Islamophobia killed my brother. Let's end the hate | Suzanne Barakat

Translator: Jone Aliri Lazcano Reviewer: Maider Lizoain

Last year,

Joan den urtean,

three of my family members were gruesomely murdered

familiako hiru kide

modu basatian erailak izan ziren

in a hate crime.

gorrotozko krimen batean.

It goes without saying that it's really difficult

Argi dago, niretzat oso zaila dela

for me to be here today,

gaur hemen egotea,

but my brother Deah,

baina Deah, nire nebak,

his wife Yusor,

Yusor, bere emazteak

and her sister Razan

eta Rizan bere ahizpak

don't give me much of a choice.

ez didate aukerarik eman.

I'm hopeful that by the end of this talk you will make a choice,

Itxaropena dut, hitzaldi hau amaitzerako

and join me in standing up against hate.

gorrotoaren aurka altxatzera batuko zaretela.

It's December 27, 2014:

2014ko abenduaren 27a da:

the morning of my brother's wedding day.

nire nebaren ezkontza eguneko goiza.

He asks me to come over and comb his hair

Etortzeko eta ilea orrazteko eskatzen dit

in preparation for his wedding photo shoot.

ezkontzako argazki saiorako prestatzeko.

A 23-year-old, six-foot-three basketball, particularly Steph Curry, fanatic --

23 urte, 1,90m, saskibaloi -batez ere Steph Curry- zalea.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

An American kid in dental school ready to take on the world.

Haur amerikar bat, odontologia eskolan, mundua bereganatzeko prest.

When Deah and Yusor have their first dance,

Deah-n eta Yusor-en lehen dantzan,

I see the love in his eyes,

maitasuna ikusten nuen haien begietan,

her reciprocated joy,

elkarrekiko poza,

and my emotions begin to overwhelm me.

eta nire emozioak kontrolaezin bihurtu ziren.

I move to the back of the hall and burst into tears.

Gelaren atzeko aldera joan eta negarrez hasi nintzen.

And the second the song finishes playing,

Eta kantua amaitu bezain laster,

he beelines towards me,

nigana etorri zen,

buries me into his arms

besarkada bat eman eta

and rocks me back and forth.

aurrera eta atzera kulunkatu ninduen.

Even in that moment,

Une horretan ere,

when everything was so distracting,

hainbeste distrazioren artean,

he was attuned to me.

nik egiten nuenari adi zegoen.

He cups my face and says,

Nire masailean eskua jarri eta esan zidan,

"Suzanne,

"Suzanne,

I am who I am because of you.

naizena naiz zuri esker.

Thank you for everything.

Mila esker guztiagatik.

I love you."

Maite zaitut."

About a month later, I'm back home in North Carolina for a short visit,

Hilabete beranduago, berriz etxean nintzen ipar Carolinan, bisita motz batean

and on the last evening, I run upstairs to Deah's room,

eta azken arratsaldean, eskailerak igo eta Deah-ren gelara joan nintzen,

eager to find out how he's feeling being a newly married man.

ezkonberri bezala nola sentitzen zen jakin nahirik.

With a big boyish smile he says,

Eta mutiko baten irribarre zabalarekin, dio:

"I'm so happy. I love her. She's an amazing girl."

"Hain pozik nago. Maite dut. Neska ikaragarria da"

And she is.

Eta hala da.

At just 21, she'd recently been accepted to join Deah

21 urte betetzean Deah-rekin batera UNC-ko

at UNC dental school.

odontologia eskolan onartua izan zen.

She shared his love for basketball, and at her urging,

Saskibaloiarekiko zaletasuna partekatzen dute, eta berak eskatuta,

they started their honeymoon off attending their favorite team of the NBA,

eztei bidaia euren NBA-ko talde gustokoena ikusten hasi zuten,

the LA Lakers.

LA Lakers.

I mean, check out that form.

Ikusi hau.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

I'll never forget that moment sitting there with him --

Ez dut sekula ahaztuko, han eserita geunden unea

how free he was in his happiness.

zein libre zegoen bere zoriontasunean.

My littler brother, a basketball-obsessed kid,

Nire anaia txikia, saskibaloiarekin obsesionatutako haurra,

had become and transformed into an accomplished young man.

gizon gazte duin bat bihurtu da.

He was at the top of his dental school class,

Bere odontologia klaseko onenen artean zen,

and alongside Yusor and Razan,

eta Yusor eta Razan-ekin batera

was involved in local and international community service projects

komunitatearen aldeko proiektuetan hartzen zuen parte

dedicated to the homeless and refugees,

errefuxiatuei eta etxerik gabekoei lagunduz,

including a dental relief trip they were planning

Turkiako Siriar errefuxiatuei laguntzeko

for Syrian refugees in Turkey.

prestatzen ari ziren bidaia barne.

Razan, at just 19,

Razan-ek, 19 urterekin,

used her creativity as an architectural engineering student

arkitektura ingenieri ikasle gisa, sormena erabili zuen

to serve those around her,

bere ingurukoei laguntzeko,

making care packages for the local homeless,

besteak beste, etxerik gabekoentzat

among other projects.

zaintza poltsak egiten.

That is who they were.

Horiek ziren.

Standing there that night,

Gau hartan, arnasa sakon hartu

I take a deep breath and look at Deah and tell him,

Deah-ri begiratu eta esan nion,

"I have never been more proud of you than I am in this moment."

"ez naiz sekula zutaz hain harro egon".

He pulls me into his tall frame,

Beragana erakarri ninduen,

hugs me goodnight,

eta gabon esan.

and I leave the next morning without waking him

Hurrengo goizean bera esnatu gabe

to go back to San Francisco.

San Franciscora itzuli nintzen.

That is the last time I ever hug him.

Hura izan zen besarkatu nuen azken aldia.

Ten days later, I'm on call at San Francisco General Hospital

Hamar egun beranduago, guardian nengoen San Franciscoko ospitale orokorrean

when I receive a barrage of vague text messages expressing condolences.

doluminak adierazten hainbat mezu jaso nituenean.

Confused, I call my father, who calmly intones,

Nahastuta, aitari deitu nion, eta honek tonu lasaian esan zidan,

"There's been a shooting in Deah's neighborhood in Chapel Hill.

"Tiroketa bat egon da Deah-ren auzoan, Chapel Hill-en.

It's on lock-down. That's all we know."

Guztia itxita dago. Hori da dakiguna."

I hang up and quickly Google, "shooting in Chapel Hill."

Eseki eta Google-n bilatu nuen: "tiroketa Chapel Hillen".

One hit comes up.

Emaitza bat.

Quote:

Hau zioen:

"Three people were shot in the back of the head

"Hiru pertsonak tiro bat jaso dute buruan,

and confirmed dead on the scene."

haien heriotza lekuan bertan egiaztatu dute."

Something in me just knows.

Nire barnean zerbaitek bazekien.

I fling out of my chair and faint onto the gritty hospital floor,

Aulkitik altxa eta ospitaleko lurrean erori nintzen,

wailing.

negarrez.

I take the first red-eye out of San Francisco,

San Franciscotik ateratzen zen lehen hegazkina hartu nuen,

numb and disoriented.

nahastuta eta galduta.

I walk into my childhood home and faint into my parents' arms,

Nire txikitako etxean sartu eta gurasoen besoetara jo nuen,

sobbing.

negarrez.

I then run up to Deah's room as I did so many times before,

Deah-ren gelara joan nitzen, hainbestetan bezala,

just looking for him,

bere bila, eta,

only to find a void that will never be filled.

sekula beteko ez den hutsune bat aurkitu nuen.

Investigation and autopsy reports eventually revealed

Ikerketak eta autopsiaren txostenak

the sequence of events.

gertaeren sekuentzia argitu zuten.

Deah had just gotten off the bus from class,

Deah eskolatik bueltako autobusetik jetsi berria zen,

Razan was visiting for dinner,

Razan afaltzera etorria zen,

already at home with Yusor.

eta Yusor-ekin etxean zen.

As they began to eat, they heard a knock on the door.

Afaltzen hasi zirenean, norbaitek atea jo zuen.

When Deah opened it,

Deah-k ireki zuenean,

their neighbor proceeded to fire multiple shots at him.

bizilagunak hainbat tiro bota zizkion.

According to 911 calls,

911-era egindako deiek diotenez,

the girls were heard screaming.

nesken oihuak entzun ziren.

The man turned towards the kitchen and fired a single shot into Yusor's hip,

Gizona sukaldera joan eta Yusor-en gerrira tirokatu zuen,

immobilizing her.

mugitu ezinik utziaz.

He then approached her from behind,

Orduan atzetik gerturatu,

pressed the barrel of his gun against her head,

pistola bere buruaren aurka ipini,

and with a single bullet, lacerated her midbrain.

eta bala bakarrarekin bere garuna zauritu zuen.

He then turned towards Razan, who was screaming for her life,

Orduan, bere bizitzaren alde oihuka zegoen Razan-engana itzuli,

and, execution-style, with a single bullet

eta, exekuzioa balitz bezala, buruaren atzeko aldean

to the back of the head,

bala batekin,

killed her.

hil zuen.

On his way out,

Kanpora bidean,

he shot Deah one last time -- a bullet in the mouth --

Deah beste behin tirokatu zuen -ahoan bala bat-

for a total of eight bullets:

guztira zortzi bala:

two lodged in the head,

bi buruan,

two in his chest

bi bularrean

and the rest in his extremities.

eta besteak gorputz adarretan.

Deah, Yusor and Razan were executed

Deah, Yusor eta Razan exekutatuak izan ziren

in a place that was meant to be safe: their home.

segurua izan beharko lukeen lekuan: etxean.

For months, this man had been harassing them:

Hilabeteetan gizon horren jazarpena jasan zuten:

knocking on their door,

ate-joka,

brandishing his gun on a couple of occasions.

bere pistola erakutsiz pare bat aldiz.

His Facebook was cluttered with anti-religion posts.

Bere Facebook-a erlijioaren aurkako mezuz betea zegoen.

Yusor felt particularly threatened by him.

Yusor bereziki bildurtuta zegoen.

As she was moving in,

Etxe horretara joatean,

he told Yusor and her mom that he didn't like the way they looked.

Yusor-i eta bere amari esan zien ez zitzaiola gustatzen haien itxura.

In response, Yusor's mom told her to be kind to her neighbor,

Yusor-en amak bizilagunarekin atsegina izateko esan zion,

that as he got to know them,

ezagutzen ziren heinean,

he'd see them for who they were.

benetan zein ziren ikusiko zutela.

I guess we've all become so numb to the hatred

Guztiok gorrotora ohitu gara,

that we couldn't have ever imagined it turning into fatal violence.

sekula ez genuen imaginatuko hau gertatuko zenik.

The man who murdered my brother turned himself in to the police

Nire anaia hil zuen gizona poliziara joan zen,

shortly after the murders,

hilketak egin ostean,

saying he killed three kids,

hiru haur erail zituela esanez,

execution-style,

exekuzio moduan,

over a parking dispute.

aparkalekuko liskar baten ostean.

The police issued a premature public statement that morning,

Goiz horretan, poliziak adierazpen publiko goiztiar bat egin zuen,

echoing his claims without bothering to question it

gizonak esandakoa esanez, gehiago galdetu edo

or further investigate.

ikertu gabe.

It turns out there was no parking dispute.

Gauza da ez zegoela aparkalekuko liskarrik.

There was no argument.

Ez zegoen argudiorik.

No violation.

Ez arau-hausterik.

But the damage was already done.

Baina mina egina zegoen.

In a 24-hour media cycle,

24 orduko medioen ziklo batean,

the words "parking dispute" had already become the go-to sound bite.

"aparkalekuko liskarra" esaldia jada ekidin ezina zen.

I sit on my brother's bed and remember his words,

Anaiaren ohean eseri eta bere hitzak oroitzen ditut,

the words he gave me so freely and with so much love,

hain aske eta maitasunez esan zidana,

"I am who I am because of you."

"naizena naiz zuri esker".

That's what it takes for me to climb through my crippling grief

Horretxek ematen dit indarra nire mina gainditu

and speak out.

eta hitz egiteko.

I cannot let my family's deaths be diminished to a segment

Ezin dut nire familiaren heriotzak,

that is barely discussed on local news.

herriko albisteetara mugatzea onartu.

They were murdered by their neighbor because of their faith,

Euren fedeagatik erail zituen bizilagunak,

because of a piece of cloth they chose to don on their heads,

buruan ipintzea erabaki zuten zapi batengatik,

because they were visibly Muslim.

musulmanak zirelako.

Some of the rage I felt at the time

Une hartan nuen amorruaren zati bat zera zen, paperak alderantziz balira,

was that if roles were reversed,

and an Arab, Muslim or Muslim-appearing person

eta arabe, musulman edo musulman itxurako batek

had killed three white American college students execution-style,

hiru amerikar unibertsitario hil balitu exekuzio bat balitz bezala,

in their home,

euren etxean,

what would we have called it?

nola deituko genion?

A terrorist attack.

Eraso terrorista.

When white men commit acts of violence in the US,

AEBetan gizon zuriek ekintza biolentoak egitean,

they're lone wolves,

otso bakartiak dira,

mentally ill

arazo mentaldunak

or driven by a parking dispute.

edo aparkalekuko liskarren ondoriozkoak.

I know that I have to give my family voice,

Badakit nire familiari ahotsa jarri behar diodala,

and I do the only thing I know how:

eta egiten nekien bakarra egin nuen:

I send a Facebook message to everyone I know in media.

komunikabideetan lan egiten zuten ezagun guztiei Facebooketik mezu bat bidali nien.

A couple of hours later,

Pare bat ordu geroago,

in the midst of a chaotic house overflowing with friends and family,

etxe kaotiko batean, lagun eta familiakidez gainezka,

our neighbor Neal comes over, sits down next to my parents

gure bizilagun Neal agertu zen, gurasoen ondoan eseri

and asks, "What can I do?"

eta galdetu zuen "zer egin dezaket?"

Neal had over two decades of experience in journalism,

Neal-ek 20 urteko esperientzia zuen kazetaritzan,

but he makes it clear that he's not there in his capacity as journalist,

baina argi utzi zuen ez zela kazetari bezala etorri,

but as a neighbor who wants to help.

lagundu nahi zuen bizilagun bezala baizik.

I ask him what he thinks we should do,

Egin behar genuenari buruzko iritzia eskatu nion,

given the bombardment of local media interview requests.

gertuko komunikabideen elkarrizketa eskaeren inguruan.

He offers to set up a press conference at a local community center.

Herriko lokal batean prentsa konferentzia bat antolatzera eskeini zen.

Even now I don't have the words to thank him.

Oraindik ez daukat bera eskertzeko hitzik.

"Just tell me when, and I'll have all the news channels present," he said.

"Esan noiz eta han izango ditut berri emaile kate guztiak" esan zuen.

He did for us what we could not do for ourselves

Guk egin ezin genuena egin zuen guretzat,

in a moment of devastation.

oso une gogor hartan.

I delivered the press statement,

Prentsaurrekoa eman nuen,

still wearing scrubs from the previous night.

oraindik aurreko eguneko blusa soinean.

And in under 24 hours from the murders,

Eta hilketak gertatu eta 24 ordu baino lehen,

I'm on CNN being interviewed by Anderson Cooper.

CNN-n nengoen, Anderson Cooper elkarrizketatzen ari zitzaidan.

The following day, major newspapers --

Hurrengo egunean, egunkari garrantzitsuek -

including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune --

New York Times, Chicago Tribune -

published stories about Deah, Yusor and Razan,

Deah, Yusor eta Razan-en berriak zituzten,

allowing us to reclaim the narrative

narrazioa egitea ahalbideratuz, eta

and call attention the mainstreaming of anti-Muslim hatred.

musulmanen aurkako gorrotoa salatuz.

These days,

Egun haietan, bazirudien

it feels like Islamophobia is a socially acceptable form of bigotry.

islamofobia sozialki onartu zitekeen fanatismo mota bat zela.

We just have to put up with it and smile.

Onartu egin behar genuen, eta irribarre egin.

The nasty stares,

Begirada txarrak,

the palpable fear when boarding a plane,

besteen beldurra hegazkinera igotzean,

the random pat downs at airports that happen 99 percent of the time.

zorizko miaketak aireportuetan, denboraren %99an.

It doesn't stop there.

Ez da hor geratzen.

We have politicians reaping political and financial gains off our backs.

Politikoek onura ekonomiko eta politikoak ateratzen dituzte gure kontura.

Here in the US,

Hemen AEBetan,

we have presidential candidates like Donald Trump,

Donald Trump bezalako hautagaiak ditugu,

casually calling to register American Muslims,

amerikar musulmanei erregistratzeko eskatuz,

and ban Muslim immigrants and refugees from entering this country.

eta musulman inmigrante eta errefuxiatuei herrialdean sartzea eragotziz.

It is no coincidence that hate crimes rise

Ez da kointzidentzia gorroto krimenen tasak

in parallel with election cycles.

hauteskunde zikloekin batera handitzea.

Just a couple months ago, Khalid Jabara,

Duela pare bat hilabete, Khalid Jabara,

a Lebanese-American Christian,

Amerikar-liberiar Kristau bat,

was murdered in Oklahoma by his neighbor --

bere bizilagunak erail zuen, Oklahoman -

a man who called him a "filthy Arab."

"Arabe zikina" deitu zion gizon batek.

This man was previously jailed for a mere 8 months,

Gizon hau aurretik 8 hilabetez gartzelan egon zen,

after attempting run over Khalid's mother with his car.

Khalid-en ama kotxez harrapatzen saiatu ostean.

Chances are you haven't heard Khalid's story,

Posible da Khalid-en berririk ez izatea,

because it didn't make it to national news.

ez zelako berri nazionaletara iritsi.

The least we can do is call it what it is:

Gutxienez bere izenez deitu behar dugu:

a hate crime.

Gorroto krimena.

The least we can do is talk about it,

Gutxienez horri buruz hitz egin behar dugu,

because violence and hatred doesn't just happen in a vacuum.

biolentzia eta gorrotoa ez baitira hutsetik sortzen.

Not long after coming back to work,

Lanera bueltatu eta gutxira,

I'm the senior on rounds in the hospital,

ospitalean errondak egiten dituen esperientziadunena naiz,

when one of my patients looks over at my colleague,

nire gaixoetako batek lankide bati begiratu,

gestures around her face and says, "San Bernardino,"

keinuak egin eta esan zuen "San Bernardino",

referencing a recent terrorist attack.

eraso terrorista bati erreferentzi eginez.

Here I am having just lost three family members to Islamophobia,

Hemen nago, islamofobiagatik familiako hiru kide galdu berritan,

having been a vocal advocate within my program

mikroerasoen aurrean nola jokatu

on how to deal with such microaggressions,

lantzen den nire programako, bozeramaile,

and yet --

eta hala ere -

silence.

isiltasuna.

I was disheartened.

Gogorik gabe nengoen.

Humiliated.

Umiliatuta.

Days later rounding on the same patient,

Egun batzuk beranduago, gaixo berak

she looks at me and says,

begiratu eta esan zidan,

"Your people are killing people in Los Angeles."

"Zure jendea Los Angelesen jendea hiltzen ari da."

I look around expectantly.

Ingurura begiratu nuen, adi-adi.

Again:

Berriro:

silence.

isiltasuna.

I realize that yet again,

Konturatu nintzen berriro ere,

I have to speak up for myself.

niregatik hitz egin behar nuela.

I sit on her bed and gently ask her,

Bere ohean eseri eta modu atseginean galdetu nion,

"Have I ever done anything but treat you with respect and kindness?

"Zu errespetuz eta goxotasunez tratatzea ez den zerbait egin dut inoiz?"

Have I done anything but give you compassionate care?"

"Modu errukiorrean zaintzea ez den zerbait egin dut inoiz?"

She looks down and realizes what she said was wrong,

Burua makurtu eta esan zuena oker zegoela konturatu zen,

and in front of the entire team,

eta talde osoaren aurrean,

she apologizes and says,

barkamena eskatu eta esan zuen:

"I should know better. I'm Mexican-American.

"Hobeto jokatu behar nuen. Mexikar amerikarra naiz,

I receive this kind of treatment all the time."

horrelako tratua jasaten dut beti."

Many of us experience microaggressions on a daily basis.

Gutako askok jasaten ditugu mikroerasoak egunero.

Odds are you may have experienced it,

Baliteke zuek ere jasan izana,

whether for your race,

arrazagatik,

gender,

generoagatik,

sexuality

sexualitateagatik

or religious beliefs.

edo erlijio sinesmenengatik.

We've all been in situations where we've witnessed something wrong

Guztiok izan gara egoera okerren testigu,

and didn't speak up.

eta ez dugu hitz egin.

Maybe we weren't equipped with the tools to respond in the moment.

Agian ez genituen hitz egin ahal izateko tresnak.

Maybe we weren't even aware of our own implicit biases.

Agian ez ginen geure alborapenez kontziente.

We can all agree that bigotry is unacceptable,

Guztiok ados gaude fanatismoa onartezina dela,

but when we see it,

baina hura ikustean,

we're silent,

isilik egoten gara,

because it makes us uncomfortable.

ezeroso sentiarazten gaituelako.

But stepping right into that discomfort

Baina ezerosotasun horretan sartzeak

means you are also stepping into the ally zone.

zona aliatuan sartzea ere esan nahi du.

There may be over three million Muslims in America.

Ameriketan 3 milioi musulman inguru daude.

That's still just one percent of the total population.

Populazio osoaren ehuneko bat da hori.

Martin Luther King once said,

Martin Luther King-ek esan zuen,

"In the end,

"Azkenean,

we will remember not the words of our enemies,

ez ditugu etsaien hitzak gogoratuko,

but the silence of our friends."

lagunen isiltasuna baizik."

So what made my neighbor Neal's allyship so profound?

Zerk egin zuen nire bizilagun Neal-en laguntza hain garrantzitsua?

A couple of things.

Gauza pare batek.

He was there as a neighbor who cared,

Hor zegoen arduratzen zen bizilagun gisa,

but he was also bringing in his professional expertise and resources

baina bere esperientzia eta gaitasun profesionala ere eskeini zuen,

when the moment called for it.

hura behar zenean.

Others have done the same.

Beste batzuek berdina egin dute.

Larycia Hawkins drew on her platform

Larycia Hawkins-ek bere oholtza erabili du,

as the first tenured African-American professor at Wheaton College

Wheaton College-eko lehen irakasle titular Afrikar Amerikar bezala,

to wear a hijab in solidarity

egunero diskriminatuak diren emakumeekiko

with Muslim women who face discrimination every day.

solidaritatez, hijab bat jazteko.

As a result, she lost her job.

Ondorioz, bere lana galdu zuen.

Within a month,

Hilabetean

she joined the faculty at the University of Virginia,

Virginiako Unibertsitateko fakultatean zen

where she now works on pluralism, race, faith and culture.

pluralitatea, arraza, fedea eta kultura lantzen ditu bertan.

Reddit cofounder, Alexis Ohanian,

Alexis Ohanian-ek, Reddit-en kofundatzaileak,

demonstrated that not all active allyship needs to be so serious.

laguntza aktibo guztiak hain serioak izan beharrik ez dutela erakutsi zuen.

He stepped up to support a 15-year-old Muslim girl's mission

15 urteko neska musulman baten ideiaren alde egin zuen,

to introduce a hijab emoji.

hijabdun emoji bat sortzeko.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

It's a simple gesture,

Keinu sinple bat da,

but it has a significant subconscious impact

baina inpaktu subkontziente esanguratsu bat du

on normalizing and humanizing Muslims,

musulmanen humanizazioan eta normalizazioan,

including the community as a part of an "us"

komunitatean "gure" zati bihurtzean

instead of an "other."

"haien" zati izan beharrean.

The editor in chief of Women's Running magazine

Women's Running aldizkariaren editore nagusiak

just put the first hijabi to ever be on the cover of a US fitness magazine.

AEBetako fitness aldizkari bateko azalean hijab bat jarri zuen lehen aldiz.

These are all very different examples

Hauek beraien plataformak eta baliabideak erabili dituztenen hainbat adibide dira,

of people who drew upon their platforms and resources

in academia, tech and media,

akademian, teknologian eta komunikabideetan,

to actively express their allyship.

euren laguntza aktiboki adieraziz.

What resources and expertise do you bring to the table?

Zein baliabide eta gaitasun jarriko duzu zuk?

Are you willing to step into your discomfort

Zure ezerosotasunean sartuko zara

and speak up when you witness hateful bigotry?

eta hitz egingo duzu gorrotoz beteriko fanatismoaren testigu izatean?

Will you be Neal?

Neal izango zara?

Many neighbors appeared in this story.

Hainbat bizilagun agertu da istorio honetan.

And you, in your respective communities, all have a Muslim neighbor,

Zuek, zuen komunitateetan bizilagun musulmanak dituzue,

colleague

lankideak,

or friend your child plays with at school.

edo zuen haurren ikaskideak.

Reach out to them.

Joan beraiengana.

Let them know you stand with them in solidarity.

Jakinarazi haiekin solidarioak zaretela.

It may feel really small,

Gauza txikia iruditu daiteke,

but I promise you it makes a difference.

baina zin dagizuet diferentzia egiten duela.

Nothing will ever bring back Deah, Yusor and Razan.

Ezerk ez dizkigu Deah, Yusor eta Razan itzuliko.

But when we raise our collective voices,

Baina gure ahots kolektiboa altxatzean,

that is when we stop the hate.

orduan geldituko dugu gorrotoa.

Thank you.

Mila esker.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)