Nuuruddiin Faarax
Nuuruddiin
Faarax waxa uu sannadkii 1945 ku dhashay dalka Soomaaliya.
Waxana uu qoraaladiisa ku qoraa luqada Afka Ingriisiga. Buugaagtiisa
waxaa ka mid ah: From a Crooked Rib
(1970), A Naked Needle (1976), Sweet and Sour Milk (1980),
Sardines (1982), Close Sesame (1984), Maps (1986), Gifts
(1993),
Salman Rushdie waxa uu Nuuruddiin
Faarax ku aamaanay in uu yahay "Mid
kamid ah kuwa ugu wanaagsan Qorayaasha Noofelada ee Casriga
la socda ee Afrikaanka ah". Sidaas waxaa qortay shabakada
commonwealthclub.org, oo intaas ku darday in Nuurudiin
Faarax uu wax ka qoro sheekooyinka dumarka, uuna ku
guulaystey billada loo yaqaan Neustadt International Prize [oo
la siiyey sannadkii 1998].
Markii uu qoray Naked
Needle sannadkii 1976 waxaa loo sheegay in dawladdii
Soomaaliya ee uu hoggaaminayey Maxamed Siyaad Barre (Allah
ha u naxariistee) ay qorsheyneysey in ay xabsiga dhigto
haddii uu dalka kusoo laabto, waxyaabaha ku qoran buuggaas
awgood. Markaas ayaa lagu soo waramay in uu Nuuridiin Faarax
isku xakumay in uu dalka laaji dibada kaga ahaado.
“Nuruddin Farah, waa Noofalistaha ugu muhiimsan ee
Afrikaanka ah ee soo caan baxay labaatankii sano ee ugu
dambeeyey, waxaana codadka ugu cawaandisan ee sheekooyinka
mala awaalka ah ee casriga ah" sidaa waxaa qortay The New
York Review of Books. "Waxaa fudud in la arko sababta
uu magaca Nuurudiin Faarax ugu soo noqnoqonayo in uu noqdo
kan loo malaynayo in uu helo bilada Nobel Prize ee
Literature.” sidaas waxaa qortay Newsweek.
Buuga ka mid ah
buugaagtiida waxa uu Nuuruddiin Faarax: |
--...Nasser
believed she could remove her props of age and mask
of beauty whenever she wanted; it was as easy for
her as undressing before a near-stranger had been, a
near-stranger whom she imagined would make carry the
seed which would multiply in her womb and flourish
the actress's splendour. She said, her voice calm as
her delivery had been rehearsed:
--"Some
of us have been catapulted into the centre-stage of
a century we actually don't belong in and have
nothing in common with. Some of us have been forced
by circumstance to accept conditions and the
dictates of the century's needs. It's like living
all your life natural darkness or in an area bathed
in moonlight. Then suddenly powerful electric bulbs
are switched on and you become the spot on which the
light falls, upon whom all the world's eyes meet."
(from Sardines,
1981) |
Jaridada Guardian Weekly waxay qortay: Qoraaga
keligiis ay Soomaaliya leedahay ee adduunka laga yaqaan ee
qora Noofalda, Farax oo wax ku qoraa English, waxaana
buugaagtiisa lagu tarjumey in ka badan dersin luqado ah.
Noofalkiisii ugu horeeyey oo ah "From a Crooked Rib"
(oo uu qoray sannadkii 1970), waxa uu qoray markii uu
Hindiya ka ahaa arday barta Falsafadda. Waxana uu buugaas
kaga hadalay aragti uu ugu garaabayo dumarka arrimuhu ku
cakiran yihiin ee dhaqanka bulshada Soomaaliyeed, oo laga
eegayo indhaha gabar yar oo reer baadiye ah oo la gudey,
sidaas waxaa qortay Guardian Weekly (April 18, 1993), oo
intaas ku dartay: Waxa uu ku guulaysey fursada gaarka ah ee
ah ninkii 'feministaha' ahaa ee qoraaga ahaa. Mararka
qaarkood ayaa loo soo diri jirey waraaqo cinawaanka looga
dhigay ku: "Ms Farah" (oo macneheedu yahay in isaga looga
dhigayo dheddig), oo markaas la weydiinayey in uu ka waramo
khibardii uu kala kulmay gudniinka dumarka.
Ceebla,
agoon siddeed-iyo-toban jir ah, waxay ka fakatay baadiyihii
ee reer guuraaga Soomaalida markii ay ogaatey in awowgeed uu
ballan aaday in uu u guurinayo nin da'weyn. Laakiin markii
ay u fakatay Muqdishu, waxay is aragtay in aysan wax awood
ah lahayn islamarkaasna ay ku tiirsanaato niman sidii ay ugu
tiirsanayd markii ay duurka joogtey oo kale. Dhexjibaaxii
adeegidda, guurka, faqriga iyo rabshadaha, Ceebla waxay ku
dagaalantay in ay ilaashato sharafteeda, iyadoo ku jirtey
adduun ah meel dumarka 'loo iibiyo sida lo'da'. Ayuu qoray
Nuruddin Farah oo arrinta ka eegaya aragtida dumarka, Novel-kiisii
ugu horeeyey oo ahaa mid weeraraya dhaqanka dadkiisa. Sidaas
waxaa qortay shabakada
Penguin.co.uk oo ka hadleysey buugga uu Nuurudiin Faarax
qoray sannadkii 1970 ee cinwaankiisu yahay: From a
Crooked Rib.
Isha:
Sawirada: Google Images, Wikipeda
Nuuruddin Faarax waa
Salmaan Rushdi Saaxiibkiis
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