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Allow me to start this talk with a question to everyone.
請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我以一個(gè)問題開始
You know that all over the world,
你清楚世界各地
people fight for their freedom,
有人為了自由而奮斗
fight for their rights.
有人為了權(quán)利而戰(zhàn)
Some battle oppressive governments.
有的人反抗壓迫他們的政府
Others battle oppressive societies.
有的人對(duì)抗強(qiáng)權(quán)的社會(huì)階層
Which battle do you think is harder?
你們覺得哪種挑戰(zhàn)更難？
Allow me to try to answer this question
請(qǐng)?jiān)试S我在后面的幾分鐘里
in the few coming minutes.
再來回答這個(gè)問題
Let me take you back two years ago in my life.
跟隨我回到兩年前我的生活里
It was the bedtime of my son, Aboody.
那是在我兒子阿布迪快要睡覺的時(shí)候
He was five at the time.
那時(shí)候他只有5歲
After finishing his bedtime rituals,
在完成了睡前禱告后
he looked at me and he asked a question:
他看著我，問道：
"Mommy, are we bad people?"
“媽媽，我們是不是壞人呀？”
I was shocked.
我一下沒了主意
"Why do you say such things, Aboody?"
“阿布迪，你為什么要說這些呢？”
Earlier that day, I noticed some bruises
那天早些時(shí)候，當(dāng)他從學(xué)校回來時(shí)
on his face when he came from school.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)他臉上有些瘀傷
He wouldn't tell me what happened.
他不肯告訴我發(fā)生了什么
he was ready to tell.
他肯說了
"Two boys hit me today in school.
“今天在學(xué)校里，兩個(gè)男生揍了我
They told me, 'We saw your mom on Facebook.
然后他們對(duì)我說：’我們?cè)谀樧V網(wǎng)上看到你媽媽了
You and your mom should be put in jail.'"
你跟你媽媽都應(yīng)該被送進(jìn)監(jiān)獄' "
I've never been afraid to tell Aboody anything.
我從來都不害怕告訴阿布迪任何事情
I've been always a proud woman of my achievements.
因?yàn)槲业某删停乙恢笔且粋€(gè)自豪的母親
But those questioning eyes of my son
但當(dāng)我兒子的眼中流露出質(zhì)疑
were my moment of truth,
當(dāng)這一切襲來
when it all came together.
我知道這是很關(guān)鍵的一刻
You see, I'm a Saudi woman who had been put in jail
你要知道，在沙特女人是不允許開車的
for driving a car in a country
我就是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)
where women are not supposed to drive cars.
曾經(jīng)進(jìn)過監(jiān)獄
Just for giving me his car keys,
也就是因?yàn)榘衍囪€匙給了我
my own brother was detained twice,
我的親哥哥被拘留了兩次
and he was harassed to the point he had
之后他不斷被騷擾
to quit his job as a geologist,
以至于不得不放棄他地理學(xué)家的工作
leave the country with his wife and two-year-old son.
帶著他的妻子和兩歲大的兒子，逃離了這個(gè)國(guó)家
My father had to sit in a Friday sermon
我父親坐在一個(gè)周五的講道里
listening to the imam condemning women drivers
在無數(shù)信徒面前
and calling them prostitutes
聽阿訇訓(xùn)斥女司機(jī)
amongst tons of worshippers,
辱罵她們是妓女
some of them our friends and family of my own father.
那些信徒們有的是我們的朋友，有的是我父親的親人
I was faced with an organized defamation campaign
我曾面對(duì)過一個(gè)有組織的誹謗組織
in the local media combined with false rumors
利用當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w與不實(shí)的謠言
shared in family gatherings, in the streets
在家庭聚會(huì)、在街頭巷尾、
and in schools.
在學(xué)校中訛傳
It all hit me.
這深深地傷害了我
It came into focus that those kids
這件事的重點(diǎn)是
did not mean to be rude to my son.
那些孩子并不是有意欺負(fù)我兒子的
They were just influenced by the adults around them.
他們其實(shí)是被周圍的成人帶壞的
And it wasn't about me, and it wasn't a punishment
這不僅僅是針對(duì)我的
for taking the wheel and driving a few miles.
不是因?yàn)殚_車走了幾公里所帶來的懲罰
It was a punishment for daring to challenge
它的本質(zhì)是鎮(zhèn)壓那些
the society's rules.
敢于質(zhì)疑傳統(tǒng)舊社會(huì)秩序的人
