Umasipala wase-Rahat kwa-Israel ugunyaze uhlelo olukhulu lwezokuvakasha oluzobona kwakhiwa izindlu zezivakashi ezingu-500 kulo lonke idolobha kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo.
Ngaphezu kwe-250,000 AmaBedouins - ihlelo lama-Arabhu angama-Muslim ayimizulane - lihlala kwa-Israel, iningi ligxile eRahat nasemizaneni engaseningizimu. I-Negev Desert.
Leli dolobha linabantu abangaphezu kuka-77,000, ngokwezibalo zakamuva ezikhishwe yi-Central Bureau of Statistics yakwa-Israel.
Itholakala cishe ngamamayela angu-60 ukusuka ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi bakwa-Israyeli, iRahat ayikaze ibe indawo ekhangayo yezivakashi.
UMahmud Alamour, oyi-CEO yeRahat Economic Company, unethemba lokukushintsha lokho ngohlelo lweminyaka eyi-10 oluhlanganisa izakhiwo ezingamakhulu ezindlu zezivakashi kanye nokwethula imikhosi emisha yamasiko.
"Ukusungulwa kwezindlu zezivakashi kuzohlinzeka ngendawo yokuhlala kumakhulu ezivakashi ezivela kwa-Israel nasemhlabeni wonke ezifisa ukuza futhi zazi isiko lamaBedouin eNegev," kusho u-Alamour esitatimendeni esabiwe neMedia Line. “Ngiyethemba ukuthi ukusungulwa kwezindlu ezintsha zezivakashi e-Rahat kuzoholela ekwandeni kwabantu abaningi abavela kwa-Israyeli nasemhlabeni bezohlala nathi, kusize ukudiliza amabala nezithiyo, futhi kuvumele [izivakashi] ukuba zijabulele isiko lokungenisa izihambi kwamaBedouin ukwazi ukunikeza.”
IKomidi Lokuhlela Nokwakha Lasendaweni yase-Rahat lisanda kuvumela uhlelo luka-Alamour lokwakha izindlu zezivakashi ezingu-500 edolobheni. Lesi sinyathelo siyingxenye yohlelo olukhulu oluhlanganyelwe oluholwa yiRahat Economic Company kanye neBedouin Tourism Development Authority.
Lo msebenzi futhi uyingxenye yohlelo olubanzi oluhlose ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kule ndawo, okuthe eminyakeni yamuva nje kube nemikhosi emisha nemicimbi eyamukela izivakashi zakwa-Israel.
Phakathi kwemicimbi yamasiko ekhona edume kakhulu yedolobha i-Ramadan Nights Festival, umcimbi waminyaka yonke ovumela izivakashi ukuthi zizizwele ukunambitheka okuyingqayizivele namasiko enyanga engcwele yamaMuslim.
"Ezokuvakasha eRahat zithuthukise isimo sezezimali semindeni eminingi eRahat, ikakhulukazi abesifazane," kuphawula u-Alamour. “Ngenxa yohlelo esiluholayo, maduze nje kuzoba nemikhosi emisha neyingqayizivele kuleli dolobha, okuhlanganisa neyokuqala ngqa yohlobo lwayo yokupheka, idili likamela, neminye imikhosi ekhethekile yamasiko. Sigqugquzela ukukhula komnotho okubonakalayo.”
Ngenxa yalolu hlelo olusha, imindeni elinganiselwa ku-250 edolobheni izokwazi ukujoyina umkhakha wezokuvakasha osafufusa wedolobha.
UFatma Alzamlee ongumnikazi wendlu yezivakashi iFlower of the Desert usamukele isinqumo sikamasipala wathi sizobasiza kakhulu abantu bakule ndawo ngokuletha izivakashi eziningi.
"Kuzosisiza ukuthuthukisa amabhizinisi ethu," kusho u-Alzamlee etshela abeMedia Line. “Abantu bazolala eRahat, bahambe izindawo ngezindawo, bavakashele ama-mosque, bazimakethe futhi bazi amasiko ethu. Kubuye kube nezinto eziningi ezitholwe ngemivubukulo lapha muva nje.”
Ngaphezu kokunikeza izivakashi indawo yokuhlala, u-Alzamlee uphinde aziphekele izitsha zendawo futhi ahole nezinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi. Ngonyaka odlule, usingathe ama-Israel ngohlelo "lwesikole sasehlobo", olwenza izivakashi zikwazi ukufunda isi-Arabhu futhi zithole ukuchayeka kumasiko endawo. Lolu hlelo beluhlanganisa izindawo zokuvakasha eziqondisiwe zedolobha, imihlangano namaciko endawo, nezinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi zokupheka.
“Sifuna izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe zizosivakashela, hhayi nje ama-Israel,” kusho yena. “Sifuna nokuthi abatshalizimali beze bazokwakha amahhotela lapha.”
Umthombo I-Maya Margit/I-Media Line
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “The establishment of the guesthouses will provide a place to stay for hundreds of visitors from Israel and the world who wish to come and get to know Bedouin culture in the Negev,” Alamour said in a statement that was shared with The Media Line.
- “I hope that the establishment of new guesthouses in Rahat will lead to more and more people from Israel and the world coming to stay with us, help break down stigmas and barriers, and allow [guests] to enjoy the tradition of Bedouin hospitality that we know how to provide.
- Lo msebenzi futhi uyingxenye yohlelo olubanzi oluhlose ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kule ndawo, okuthe eminyakeni yamuva nje kube nemikhosi emisha nemicimbi eyamukela izivakashi zakwa-Israel.
