雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第13章:古爾瑪凱的日記(1)

13 The Diary of Gul Makai

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13 古爾·瑪凱的日記

It was during one of those dark days that my father received a call from his friend Abdul Hai Kakar, a BBC radio correspondent based in Peshawar.

在那些暗無天日的日子裏的某一天，父親接到了一通來自他的朋友阿卜杜勒·海·卡卡爾的電話。他是一名常駐白沙瓦的BBC特派員，

He was looking for a female teacher or a schoolgirl to write a diary about life under the Taliban.

希望找到一名女教師或女學生，撰寫一份塔利班統治下的每日記事。

He wanted to show the human side of the catastrophe in Swat.

他希望通過日記，來展現處於深重災難中的斯瓦特人的生活。

Initially Madam Maryam's younger sister Ayesha agreed, but her father found out and refused his permission saying it was too risky.

起初，瑪麗安女士的妹妹阿依莎同意書寫，但她的父親發現後，認爲這件事太過冒險，阻止了她。

When I overheard my father talking about this, I said, 'Why not me?'

當我無意中聽到父親在談論此事時，便說：“何不讓我試試看？”

I wanted people to know what was happening.

我希望外界知道斯瓦特發生的一切。

Education is our right, I said. Just as it is our right to sing.

接受教育是我們的權利，就如同我們有權利歌唱一樣。

Islam has given us this right and says that every girl and boy should go to school.

伊斯蘭教義賦予我們這項權利，它說，每一個女孩與男孩都應該去上學。

The Quran says we should seek knowledge, study hard and learn the mysteries of our world.

《古蘭經》告訴我們應該追求知識，認真學習，以探知世界的奧祕。