Haɗu da Rahaf Khatib: Musulman Ba'amurke da ke Gudun Marathon na Boston don tara kuɗi ga 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya

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Rahaf Khatib ba baƙo ba ce ta fasa shinge da yin bayani. Ta yi kanun labarai a karshen shekarar da ta gabata don zama Musulma 'yar tseren hijabi ta farko da ta fito a bangon mujallar motsa jiki. Yanzu, ta shirya gudanar da gudun hijira na Boston don tara kuɗi ga 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya a Amurka - abin da ke kusa da zuciyarta.

"Koyaushe burina ne in yi tseren mafi tsufa, mafi girma," in ji ta ga SHAPE a cikin wata hira ta musamman. Marathon na Boston zai zama Khatib na Marathon Marathon na Duniya na uku-wanda ya riga ya yi tseren BMW Berlin da Bankin Amurka Chicago. "Burina shine in yi duka shida, da fatan zuwa shekara mai zuwa," in ji ta.

Khatib ta ce ta ji dadin wannan damar, wani bangare saboda akwai lokacin da ta yi tunanin ba haka ba ne. Tun da tseren bai kasance ba har zuwa Afrilu, ta fara isa ga masu ba da agaji a ƙarshen Disamba, daga baya ta fahimci cewa wa'adin neman aiki ta hanyar sadaka ya daɗe tun a watan Yuli. Dariya tai tace " nima bansan wanda zai nemi hakan da wuri ba." "Na ji haushi, don haka ina cikin koshin lafiya, watakila ba a yi niyya ba a bana."

Ga mamakinta, daga baya ta karɓi imel da aka gayyace ta don yin tseren.Ta ce "Na samu imel daga kiran da Hyland ta yi min na gayyace su zuwa tawagar su ta mata tare da 'yan wasa masu ban mamaki," in ji ta. "[Wannan a kanta] alama ce ta cewa dole ne in yi wannan."

Ta hanyoyi da yawa wannan damar ba zata iya zuwa a mafi kyawun lokaci ba. Haifaffen birnin Damascus na kasar Syria, Khatib ta yi hijira zuwa Amurka tare da iyayenta shekaru 35 da suka gabata. Tun lokacin da ta fara tsere, ta san cewa idan ta taɓa yin tseren gudun fanfalaki na Boston, zai kasance ga ƙungiyar agaji da ke taimaka wa 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya.

Ta ce "Gudu da sabubban jin kai suna tafiya kafada da kafada." "Wannan shine abin da ke fitar da ruhun tseren marathon. Na sami wannan bib kyauta kuma zan iya gudu da shi kawai, ba tare da la'akari ba, amma na ji kamar ina da bukatar samun tabo a gasar Marathon ta Boston."

Ta ci gaba da cewa "Musamman da duk abin da ke faruwa a cikin labarai, ana raba iyalai." "Muna da iyalai a nan [a Amurka] waɗanda suka zauna a Michigan waɗanda ke buƙatar taimako, kuma na yi tunanin 'wace hanya ce mai ban mamaki da za a iya bayarwa'."

A shafinta na LaunchGood na tara kudade, Khatib ta bayyana cewa "cikin 'yan gudun hijira miliyan 20 da suka mamaye duniya a yau, daya cikin hudu dan kasar Siriya ne." Kuma daga cikin 'yan gudun hijira 10,000 da Amurka ta yi maraba da su, 1,500 daga cikinsu sun sake tsugunar da su a Michigan. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa ta zaɓi zaɓar tara kuɗi don Cibiyar Sadarwar Amurka ta Siriya (SARN)-ba ta siyasa ba, ba ta addini ba, sadaka ta haraji da ke tushen Michigan.

"Mahaifina ya zo nan shekaru 35 da suka gabata kuma mahaifiyata ta biyo ni tare da ni a matsayin jariri," in ji ta. "Na tashi ne a Michigan, na je jami'a a nan, makarantar firamare, komai. Abin da ke faruwa a yanzu zai iya faruwa da ni a 1983 lokacin da nake cikin jirgin da ke zuwa Amurka."

Khatib ta riga ta ɗauki nauyi kanta don kawar da tatsuniyoyi game da Musulmin Amurkawa da 'yan wasan hijabi, kuma za ta ci gaba da amfani da wasannin don wayar da kan jama'a game da wata manufa da ke kusa da ƙaunarta.

Idan kuna son shiga, kuna iya ba da gudummawa ga hanyar Rahaf ta Shafin ta na LaunchGood. Duba Instagram dinta a @runlikeahijabi ko kuma ku bi tare da tawagar ta ta hanyar #HylandsPowered don ci gaba da horar da su yayin da suke shirye-shiryen gasar Marathon ta Boston.

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