I ka wā i holo aku ai ʻo Bahaa Mayah i kāna kamaʻāina Iraq i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1970 ma ke ʻano he ʻōpio limahana i ke Keʻena o nā Haole ʻĀina, maopopo nō iā ia ma nā wahi a pau āna i hoʻopau ai, e hoʻihoʻi kāna misiona i kona ʻāina hānau.
Ma hope o kāna hana pōkole ma ka ʻāina ʻo Persian Gulf, ua aloha ʻo ia iā Montréal, kahi i noho ai ʻo ia a me kona ʻohana i kahi ola ma ka ʻoihana pilikino a me ke kūkākūkā, a ma laila ʻo ia i lilo ai i kamaʻāina Kanada.
A laila, ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope, ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka dictator Saddam Hussein, ʻo ka dapper, ʻoki maikaʻi ʻo Mayah i hoʻi i Iraq e kōkua i ka ʻāina i kahi hoʻololi paʻakikī. Ma kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe, pono ʻo ia e noi no kahi visa Iraqi me kāna passport Kanada ma Amman, Jordan.
"ʻAʻole ʻo Patriotism ka mea āu e ʻōlelo ai, akā ʻo ia ka mea āu e hana ai i kou lāhui," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Mayah ma Montréal i kahi kipa hou.
I kēia lā, ʻo Mayah - ka mea nāna i hoʻopaʻi i ke aupuni Kanada no kona komo ʻole ʻana i ka hana hou ʻana ma Iraq - ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kuhina ʻuhane i ka Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities o Iraq. Aia ʻo ia ma kahi misionari honua e hoʻonui i ka ʻike i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻaihue a me ka hao ʻana i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu o Iraq.
Ke hooki nei i ka hao wale
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mayah huhū i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā ʻoihana lawehala a me nā pūʻali koa, a me kekahi mau ʻāpana politika Iraqi e hakakā nei no ka mana, ke komo nei lākou i ka hao wale ʻana o nā kahua archeological Iraqi.
I ʻApelila 2003 wale nō, 15,000 mau ʻāpana i hao ʻia mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻāina ʻo Iraqi. ʻOiai ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka hapalua o nā mea i kākau ʻia, manaʻo ʻo Mayah ua aneane 100,000 mau mea i nalowale ma o ka hao wale ʻana i nā kahua archeological ponoʻī.
Aia kēia mau mea i nā kikokikona kahiko, nā kiʻi, nā mea nani a me nā kiʻi kiʻi, wahi a Mayah, a hoʻopau pinepine lākou i nā hale kūʻai o ke Komohana a i ʻole nā lima o nā mea kālepa a me nā ʻohi.
I mea e pale ai i ka ʻaihue ʻana o kēia mau waiwai, ke noi nei ʻo ia no ka pāpā ʻana i ka honua i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mea archeological mai Iraq a me kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo o ka UN Security Council e pili ana i ka pilikia. Ke koi nei ʻo ia ʻo ka loaʻa kālā o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea i hao ʻia e hoʻolilo i ka hoʻoweliweli.
"Makemake mākou e wehe i kēlā mau mea kahiko i kā lākou waiwai kūʻai," wahi āna. "Ma kēia ala mākou e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai i kēlā mau mafia a i ʻole nā pūnaewele smuggler ma Iraq, ka ʻāina, a me ka honua."
Ka pilikia: ʻO wai ka mea nona?
ʻOiai ʻo ia e haʻi nei i ka holomua, ma ke ʻano o kahi kānāwai US hou e pāpā ana i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā mea waiwai Iraqi i lawe ʻia ma hope o ʻAukake 1991, ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Mayah i ka huhū ʻaʻole i hahai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. A he paʻakikī ka hoʻomalu ʻana i kekahi kānāwai no ka mea ʻaʻole loaʻa kahi ala pepa i nā waiwai moʻomeheu i lawe ʻia i waho, e paʻakikī ai ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka mea nona.
No ka pale ʻana i ka pilikia, ua noi ʻo Mayah i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke komite honua o nā archeologists koʻikoʻi a me nā loea e hoʻoholo ai i ke kumu a me ka kuleana o nā mea kiʻi i hele mai i ka mākeke.
He waiwai i ka mōʻaukala no ka mea ʻo ia ka home o kekahi mau moʻomeheu kahiko, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Iraq e nā kahua archeological ma waena o kāna 440,000 square kilomika o ka ʻāina. Akā, hiki i kēia makana ke hōʻoia i ka pōʻino: i ka makahiki 2003, no ka laʻana, ua hana ʻia ka pōʻino nui i ka kahua kahiko o Babulona i ka wā i hoʻohana ʻia ai ia ma ke ʻano he pūʻali koa e ka US a me nā pūʻali koa Polani.
"Ua loaʻa ka pōʻino nui ma Babulona, kahi mea i ʻike nui ʻia a kākau ʻia e UNESCO a me nā hui honua ʻē aʻe," wahi a Mayah. "Ua pau ka pōʻino, akā i kēia manawa pono mākou e hoʻoponopono iā ia e hoʻihoʻi i ke kūlana kahiko."
A ma ka haʻi ʻana i ka Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ke kuleana o nā mana noho e pale aku iā Iraq mai ka ʻeli ʻana i ke kānāwai, ka hoʻopio ʻana a i ʻole ke kālepa ʻana i ka hoʻoilina o ka lāhui.
Mai ka makahiki 2005, ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Mayah i kahi papahana e kūkulu i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Nui ʻo Iraqi, kahi ʻoihana e "hōʻike i nā civilizations, ka hui pū ʻana a ʻaʻole ka hakakā." ʻO ka papahana, āna i manaʻo ai e hoʻopuka i ke kākoʻo mai Kanada, ua ʻae ʻia e ka Islamic Council of Ministries of Tourism a me nā ʻāina he nui o ʻEulopa.
Huli pilikino ka hana ʻino
ʻOiai i loko o kāna mau makahiki ʻelua mai Iraq, ua hoʻomau ʻo Mayah i kāna kālai'āina. No nā makahiki he nui ma mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2003, ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻāpana o ka neʻe ʻana e hāpai i ka demokala ma Iraq. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka roller-coaster o ka euphoria mua i ka hāʻule ʻana o ke aupuni o Hussein i ka haunaele i kēlā me kēia lā ma Baghdad i kēia lā.
ʻAʻole i mālama ʻia ʻo Mayah a me kona ʻohana pili i ka hana ʻino a me ka hoʻokahe koko ma ko lākou ʻāina hānau. Ua pepehi ʻia ʻelua o kona mau kaikuahine i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana e nā pūʻali koa, a ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e holo pōkole i ka ʻāina ma hope o ka hoʻoweliweli ʻia ʻana me ka pū i kuhikuhi ʻia ma kona poʻo, ma kāna keʻena ponoʻī.
"ʻOiai makemake wau e ʻike i ke aupuni demokala a me ke kānāwai a me ka hoʻoponopono, ʻike wau i nā pūʻulu e hōʻeuʻeu ana i koʻu keʻena a kau i kahi pū ma koʻu poʻo," wahi āna. "Ke hoʻāʻo nei lākou e kāohi i nā mea āpau i ke ola ma Iraq, a he pilikia mau kēia."
Akā ua hoʻi mai ʻo Mayah, ʻoiai ʻo kona mau lā i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i loko o ka palekana pili o Baghdad's Green Zone. Ke hoʻomau nei naʻe ʻo ia me ka hopohopo ʻole i kāna misionari.
"ʻO Iraq ka ʻāina ʻo Mesopotamia, nona nā kānaka āpau a ʻaʻole ʻo Iraqis wale nō ... ʻAʻole mākou e ʻae i ka hōʻino ʻana i ko mākou ʻike, ko mākou mōʻaukala. ʻAʻole kēia ka moʻolelo o Iraq wale nō akā ʻo ke kanaka. ʻO kēia kāu moʻolelo."
He mea kākau huakaʻi ʻo Andrew Princz ma Montreal a kākau ʻo ia no www.ontheglobe.com.
