Bahaa Mayah paakatiza chizvarwa chake cheIraq mukupera kwema1970 semushandi mudiki muHurumende Yezvekutengeserana, aifanira kunge akaziva kuti zvisinei kuti akazopedzisira kupi, hupenyu hwake chaihwo hwaizomudzosa kunyika yaakaberekerwa.
Mushure mekushanda kwenguva pfupi mudunhu rePersian Gulf, akazopedzisira adanana neMontreal, uko iye nemhuri yake vakagara muhupenyu hwebhizinesi rega nekutaurirana, uye kwaakazova mugari weCanada.
Zvino, anopfuura makumi maviri emakore gare gare, mushure mekudonha kwemudzvanyiriri Saddam Hussein, dapi, akagwinya zvakanaka Mayah akadzokera kuIraq kunobatsira nyika mukuchinja kwakaoma. Mukushamisa kunoshamisa, aifanirwa kunyorera vhiza yeIraq nepasipoti yake yekuCanada muAmman, Jordan.
"Kuda nyika hakusi izvo zvaunotaura, asi ndizvo zvaunoitira nyika yako," akadaro Mayah muMontreal pakushanya kuchangobva kuitika.
Nhasi, Mayah - uyo anotsiura hurumende yeCanada nekushaikwa kwayo kwekuita basa rekuvakazve muIraq - ndiye gurukota rinosimudzira mweya kuIraq Ministry of Tourism neAntiquities. Ari pachinangwa chepasirese chekusimudzira kuzivisa kwekuenderera mberi kwekubiwa uye kupamba kwenhaka yetsika yeIraq.
Kumisa zvakapambwa
Mayah ane tsitsi anoti masangano akarongeka ematsotsi pamwe nevezvematongerwo enyika, pamwe nemamwe mapato ezvematongerwo enyika eIraq ari kukwikwidza masimba, vari kuita zvekupamba nzvimbo dzeIraq.
MunaEpril 2003 chete, zvidimbu zviuru gumi nezvishanu zvakapambwa kubva muIraq National Museum. Nepo hafu yezvinhu zvakanyorwa zvakawanikwa, Mayah anofungidzira kuti ingangoita zviuru zana zvezvinhu zvakangonyangarika kuburikidza nekupambwa kwenzvimbo dzekuchera matongo pachavo.
Izvi zvinhu zvinosanganisira zvinyorwa zvekare, zvidhori, zvishongo uye zvivezwa, akadaro Mayah, uye vanowanzo guma mudzimba dzekutengesa dzekuMadokero kana mumaoko evatengesi zvisiri pamutemo nevatori.
Kuti amise kusimudzwa kweidzi pfuma, arikukurudzira kurambidzwa kwepasi rose pakutengeswa kwezvinhu zvekuchera matongo zvinobva kuIraq uye nesarudzo yeUN Security Council nezvenyaya iyi. Anosimbirira kuti mari inowanikwa mukutengesa zvinhu zvakapambwa iri kupa mari kumagandanga.
"Tinoda kubvisa izvo zvekare zvinhu zvekukosha kwavo kwekutengesa," akadaro. "Nenzira iyi tinoderedza mafia kana vatengesi vevapanduki muIraq, dunhu, pamwe nepasi rose."
Dambudziko: Ndiani muridzi wechii?
Kunyangwe achidudzira kufambira mberi, muchimiro chemutemo uchangoburwa weUS unorambidza kutengeswa kwezvakagadzirwa zveIraq zvakatorwa mushure maNyamavhuvhu 1991, Mayah anoramba achishushikana nekuti dzimwe nyika hadzina kutevedzera. Uye mapurisa chero mutemo unoramba uri dambudziko sezvo hupfumi hwetsika hunoburitswa kashoma hune pepa nzira, zvichiita kuti zviome kuona muridzi.
Kuti varwise dambudziko iri, Mayah akaronga kuti paumbwe komiti yepasi rose yevanamazvikokota vezvekuchera matongo uye nyanzvi kuti vaone kutangira uye muridzi wezvigadzirwa zvinouya kumusika.
Yakapfuma munhoroondo nekuti yaive imba yemarudzi mazhinji ekare, Iraq ine nzvimbo dzekuchera matongo pakati payo makiromita mazana mana nemakumi mana emakiromita endima Asi iyi bounty inogona kuratidza kusagadzikana: mu440,000, semuenzaniso, kukuvara kwakakomba kwakakonzerwa nenzvimbo yekare yeBhabhironi payakashandiswa senzvimbo yemauto nemaUS nePoland mauto.
"Kukuvara kwakanyanya kwakaitika muBhabhironi, chokwadi chinopupurirwa uye chakanyorwa neUNESCO nemamwe masangano epasirese," anodaro Mayah. "Kukuvara kwaitika, asi ikozvino tinofanirwa kugadzirisa kuti tidzorere kune zvekare mamiriro ezvinhu."
Uye, achidudza Chibvumirano cheHague nezveKuchengetedzwa kwePfuma yeMagariro mune Chiitiko cheMakakatanwa ehondo, anoti ibasa remasimba ane masimba kuchengetedza Iraq kubva mukuchera zvisiri pamutemo, kubiridzira kana kutengesera nyika.
Kubva 2005, Mayah anga achitungamira chirongwa chekuvaka iyo Grand Iraqi Museum, inzvimbo iyo "inomirira budiriro, kubatana pamwe kwete kupokana." Iyo purojekiti, iyo yaanotarisira kuti ichaunza rutsigiro kubva kuCanada, yakagamuchirwa neIslamic Council yeMinistry of Tourism uye nyika zhinji dzeEurope.
Mhirizhonga inochinja kuva yako wega
Kunyangwe mukati memakumi maviri emakore ari kure neIraq, Mayah akaramba achibatanidzwa mune zvematongerwo enyika. Kwemakore mazhinji Hondo yeUnited States isati yapinda muna 2003, aive chikamu chesangano rekusimudzira democracy muIraq. Akaona roller-coaster yekutanga euphoria pakupunzika kwehurumende yaHussein kumhirizhonga yemazuva ese muBaghdad nhasi.
Hakuna Mayah kana mhuri yake yepedyo havana kuponeswa mumhirizhonga uye kudeurwa kweropa munyika yavo yekuzvarwa. Vaviri vehanzvadzi dzake vakaurayiwa mukurwiswa nevarwi, uye iye pachake akamanikidzwa kutiza munyika kwenguva pfupi mushure mekutyisidzirwa nepfuti yakanongedzerwa kumusoro kwake, muhofisi yake.
"Pandaida kuona hutongi hwejekerere uye mutemo uye kurongeka, ndakaona zvikwata zvichirovera muhofisi mangu uye zvichindiisa pfuti mumusoro," akadaro. "Vari kuedza kudzora zvese muhupenyu muIraq, uye iri idambudziko riri kuenderera mberi."
Asi Mayah akadzoka, kunyangwe mazuva ake achishandiswa zvakanyanya kuvharirwa munzvimbo yakachengetedzwa yeBaghdad's Green Zone. Anoenderera mberi nekusaodzwa moyo, zvakadaro, mune rake basa.
“Iraq inyika yeMesopotamiya, iri yevanhu vese uye kwete veIraq chete…. Isu hatigamuchire kukuvara kwechibvumirano pane kwedu kuzivikanwa, nhoroondo yedu. Iyi haizi nhoroondo yeIraq chete asi yemunhu. Iyi ndiyo nhoroondo yako. ”
Andrew Princz munyori wekufamba anogara muMontreal uye anonyorera www.ontheglobe.com.
