ngu-Khalid Qassim, Okthobha 13, 2017
ukusuka Guardian
Andikabinakutya esiswini sam iintsuku ezingama-23. Umhla wamashumi amabini kwinyanga yoMsintsi ibiyimini abasixelele ukuba abasayi kuphinda basondle. Baye bagqiba kwelokuba bashiye inkunkuma kwaye bafe endaweni yoko.
Ndiqaqanjelwa kakhulu mzuzu ngamnye ukuba ndiyazi ukuba ayinakuqhubeka ixesha elide. Ngoku njengokuba ubusuku bunye bufika, ndiyazibuza ukuba ndiza kuvuka ekuseni na. Amalungu am aya kusilela nini? Izokuma nini intliziyo yam? Ndiyacothisa kancinci kwaye akukho mntu ubonayo.
Kukho indoda ephetheyo kubo bonke abasebenzi bezonyango. Andilazi igama lakhe kodwa bambiza njengegosa eliphezulu kwezonyango. Nguye osibizele ngaphakathi sonke esixelela ukuba bazokuyeka ukusondla. Ngokukhawuleza xa ethatha indawo bendizazi ukuba ziindaba ezimbi kwaye ngoku uthathe isigqibo sokuphelisa ubomi bethu.
Ndiqale isitrayikhi sendlala kuba bendikhathazekile, ndinxunguphele kakhulu - bendivalelwe apha kude nosapho lwam iminyaka eli-15. Andizange ndityholwa ngolwaphulo-mthetho kwaye zange ndavunyelwa ukuba ndibonakalise ubumsulwa bam. Nangona kunjalo ndilapha. Kwaye ngoku uDonald Trump uthi akukho namnye kuthi - amabanjwa angama-26 “naphakade” ekubonakala ukuba akenzanga lwaphulo-mthetho, kodwa alifanelanga tyala-oya kuhlala apha ixesha elide njengoko ephethe.
Abanye bazokuthi ndiyizisele intlungu kum. Kodwa inokwenzeka njani loo nto? Khange ndicele ukuziswa apha. Andizange ndenze nantoni na evumela ukuba ndibanjwe kwaye ndithathe isiqingatha sendlela emhlabeni jikelele. Kuyinyani ukuba bekukho amaxesha apho bendicinga ukuba kungcono ndibhubhe. Le yayikukuphela kwendlela yoxolo endandicinga ukuba ndingabhikisha. Eyona nto ndiyifunayo, kum nakwamanye amadoda apha, ngumthetho. Ngokuqinisekileyo, andizange ndifune ukufa ngenxa yentlungu endikuyo ngoku.
Bayekile ukusondla ngaphambili kodwa ngeli xesha uziva ngokwahlukileyo. Bafuna ukumisa isitrayikhi ngandlela zonke. Bahlala bephindaphinda: ukuba ulahlekelwa lilungu lomzimba wakho lukhetho lwakho; ukuba wonakele, lukhetho lwakho olo. Bazimisele ukusishiya de siphulukane nezintso okanye elinye ilungu. Baya kulinda de sonakaliswe. Mhlawumbi de sonakaliswe kakhulu kukuphila.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, ngomhla wama-29 kweyoMsintsi, ndawa ndaza babiza “ikhowudi emthubi” - yile nto bayibiza ngayo. Ndikhe ndayibona le nto kodwa eli lixesha lokuqala ikhowudi ibikum. Sekunjalo andizange ndifumane unyango. Okwangoku baqhubeka nokulamba. Andisakwazi ukuhamba. Amalungu omlenze wam adumbile kwaye kubuhlungu kakhulu. Ndidiniwe kwaye ndibuthathaka.
Eyona nto imbi kakhulu, abasebenzi bezonyango abarekhodisi nto. Abayijongi ukuba ndisondele kangakanani ekufeni. Abongikazi ababhali kwanto. Abaphenduli xa ndibabuza ukuba bakrekhodile na ukutya endikuphosileyo. Kuya kufuneka babekhona ukukhathalela, kodwa abanandaba.
Ezi ntsuku zezona zoyikisayo kwiminyaka yam eli-15 kule ndawo. Sesiqhelile ukungcungcuthekisa apha kodwa le nto iyacotha kwaye inenkohlakalo. Abantu abamele ukusijonga bayasenzakalisa. Ndincitshisiwe ukuba ndicengele ubomi bam. Ndicela nabani na phaya phandle ukuba athethe ngalento iqhubeka apha. Ukubuza ukuba kutheni iTrump isivumela ukuba sife kancinci. Andinazo iintsuku ezininzi ezishiyekileyo.
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La magama axelelwe nguKhalid Qasim ukusuka eGuantánamo Bay ukuya kwigqwetha lakhe, uShelby Sullivan-Bennis. yombutho wamalungelo oluntu Reprieve. U-Khalid Qassim ubanjelwe eGuantánamo Bay kangangeminyaka eli-15. Akazange abekw 'ityala lolwaphulo-mthetho okanye wayenethuba lokungqina ubumsulwa bakhe xa kwakuxoxwa ityala.Khalid uvela kwidolophana encinci e-Yemen waya e-Afghanistan efuna umsebenzi ngo-2000. kwimeko yesazisi esingalunganga. Kwavela kamva ukuba i-US ibonelele ngenkuthazo enkulu yezemali kunyanzeliso lomthetho wengingqi ukunikezela amabanjwa ase-Arab ukuba ancinwe.
