Kuthetsa ludzu lankhondo

Podutsa pakati pa Afghanistan zaka zitatu zapitazo, Geoff Hann adapezeka kuti ali pakati pa akuluakulu ankhondo.

Anatsogolera gulu lake kudutsa gulu lankhondo lomwe linkamenyana ndi gulu lina lankhondo lomwe linali kutsidya lina la mtsinje. Mwamwayi, akuluakulu ankhondowa anali ochezeka, akutero. Koma sikuti onse amakhala.

Kukumana kotereku, akutero Hann, ndi gawo chabe la zochitika - komanso gawo la "zosangalatsa" - zoyendera limodzi ndi bungwe la Hann lochokera ku UK la Hinterland Travel.

Pamene akulowa m’madera ankhondo, podutsa malo odutsamo, ndi kugwa m’malo a kusokonekera kwa ndale, apaulendowa amabwera ali ndi zida zankhondo – makamera, mabuku otsogolera, mamapu ndi otsogolera alendo.

Ndi zokopa alendo zamitundu yowoneka ngati "yamdima" - yomwe imayimilira mosiyana ndi mnzake wa dzuwa ndi mchenga - yomwe ili ndi apaulendo opita ku Middle East osati kokha ngakhale nkhondo ndi mikangano komanso nthawi zina chifukwa cha izo.

Kuwona kuwonongeka komwe kwachitika chifukwa cha maroketi kumpoto ndi kumwera kwa Israeli, kuyendera malo omwe amawombera mpweya wapoizoni kumpoto kwa Iraq, komanso kuyendera nyumba zokhala ndi zipolopolo za ku Beirut ndi zitsanzo chabe za zokopa alendo ku Middle East "zakuda" - malo okhudzana ndi mwanjira ina ndi imfa, chiwonongeko, mikangano kapena nkhondo.

"Mosakayikira pali chokopa ku malo awa koma chomwe sichidziwika bwino ndi chifukwa chake anthu angakopeke nawo - kaya ndikuwona nkhondo kudzera muzosangalatsa zamtundu wina kapena kuyesa kumvetsetsa mozama kapena tanthauzo kuchokera pamenepo. . Ndilo vuto lalikulu kwenikweni,” akutero Prof. Richard Sharpley, wamkulu wa zokopa alendo pa Yunivesite ya Lincoln.

Otenga nawo gawo ku Hinterland, choyambirira, akutero Hann, akufunafuna "chosiyana ndi chosangalatsa." Amapita ku Iraq, Afghanistan, kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Turkey ndi Iran chifukwa cha mbiri, zomangamanga, ndi chikhalidwe cha madera aku Middle East awa. Iwo samasamala za ngozi yomwe ingachitike mwa apo ndi apo. Koma sikuti amakhala ongofuna zosangalatsa ayi. Amafika “kuti adzadziwonere okha” zimene mawailesi ofalitsa nkhani amafalitsa kwambiri ndipo, malinga ndi kunena kwa anthu ambiri akumadzulo okayikira, nthaŵi zina amanama.

"Pali magulu odzaona malo ndipo pali alendo omwe amapita kumadera monga Afghanistan ndi Iraq kuti ayese kuyandikira zomwe zikuchitika kumeneko - tsopano izi ndizosangalatsa kwambiri ndi nkhondo," akutero Prof. John Lennon, mlembi wa Dark Tourism komanso mtsogoleri. a Moffat Center for Travel and Tourism Business Development.

Ngakhale oyendetsa maulendo amatchula mgwirizano ndi chidwi chaluntha monga kukoka kwakukulu, akatswiri amawona kuti kungakhale "chidwi" cha imfa, kufunikira kothetsa "ludzu la kulawa nkhondo," akutero Lennon, omwe amayendetsa alendo kumalo okhudzidwa ndi chiwonongeko. kapena kukangana.

"Ndi mtundu wa kukoma kwa munthu kukhudza imfa - kuyandikira imfa. Ndipo ndiko kufulumira. Zimakhala ngati kuti sizinali zokwanira kuti zinachitika zaka 10 kapena 20 zapitazo.”

Patangopita masiku ochepa kuti kuleka kumenyana kudalengezedwa pankhondo yomaliza ya Lebanon pakati pa Israeli ndi Hezbollah, Kibbutz Gonen Holiday Village kumpoto kwa Israeli idayamba kuyendera malo omwe adagundidwa ndi maroketi a Katushya. Alendo odzaona malo akunja ndi Aisrayeli ochokera m’katikati mwa dzikolo, amene sanakumanepo ndi chiyambukiro cha nkhondoyo mofanana ndi mmene anzawo akumpoto akum’khudzira, anabwera “kudzawona ndi maso awo” kuwonongeka kwa nkhondoyo.

“Anaziwona zonse pawailesi yakanema, m’nkhani. Koma anthu anali ndi chidwi kuona ndi maso awo - kuwathandiza kumvetsa, "akufotokoza Gonen wotsogolera malonda Ori Alon, kuona kuti ambiri anabwera kuchokera ulendo akumva mpumulo.

Poyerekeza ndi zithunzithunzi zochititsa chidwi za m’nkhani, maulendowo “anachepetsa kuwonongeka.” Mkhalidwewo unali woipa, koma osati woipa monga momwe wailesi yakanema inachitira, iye akutero.

M'mwezi woyambawo nkhondo itatha, wotsogolera alendo ku Israeli Amnon Loya adatsogolera alendo kudutsa nyumba zowonongeka ku Qiryat Shmonah. Kumeneko, alendo odzaona malo anali ndi mwayi wolankhula ndi anthu okhala m’deralo ndi asilikali. Mwamaganizo, adayenera kudziwonera okha, akufotokoza, chifukwa cha mgwirizano, kutseka ndi chidwi, komanso kuti amvetse zenizeni za vutoli.

“Ngati mukukhala bwino m’nyumba mwanu ndi kupenyerera wailesi yakanema, mumadabwa ngati nkhondo ilidi m’dziko lanu kapena ayi,” akutero Loya.

Pomwe maulendo a Katushya asokonekera, masiku ano alendo atha kupita ku tawuni yakum'mwera kwa Israeli ya Sderot kuti akaone zowonongeka zomwe zidachitika chifukwa cha miyala ya Qassam yomwe idawombera kuchokera ku Gaza.

Bina Abramson wa Sderot Media Center akuti ma roketiwa ali ndi anthu okhala m'deralo omwe amakhala mwamantha nthawi zonse, ndikuti ndizowona zenizeni komanso mgwirizano, m'malo mochita zosangalatsa, zomwe zimakopa magulu oyendera alendo ndi alendo.

Maulendo ambiri amatha kukhala okhudzana ndi mikangano, koma amayang'ana kwambiri pa mgwirizano, ndale kapena kupeza zenizeni.

M’kafukufuku wake wokhudza zokopa alendo okhudzana ndi ndale ku Yerusalemu, wotsogolera alendo Eldad Brin akulemba za ulendo wa 2003 wobadwa ku Israel womwe unali ndi mutu wakuti “Peace and Politics,” womwe unatengera otenga nawo gawo kumalo ogulitsira khofi ku Jerusalem komwe kunachitika zigawenga miyezi ingapo yapitayo. kusakhazikika ndale mumzinda.

Anthu omwe ali ndi gulu la Alternative Tourism Group lochokera ku Betelehem akhoza kupita kukaona nyumba zapalestine zowonongeka, misasa ya anthu othawa kwawo, chotchinga cholekanitsa, ndikumakumana ndi omenyera mtendere a Palestine ndi Israeli ndi mabungwe.

Mtsogoleri wamkulu Rami Kassis akuti cholinga cha maulendowa ndikuwonetsa alendo ku zochitika zapadera za ndale, chikhalidwe, ndi mbiri yakale m'deralo - "kutsegula maso awo kuti aone kuvutika kwa anthu aku Palestina" ndikuthandizira alendo kukhala ndi malingaliro awoawo pazochitikazo, m’malo modalira nkhani zokondera komanso zoulutsira mawu.

Komabe, monga zizindikilo za mikangano, ndipo ngakhale kuyimira kuletsa kwa miyoyo ya anthu, malo oterowo amatha kuonedwa ngati gawo lazambiri zokopa alendo, akutero Sharpley.

"Chokopa, ndikuganiza, chingakhale chakuti anthu amapita kukafuna kutsimikiziridwa za chitetezo ndi ufulu wa miyoyo yawo," akutero.

Azungu ambiri akukhala m’madera otetezeka, osachita ngozi, otetezedwa ku imfa ndi kukhudzidwa kwenikweni kwa nkhondo, iye akutero.

"Kudumphira ndi imfa" ndi njira imodzi yofotokozera zokopa alendo, akutero Sharpley, pomwe kudziyika nokha pachiwopsezo kapena pachiwopsezo - chomwe chingathe kukumana ndi imfa - ndi gawo la pempholi. Malinga ndi maganizo amenewa, maulendo opita kumadera ankhondo angaonedwe kuti ndi atsopano m’maseŵera oopsa kwambiri.

Ngakhale Hinterland imatengera alendo kumadera omwe amakhala ndi machenjezo oyenda - kupangitsa omwe akutenga nawo mbali nthawi zina kukhala osatsimikizika chifukwa cha nkhondo ndi uchigawenga - Hann akuti gululi silikuchoka kuti lipeze zokopa zomwe "zakuda." Komanso otenga nawo mbali - omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala azaka 40 mpaka 70 - akuyang'ana zoopsa kapena zosangalatsa.

M'malo mwake, wazaka 69 woyenda padziko lonse lapansi komanso mbadwa yaku UK Margaret Whelpton akuti sakanasangalala ndi maulendo aku Hinterland akadadziwa zoopsa zilizonse.

Whelpton, yemwe wapita ku Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Iran ndi Afghanistan, akuti mkangano kapena ziwawa zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi madera ena - monga chikwangwani chomwe adachiwona ku hotelo ku Islamabad pokumbukira kuphedwa kwa atolankhani angapo zaka ziwiri zapitazo - ndi. chabe gawo lakale.

“Mbiri,” iye akutero. Palibe choyenera kuchita mantha.

Izi sizitanthauza, komabe, kuti Hinterland simakumana ndi madera "ovuta" kapena zowoneka ngati zakuda.

Paulendo wa kumpoto kwa Iraq, Hinterland anatenga otenga nawo mbali ku Halabja, malo omwe anaukira gasi wakupha pa nkhondo ya Iran-Iraq mu 1988. Panthaŵi ina, anapita kundende ku Sulaymaniyah pamene Kurds anali atazunzidwa.

Hann ananena kuti sizinali zosiyana ndi kupita kundende yozunzirako anthu ya Auschwitz.

Ngakhale chinthu chodziwonera nokha ndichojambula, akatswiri ophunzira monga Lennon ndi Sharpley amati zomwe zikuchitikazi zikugwirizana ndi zaka zakale, chidwi chobadwa nacho pa imfa ndi nkhondo.

"Mwinamwake kufuna kukhetsa magazi pang'ono," akufotokoza Sharpley.

Kukopeka ndi “mbali yamdima ya chibadwa cha munthu,” akutero Lennon.

Pamapeto pake, anthu amafuna kukhudza mabowo a zipolopolo, mwina kumva zoopsa, ndikukumana ndi akuluakulu ankhondo omwe akulimbana nawo, zonse za iwo eni.

Kuti mudziwe zambiri zokopa alendo ku Middle East kuchokera ku The Media Line pitani patsamba lawo, www.themedialine.org.