pono e pahu i ka pēpē i kēia manawa, a i ʻole e make ʻo ia. Ua maopopo iā ia a hoʻomaka pono e hoʻokuke iā ia me ka palekana. "

I ʻekolu mau mahina ma hope mai, hele mai ke kaikoʻeke o ka wahine like i loko o ka haukapila e noi ana iā Malak. “He hana hoʻopunipuni kāna, akā ua hoʻi mai nei wau, a ua hānau wau i kāna pēpē. Pili ia e like me kēia mau mea uku. "

Ke hana nei i nā pilina

Ke lawe nei paha ʻo ia i nā keiki hānau hou i ka honua, e aʻo ana i kāna mau kaikamahine pehea e ʻoluʻolu ai i ko lākou kino ponoʻī, a i ʻole e loli ana i ka ʻike i ka mea hoʻomanawanui i kēlā me kēia manawa, ua ʻike maopopo ʻo Malak i nā hopohopo - a me nā mea nui e hiki ai - he kahu hānai Muslim i ʻAmelika. .

"Ma waho, he wahine Mahometa wau e ʻaʻapo ana i ka hijab ... hele wau i loko o kahi ākea, a make make ʻole ia me nā mea āpau ke nānā mai iaʻu," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ma ke ʻano he kahu hānai hana a hānau, e alualu ana ʻo Malak i kāna hana moemoeā a e launa pū ana me nā poʻe i kekahi o ko lākou wā pili loa, hauʻoli. A i loko o kēlā mau manawa e hoʻokō ʻo ia i kahi mea nui - kūkulu ʻo ia i nā alahaka.