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In these, as in so many other matters,
在這樣那樣的事情中，
Islam offers us at least 50 shades of gray.
伊斯蘭教徒至少給我們了《格雷的50道陰影》
Over my travels,
在我的旅途中，
I've met men and women across the Arab region
我在阿拉伯碰見過正在探索性事的
who've been exploring that spectrum --
男人、女人們——
sexologists who are trying to help couples
想要協(xié)助夫妻婚姻生活
find greater happiness in their marriages,
更美滿的性學(xué)家們，
innovators who are managing to get sexuality education into schools,
嘗試在學(xué)校開展性教育課的改革者，
small groups of men and women,
形形色色的男女，
lesbian, gay, transgendered, transsexual,
女同，男同，不認(rèn)同生理性別者和變性者，
who are reaching out to their peers
他們通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)倡議和實(shí)際支援
with online initiatives and real-world support.
正在尋找同類。
Women, and increasingly men, who are starting to speak out
女人，和越來越多的男人，開始
and push back against sexual violence
公然抗拒
on the streets and in the home.
公共場(chǎng)所和家庭里的性暴力。
Groups that are trying to help sex workers protect themselves against HIV
也有協(xié)助性工作者防御艾滋病
and other occupational hazards,
和其他職業(yè)危害的團(tuán)體，
and NGOs that are helping unwed mothers like Faiza
還有非政府組織幫助像法扎伊那樣的未婚母親在社會(huì)上立足
find a place in society, and critically, stay with their kids.
幫助她們與孩子呆在一起。
Now these efforts are small, they're often underfunded,
現(xiàn)在這些行動(dòng)規(guī)模不大，經(jīng)常資金不足，
and they face formidable opposition.
而且面臨著可怕的反對(duì)勢(shì)力。
But I am optimistic that, in the long run,
但是我持樂觀態(tài)度，從長(zhǎng)期來看，
times are changing, and they and their ideas
時(shí)代在改變，他們與他們的想法
will gain ground.
會(huì)得到認(rèn)同。
Social change doesn't happen in the Arab region through dramatic confrontation,
在阿拉伯地區(qū)，社會(huì)改變不是通過戲劇化的對(duì)峙，
beating or indeed baring of breasts,
毆打或撕裂胸膛達(dá)成的，
but rather through negotiation.
而是通過談判。
What we're talking here is not about a sexual revolution,
我們此刻說的不是性改革，
but a sexual evolution, learning from other parts of the world,
而是一個(gè)效仿世界其他地區(qū)的性進(jìn)化，
adapting to local conditions,
適應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)貤l件，
forging our own path, not following one blazed by another.
對(duì)癥下藥而不是按部就班。
That path, I hope, will one day lead us to the right to control our own bodies,
我希望這條路有一天能夠帶我們走向身體自主權(quán)，
and to access the information and services we need
能夠得到我們需要的信息和服務(wù)，
to lead satisfying and safe sexual lives.
成就安全美滿的性生活。
The right to express our ideas freely,
自由表達(dá)想法的權(quán)利，
to marry whom we choose, to choose our own partners,
與自己選擇的人結(jié)婚，選擇自己的配偶，
to be sexually active or not, to decide whether to have children and when,
是否遵循規(guī)律的性生活，決定時(shí)候要小孩和時(shí)間，
all this without violence or force or discrimination.
不要有暴力、威脅或歧視。
Now we are very far from this across the Arab region,
目前阿拉伯離這項(xiàng)目標(biāo)還很遠(yuǎn)，
and so much needs to change:
而且很多地方需要改進(jìn)：
law, education, media, the economy,
法律，教育，傳媒，經(jīng)濟(jì)，
the list goes on and on,
數(shù)不勝數(shù)，
and it is the work of a generation, at least.
這需要至少一個(gè)世代的努力。
But it begins with a journey that I myself have made,
我的旅程只是個(gè)開始，
asking hard questions of received wisdoms
傳承下來的性知識(shí)
in sexual life.
提出難以回答的問題。
And it is a journey which has only served to strengthen my faith,
這個(gè)旅程只會(huì)增強(qiáng)我的信念，
and my appreciation of local histories and cultures
和我對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)貧v史文化的欣賞
by showing me possibilities where I once only saw absolutes.
我原以為是真理的地方展現(xiàn)了可改善性。
Now given the turmoil in many countries in the Arab region,
目前一些阿拉伯國(guó)家動(dòng)蕩不安，
talking about sex, challenging the taboos,
談?wù)撔允拢魬?zhàn)禁忌，
seeking alternatives might sound like something of a luxury.
尋找替代，聽起來像是一種奢侈。
But at this critical moment in history,
但是在這歷史的關(guān)鍵時(shí)期，
if we do not anchor freedom and justice,
如果我們沒有得到私生活和性生活中的,自由與正義，
dignity and equality,
尊嚴(yán)與平等，
privacy and autonomy in our personal lives, in our sexual lives,
隱私權(quán)與自主權(quán)，
we will find it very hard to achieve in public life.
我們就難以在公共生活中得到它們。
The political and the sexual are intimate bedfellows, and that is true for us all.
無論我們身處何方，心寄何處
no matter where we live and love.
政治和性都關(guān)系密切。
Thank you.
謝謝。
