For more tolerance, we need more ... tourism? | Aziz Abu Sarah

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I'm a tourism entrepreneur and a peacebuilder,

Ja sam turistički poduzetnik i graditelj mira,

but this is not how I started.

ali nisam tako počeo.

When I was seven years old, I remember watching television

Kada sam imao sedam godina, sjećam se da sam gledao televiziju

and seeing people throwing rocks,

i vidio ljude kako bacaju kamenje,

and thinking, this must be a fun thing to do.

i pomislio sam kako to mora biti zabavno raditi.

So I got out to the street and threw rocks,

Tako da sam izašao na ulicu i bacao kamenje,

not realizing I was supposed to throw rocks at Israeli cars.

ne shvaćajući da sam ih trebao bacati na izraelske aute.

Instead, I ended up stoning my neighbors' cars. (Laughter)

Umjesto toga, završio sam kamenujući automobile susjeda. (Smijeh)

They were not enthusiastic about my patriotism.

Nisu bili oduševljeni mojim patriotizmom.

This is my picture with my brother.

Ovo je moja slika s bratom.

This is me, the little one, and I know what you're thinking:

Ovo sam ja, ovaj mali, i znam što mislite:

"You used to look cute, what the heck happened to you?"

"Bio si tako sladak, što se dogodilo s tobom?"

But my brother, who is older than me,

Ali moj brat, koji je stariji od mene,

was arrested when he was 18,

uhićen je kada je imao 18,

taken to prison on charges of throwing stones.

i odveli su ga u zatvor pod optužbom da je bacao kamenje.

He was beaten up when he refused to confess that he threw stones,

Pretučen je kada je odbio priznati da je bacao kamenje,

and as a result, had internal injuries

i kao posljedicu imao je unutarnje ozlijede

that caused his death soon after he was released from prison.

koje su uzrokovale njegovu smrt ubrzo nakon što je izašao iz pritvora.

I was angry, I was bitter,

Bio sam ljut, ogorčen,

and all I wanted was revenge.

i sve što sam htio bila je osveta.

But that changed when I was 18.

Ali to se promijenilo kada sam imao 18.

I decided that I needed Hebrew to get a job,

Odlučio sam da trebam hebrejski da dobijem posao

and going to study Hebrew in that classroom

i kada sam krenuo učiti hebrejski u toj učionici

was the first time I ever met Jews who were not soldiers.

je bio prvi put da sam upoznao Židove koji nisu bili vojnici.

And we connected over really small things, like the fact that I love country music,

I povezali smo se preko malih stvari, kao činjenice da volim country glazbu,

which is really strange for Palestinians.

što je stvarno čudno za Palestinca.

But it was then that I realized also that we have a wall of anger,

Ali tada sam također shvatio da imamo zid srdžbe,

of hatred and of ignorance that separates us.

mržnje i neznanja koji nas razdvaja.

I decided that it doesn't matter what happens to me.

Odlučio sam da nije važno što će se dogoditi meni.

What really matters is how I deal with it.

Da je važno kako ću se s time nositi.

And therefore, I decided to dedicate my life

I zbog toga, odlučio sam posvetiti svoj život

to bringing down the walls that separate people.

rušenju zidova koji razdvajaju ljude.

I do so through many ways.

To činim na puno načina.

Tourism is one of them, but also media and education,

Turizam je jedan od njih, ali također mediji i edukacija,

and you might be wondering, really, can tourism change things?

i možda se pitate, kako turizam zapravo može promijenit stvari?

Can it bring down walls? Yes.

Može li srušiti zidove? Da.

Tourism is the best sustainable way to bring down those walls

Turizam je najbolji održivi način za rušenje tih zidova

and to create a sustainable way of connecting with each other

i stvaranja održivog načina povezivanja jednih s drugima

and creating friendships.

i stvaranja prijateljstava.

In 2009, I cofounded Mejdi Tours,

2009. suosnovao sam Mejdi Tours,

a social enterprise that aims to connect people,

društveni poduhvat koji želi povezati ljude,

with two Jewish friends, by the way,

s dva židovska prijatelja, uzgred rečeno,

and what we'll do, the model we did,

i ono što ćemo napraviti, model koji smo koristili,

for example, in Jerusalem, we would have two tour guides,

na primjer, u Jeruzalemu, imali bismo dva turistička vodiča,

one Israeli and one Palestinian, guiding the trips together,

jednog Izraelca i jednog Palestinca koji su vodili zajedno,

telling history and narrative and archaeology and conflict

pričali povijest i pripovjetke i arheologiju i sukobe

from totally different perspectives.

s potpuno različitih gledišta.

I remember running a trip together with a friend named Kobi --

Sjećam se vođenja putovanja zajedno s prijateljem kojeg zovu Kobi --

Jewish congregation from Chicago, the trip was in Jerusalem --

Židovska zajednica iz Chicaga, put je bio u Jeruzalem --

and we took them to a refugee camp, a Palestinian refugee camp,

i odveli smo ih u izbjeglički kamp, palestinski izbjeglički kamp,

and there we had this amazing food.

gdje smo jeli ovu fantastičnu hranu.

By the way, this is my mother. She's cool.

Usput, ovo je moja majka. Ona je cool.

And that's the Palestinian food called maqluba.

A ovo je palestinska hrana imena maqluba.

It means "upside-down."

To znači "naopako."

You cook it with rice and chicken, and you flip it upside-down.

Kuhate ju s rižom i piletinom i okrenete ju naopako.

It's the best meal ever.

To je najbolje jelo ikad.

And we'll eat together.

I svi smo jeli zajedno.

Then we had a joint band, Israeli and Palestinian musicians,

Onda smo imali zajednički bend, izraelskih i palestinskih glazbenika,

and we did some belly-dancing.

a bilo je i trbušnog plesa.

If you don't know any, I'll teach you later.

Ako ga ne znate, naučit ću vas kasnije.

But when we left, both sides,

Ali kada smo otišli, obje strane

they were crying because they did not want to leave.

su plakale jer nisu htjele otići.

Three years later, those relationships still exist.

Tri godine kasnije, te veze još postoje.

Imagine with me if the one billion people

Zamislite sa mnom da milijarda ljudi

who travel internationally every year travel like this,

koja putuje svijetom svake godine putuje ovako.

not being taken in the bus from one side to another,

ne vozeći se u autobusu s jedne strane na drugu,

from one hotel to another,

od jednog do drugog hotela,

taking pictures from the windows of their buses of people and cultures,

slikajući slike kulture i ljudi s prozora autobusa,

but actually connecting with people.

već povezujući se s ljudima.

You know, I remember having a Muslim group from the U.K.

Znate, sjećam se muslimanske grupe iz Velike Britaniije

koja je išla u kuću židovske obitelji,

going to the house of an Orthodox Jewish family,

and having their first Friday night dinners, that Sabbath dinner,

i jela svoju prvu večeru u petak, večeru šabata,

and eating together hamin, which is a Jewish food, a stew,

i jedući zajedno hamin, to je židovsko jelo, gulaš,

just having the connection of realizing, after a while,

povezujući se i shvaćajući, nakon nekog vremena

that a hundred years ago, their families came out

da su prije stotinu godina njihove obitelji potekle

of the same place in Northern Africa.

iz istog mjesta u Sjevernoj Africi.

This is not a photo profile for your Facebook.

Ovo nije foto profil za vaš Facebook.

This is not disaster tourism.

Ovo nije turizam katastrofe.

This is the future of travel,

Ovo je budućnost putovanja,

and I invite you to join me to do that, to change your travel.

i pozivam vas da mi se pridružite u tome, da promijenite vaša putovanja.

We're doing it all over the world now,

To sada činimo širom svijeta,

from Ireland to Iran to Turkey,

od Irske do Irana i Turske,

and we see ourselves going everywhere to change the world.

i vidimo se kako idemo svuda da bi promijenili svijet.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)