UMaryam Basir wakhula up hijabbed, kodwa akazange akhe acwecwe okanye abe neentloni. KwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo i-Huron e-Ann Arbor, wakhethwa ngokunokwenzeka ukuba abe nguMongameli wase-United States. Waphumelela kwiYunivesithi yaseMichigan ngezinga lezonxibelelwano waza waya eNew York, apho wayenentsapho. Ngenye imini unogada webhanki wamxelela ukuba umhle ngokwaneleyo ukuba angangumzekelo. Olu hlobo lokubeka ibug entlokweni yam, utshilo. Ndifumene iarhente kwi-Intanethi, ndaya kwifowuni evulekileyo, ndaqeshwa, kwaye bendisebenza oko.Oogxa baka-Ms Basir abalinganayo abayiboni inkolo yakhe njengengxaki. Abaninzi abazi nokuba ungumSilamsi. Kodwa inkolo ibaluleke kakhulu kuye. Ndidibene neemodeli ezikhuliswe kumakhaya amaSilamsi, kodwa bathi abasengamaSilamsi, wandixelela. Asinguye lo ndinguye. Ndithandaza kahlanu ngemini. Ndizila ukutya ngeRamadan kwaye ndibhiyozela iiholide. NgolwesiHlanu ndiya kwimosque ye iveki imithandazo. ndiyanika zakat (ipesenti efunekayo yengeniso yesisa). Andibuseli utywala okanye ndisebenzise iziyobisi. Kwakubalulekile kum ukutshata nomSilamsi. Kwaye ndiceba ukwenza i-haj, inshallah . Uvumile ukuba ukwishishini elingenaThixo, iimpembelelo athe wazithomalalisa ngemithetho ethile yokwenza ngokwakho. I-backstage kwimiboniso yefashoni, iimodeli zihlala zihamba ze. Ndiyawugquma umzimba wam.
Ndiyazi ukuba andinguye umSilamsi ogqibeleleyo, utshilo. Kodwa ndiyakholelwa ukuba u-Allah akagwebi.
U-Imam Basir akazange watyelela ikhaya lentombi yakhe. Ukuba ukumemile ungaya? Ndimbuzile. Wathula ephendula. Ewe, watsho. Kodwa ukuba ibisisimemo sesidlo sangokuhlwa, ngokuqinisekileyo bendiya kufuna ukuyihlola inyama, ukuqinisekisa ukuba ixhelwe ngokuchanekileyo.
Xa ndibalisa le nto kuNkosazana Basir, bendilindele ukuba angonwaba, kodwa ndiphoswe ngumyalezo onekhowudi wokungamkelwa ngabazali. Ewe ukutya okusendlwini yam halal, utshilo. Kodwa ayisiyonto yakhe leyo. Kukho i hadith ukuba ukuba ungena endlwini yomSilamsi, akufuneki ujonge inyama. Ucinga ukuba sisiqingatha. Utolike impendulo ka-Imam Basir njengendlela yokuthetha ukuba akasamthathi njengomSilamsi. Ukuba uMprofeti u-Mohammed, uxolo lube phezu kwakhe, eze endlwini yam, ngekhe ayihlole inyama.
UMaryam Basir umele imeko yesiqhelo kuluntu lwaseMelika lwamaSilamsi, utshilo uGqirha Mucahit Bilici, ingcali kwezentlalo eJohn Jay College. Kukho iimbaleki ezibalaseleyo zamadoda amaMuslim aseMelika kunye nolonwabo, ayizizo zonke izinto onokuzibiza ngokuba ziingcwele, kwaye kukho abambalwa ababhinqileyo abathetha phandle, njengoIrshad Manji. Kodwa ii-supermodels zaseMelika zamaSilamsi okanye iisimboli zesini? Intsha leyo. Abona bantu ndibaziyo nguMaryam Basir noRima Fakih, owayesakuba nguMiss USA owazalelwa eLebanon.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, uNkosazana Basir wafumana umyalezo kuFacebook ovela kumfazi owazichaza njengoHadiza. Singoodade bobabini kubuSilamsi, wabhala uHadiza. Uthumela umyalezo ongalunganga kubantu ababhinqileyo abancinci abangamaSilamsi, nakwabangengomaSilamsi, kwihlabathi liphela. Abafazi abangamaSilamsi abatsha nabangengawo amaSilamsi bayakuthanda ngenxa yesikhundla sakho… Kutheni usithi uyazithoba, udume okanye uthengise umzimba wakho nomphefumlo wakho ngengeniso yehlabathi. I-Islam yinkolo yokuthozama.
UNks Basir uphendule esidlangalaleni. Ungandifunela ntoni dade, uyeke ukumodela nokwenza, ndibuyele kwidolophu encinci endikhulele kuyo, nditshatile kwaye ndinabantwana, ndikhulelwe kwaye ndingenazihlangu, ukuba nje ndizogquma iinwele zam ndingabuzi mibuzo? Ukuba yile nto ukholelwa ukuba ilungile, zenzele yona… andinguye omnye wabo bantu (njengabantu abaninzi endikhe ndadibana nabo) abalahlileyo kubuSilamsi ngenxa yabantu abafana nawe abazama ukwenza umntu azive ngathi ayingomSilamsi ngokwaneleyo, okanye isiArabhu ngokwaneleyo…
Utyikitye ileta, uMaryam Basir (Model Muslim).
UNks Basir kunye nomyeni wakhe ozalelwe eFrance, uGee, balindele umntwana wabo wokuqala, oyintombazana, phakathi ku-Epreli. Kuze kube ngoko, uya kuba ngumzekelo weengubo zokubeleka zokubeletha kwi-Target, kodwa ukhangele phambili ekubuyeni kwi-bikinis. Okokuqala, uyacwangcisa akika , umbhiyozo wesiko lokuzalwa kukaSilamsi, nangona engayi kuxhela igusha ngokwesiko. Njengesiqhelo, uzimisele ukwenza izinto ngendlela yakhe.
UMaryam ucaphukisa amaSilamsi agcinayo, utshilo uGqirha Bilici. Kodwa izinto ziya kutshintsha, oko akunakuphepheka, kwaye uyinxalenye yotshintsho. Abafazi abancinci abangamaSilamsi eMelika zange babenomzekelo omhle njengoMaryam Basir ngaphambili.
UMaryam Basir wakhula up hijabbed, kodwa akazange akhe acwecwe okanye abe neentloni. KwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo i-Huron e-Ann Arbor, wakhethwa ngokunokwenzeka ukuba abe nguMongameli wase-United States. Waphumelela kwiYunivesithi yaseMichigan ngezinga lezonxibelelwano waza waya eNew York, apho wayenentsapho. Ngenye imini unogada webhanki wamxelela ukuba umhle ngokwaneleyo ukuba angangumzekelo. Olu hlobo lokubeka ibug entlokweni yam, utshilo. Ndifumene iarhente kwi-Intanethi, ndaya kwifowuni evulekileyo, ndaqeshwa, kwaye bendisebenza oko.
