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

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Anja Saric

I'm a tourism entrepreneur and a peacebuilder,

Ja sam turistički preduzetnik i održavalac mira,

but this is not how I started.

ali nisam ovako počeo.

When I was seven years old, I remember watching television

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

and seeing people throwing rocks,

i video sam ljude kako bacaju kamenje

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

i mislio sam, mora da je ovo zabavno.

So I got out to the street and threw rocks,

Tako sam izašao na ulicu i bacao sam kamenje,

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

ali nisam shvatio da treba da ih bacam na izraelske automobile.

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

Zapravo sam kamenovao automobile mojih komšija. (Smeh)

They were not enthusiastic about my patriotism.

Nisu bili oduševljeni mojim patrotizmom.

This is my picture with my brother.

Ovo je slika mene s mojim bratom.

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

Ja sam manji, i znam šta mislite.

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

"Baš si bio sladak, pobogu, šta ti se desilo?"

But my brother, who is older than me,

Ali mog brata, koji je stariji od mene,

was arrested when he was 18,

su uhapsili kada je imao 18 godina

taken to prison on charges of throwing stones.

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

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

Prebili su ga kada je odbio to da prizna,

and as a result, had internal injuries

i za posledicu je imao unutrašnje povrede

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

koje su izazvale njegovu smrt ubrzo nakon izlaska iz zatvora.

I was angry, I was bitter,

Bio sam ljut i ogorčen

and all I wanted was revenge.

i samo sam želeo osvetu.

But that changed when I was 18.

Ali to se promenilo kada sam napunio 18 godina.

I decided that I needed Hebrew to get a job,

Odlučio sam da mi je hebrejski potreban kako bih našao posao,

and going to study Hebrew in that classroom

i kada sam krenuo u učionici da učim hebrejski,

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

tada sam prvi put sreo Jevreje koji nisu bili vojnici.

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

Povezali smo se preko vema malih stvari, poput toga da volim kantri muziku,

which is really strange for Palestinians.

što je za Palestince veoma čudna stvar.

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

Ali tada sam i shvatio da svi imamo zid besa,

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 bitno šta mi se desi.

What really matters is how I deal with it.

Bitno je zapravo kako se ja prema tome odnosim.

And therefore, I decided to dedicate my life

Stoga sam odlučio da svoj život posvetim

to bringing down the walls that separate people.

rušenju zidova koji razdvajaju ljude.

I do so through many ways.

Ovo radim na mnogo načina.

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

Turizam je jedan od njih, ali tu su i mediji i obrazovanje,

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

i možda se pitate, da li turizam zaista može da promeni stvari?

Can it bring down walls? Yes.

Može li da sruši zidove? Da.

Tourism is the best sustainable way to bring down those walls

Turizam je najbolji održiv način za rušenje tih zidova

and to create a sustainable way of connecting with each other

i stvaranje održivog načina za međusobno povezivanje

and creating friendships.

i stvaranje prijateljstava.

In 2009, I cofounded Mejdi Tours,

2009. sam osnovao Meždi Turs,

a social enterprise that aims to connect people,

društvni poduhvat koji za cilj ima povezivanje ljudi,

with two Jewish friends, by the way,

a to sam uradio sa dva prijatelja Jevreja.

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

Model koji smo napravili,

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

na primer u Jerusalimu, imao bi dva vodiča,

one Israeli and one Palestinian, guiding the trips together,

jednog Izraelca i jednog Palestinca koji zajedno vode ture

telling history and narrative and archaeology and conflict

i iznose istoriju i priče i arheologiju i konflikt

from totally different perspectives.

iz potpuno različitih perspektiva.

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

Sećam se da sam zajedno vodio turu sa prijateljem Kobijem -

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

skupina Jevreja iz Čikaga, tura je bira u Jerusalimu --

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

i poveli smo ih do izbegličkog kampa, kampa za Palestince,

and there we had this amazing food.

i tu smo jeli neverovatnu hranu.

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

Usput, ovo je moja majka. Ona je kul.

And that's the Palestinian food called maqluba.

A ovo je palestinska hrana, maklube.

It means "upside-down."

To znači "naopačke".

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

Kuva se sa pirinčem i piletinom i okrene se naopačke.

It's the best meal ever.

To je najbolji obrok na svetu.

And we'll eat together.

Svi smo jeli zajedno.

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

Tada smo napravili zajednički bend, sa izraelskim i palestinskim muzičarima

and we did some belly-dancing.

i plesali smo trbušni ples.

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

Ako ne znate nijedan, pokazaću vam posle.

But when we left, both sides,

Ali kada smo otišli, sa obe strane je bilo plakanja

they were crying because they did not want to leave.

jer niko nije želeo da ide.

Three years later, those relationships still exist.

Nakon tri godine, te veze još uvek postoje.

Imagine with me if the one billion people

Zamislite sa mnom kada bi milijarda ljudi

who travel internationally every year travel like this,

koji putuju van svojih zemalja svake godine putovalo ovako,

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

a ne u autobusu od jedne do druge strane,

from one hotel to another,

od jednog do drugog hotela,

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

slikajući iza prozora svojih autobusa, ljudi i kultura,

but actually connecting with people.

već se zapravo povezujući sa ljudima?

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

Znate, sećam se grupe muslimana iz Ujedinjenog kraljevstva,

going to the house of an Orthodox Jewish family,

išli su do kuće jedne pravoslavne jevrejske porodice,

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

i prvi petak uveče su proveli na večeri za sabat

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

i zajedno su jeli hamin, jevrejsku vrstu čorbe,

just having the connection of realizing, after a while,

prosto su se povezivali nakon što su shvatili

that a hundred years ago, their families came out

da su pre sto godina njihove porodice potekle

of the same place in Northern Africa.

iz istog mesta u Severnoj Africi.

This is not a photo profile for your Facebook.

Ovo nije profilna slika za vaš Fejsbuk.

This is not disaster tourism.

Ovo nije turizam propasti.

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 uradite upravo to, da promenite način putovanja.

We're doing it all over the world now,

To radimo sada širom sveta,

from Ireland to Iran to Turkey,

od Irske, preko Irana, do Turske

and we see ourselves going everywhere to change the world.

i vidimo sebe kako idemo svuda kako bismo promenili svet.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)