Ibtisam Fares amasaka pafupi ndi ng'anjo yapanja, kupanga mkate watsopano wokhala ndi za'atar, kapena oregano wakuthengo, tsabola wofiira watsopano, ndi nyama. Amawabweretsa pagome lakunja lomwe lili kale ndi zakudya zam'deralo kuphatikizapo hummus, masamba amphesa, ndi saladi zatsopano, zodulidwa kale. Mtsuko wa mandimu wokhala ndi timbewu tatsopano taima kudikirira alendo omwe ali ndi ludzu.
Fares, mpango woyera womwe umavalidwa momasuka mozungulira tsitsi lake mwanjira yamwambo ya Druze, amalemba ganyu anansi awiri, onse aakazi, kuti amuthandize kuphika ndi kutumikira magulu a Ayuda ambiri aku Israeli omwe amabwera kudzayendera tawuni kumapeto kwa sabata.
“Kuyambira ndili mwana, ndinkakonda kuphika,” adatero The Media Line. Mayi anga sanandilole kundithandiza, koma ndinayang’anitsitsa ndipo ndinaphunzira chilichonse kwa iwo.”
Zakudya za Druze ndi zofanana ndi za Syria ndi Lebanon zoyandikana nazo, ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito zonunkhira zomwe zimapezeka m'deralo. Chilichonse chiyenera kupangidwa mwatsopano, ndipo zotsalira sizimadyedwa konse, adatero.
Fares, yemwe amagwiranso ntchito ngati mlembi m'maboma aderalo, ndi gawo limodzi la kusintha kwa amayi aku Druze omwe akuyamba mabizinesi omwe sangasokoneze moyo wawo wachikhalidwe. A Druze, omwe amakhala makamaka ku Israel, Lebanon ndi Syria, amakhalabe ndi moyo wachikhalidwe. Zimenezo zikutanthauza kuti kumaonedwa kuti n’kosayenera kwa akazi achipembedzo a Druze kusiya nyumba zawo kukafuna ntchito. Koma palibe chifukwa choti ntchitoyo isafike kwa iwo.
Mitengo ndi imodzi mwa amayi ambiri a Druze omwe akutsegula mabizinesi opita kunyumba m'njira zomwe sizisokoneza chikhalidwe chawo. Unduna wa Zokopa alendo ku Israeli ukuwathandiza, kupereka maphunziro azamalonda ndikuthandizira kutsatsa. Nthawi zina, akazi ndi amene amasamalira banja.
Malo ochepa kuchokera kunyumba ya Fares mtawuni iyi ya 5000 yomwe ndi Druze, azimayi ochepa amakhala mozungulira kuzungulira zingwe. Otchedwa Lace Makers, azimayiwa amakumana kamodzi pamlungu kuti agwire ntchito yawo. M’makomawo muli nsalu zopetedwa bwino kwambiri za patebulo ndi zovala za ana zomwe amayi akugulitsa.
"Mudzi wathu udali pachikomokere kwa zaka khumi," Hisin Bader, wodzipereka adauza The Media Line. “Ulendo wokhawo womwe tinali nawo unali wa anthu odutsa mumsewu waukulu (kufunafuna chakudya chamsanga). Koma kuno, mkati mwa mudzi, tinalibe kalikonse.”
Iwo adayamba mchaka cha 2009 ali ndi amayi asanu, adatero, ndipo lero ali ndi 40. Iwo ali mkati motsegula nthambi yachiwiri.
Unduna wa zokopa alendo ku Israeli umathandizira izi, mneneri wa bungwe la Anat Shihor-Aronson adauza The Media Line kuti "ndizopambana." Anthu a ku Israeli amakonda kuyenda, ndipo ulendo wopita ku Nepal kapena ku Brazil wakhala wovuta kwa asilikali ambiri omwe angotulutsidwa kumene. M’kupita kwa nthaŵi asilikali ameneŵa amakwatiwa ndi kukhala ndi ana, ndipo amakhoza kuyenda mkati mwa Israyeli kukapumako kumapeto kwa mlungu.
"A Druze ali ndi zambiri zoti apereke - mwachikhalidwe, chikhalidwe komanso mwaukadaulo," adatero. "Ndizowona ndipo tikufuna kuwalimbikitsa."
Malingaliro ochokera ku tawuni iyi ya 5000 kumapiri a kumpoto kwa Israeli ndi odabwitsa. Mpweya ndi wozizira, ngakhale m'chilimwe. Mabanja angapo atsegula zimmers, mawu achijeremani oti agone ndi chakudya cham'mawa, ndipo m'chilimwe amakhala odzaza ndi Ayuda a Israeli ochokera ku Tel Aviv akuthawa kutentha kwa mzindawo.
A Druze ndi anthu ochepa olankhula Chiarabu ndipo amakhala ku Middle East. Ku Israel, kuli Druze pafupifupi 130,000, makamaka kumpoto kwa Galileya ndi Golan Heights. Padziko lonse lapansi, pali pafupifupi miliyoni imodzi Druze. Iwo amatsatira makolo awo kwa Yetero, mpongozi wa Mose, amene amati ndiye mneneri woyamba wa Druze.
Chipembedzo chawo n’chobisika, chosumika pa chikhulupiriro mwa Mulungu mmodzi, kumwamba ndi helo, ndi chiweruzo. Aliyense amene akwatira chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro amachotsedwa mu mpingo, akutero Sheikh Bader Qasem, mtsogoleri wauzimu komanso mbadwa ya mtsogoleri woyamba wauzimu wa mudziwo, Sheikh Mustafa Qasem. Amachotsedwa kubanja lawo ndipo sangathe ngakhale kuikidwa m'manda a Druze.
Atakhala pampando wofiyira wa velveti pakati pa holo yopemphereramo chosemedwa kuchokera ku mwala, Qasem akufotokoza kuopsa kwa kukwatirana kwa Druze.
"Kukwatirana masiku ano kutha kutipangitsa kuti tithe," adauza The Media Line. "Anthu nthawi zonse amanena kuti chikondi chilibe malire - m'dera lathu muli malire."
Khalidwe lina lapadera la a Druze ndi lakuti ali okhulupirika ku dziko limene akukhala. Ku Israeli, amuna onse a Druze amalembedwa usilikali, monga Aisraeli onse achiyuda, ngakhale kuti akazi a Druze satumikira chifukwa cha kudzichepetsa, mosiyana ndi akazi awo a Israeli. Mwana wa Sheikh Bader watsala pang'ono kuyamba ntchito yake m'modzi mwamagulu apamwamba kwambiri ku Israeli.
Amuna ambiri a Druze ali ndi ntchito zankhondo kapena zapolisi. Faraj Fares anali wamkulu wa gawo la kumpoto kwa Israeli pankhondo yachiwiri ya Lebanon zaka khumi zapitazo. Adali ndi udindo woteteza anthu masauzande ambiri okhala ku Israeli pomwe Hizbullah idawombera ma rocket mazana a Katyush kumpoto kwa Israeli. Fares adapemphedwa kuti akayatse nyali pa chikondwerero cha tsiku lodzilamulira la Israeli chaka chotsatira, limodzi mwa mayiko omwe amalemekeza.
Masiku ano amayendetsa malo odyera pamwamba pamapiri atazunguliridwa ndi zomera ndi mitengo pamwamba pa phiri kunja kwa tawuni ya Rame. Zotchedwa "Zakudya Zam'munda wa Zipatso" Fares akuti akufuna alendo omwe amadziwa kusangalala ndi chakudya pang'onopang'ono, osati kuluma mwachangu popita kwina. Chakudyacho chimakhala chokometsera bwino komanso chokonzekera - mwachitsanzo, kebab, yopangidwa ndi mwanawankhosa wodulidwa, amawotchedwa atakulungidwa ndi ndodo ya sinamoni.
Mkazi wake amaphika zonse, ndipo “amasangalala nazo” akuumirirabe.
Iye anati: “M’chipembedzo chathu umayenera kugwira ntchito kuti iye azisangalala. Kupatula apo, ndimasamalira mitengo yonse ndi zomera kotero kuti ndimagwira ntchito molimbika kuposa iye.
