Rana Abdelhamid: 3 lessons on starting a movement from a self-defense trailblazer
رعنا عبدالحمید: درسهای یک پیشگام دفاع شخصی برای آغاز یک جنبش
Rana Abdelhamid is an internationally acclaimed community organizer, first-degree black belt, public speaker and social entrepreneur focused on mass mobilization, international solidarity and the empowerment of marginalized communities. Full bio
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her college sweetheart
روشن کرده بود،
at my mother jokingly and said,
much like a celebration
would wander past Queens
من و مادرم کوئینز را پشت سر میگذاشتیم
and long flowy dresses
around my small fingers
against weathered comments like,
از این قبیل مواجه میشد،
to make us feel unsafe, insecure
در محله و درونمان
diverse places in the world,
محلههای نیویورک است،
holding stories that always start
داستانهایی دارند که اغلب
and 15 dollars in a pocket,
شروع میشود
in jam-packed, busted apartments.
آپارتمانهای تنگ و دربوداغون.
that we had safe microcommunities --
جامعه کوچک امنی داشته باشیم --
in our identities.
دوست داشتنی بودن بکنیم.
that my mom faced,
که مادرم با آن روبرو شد،
some of the most powerful women
برای هرچیزی شبکهای داشتند.
for who watched whose kids when,
چه وقت از بچهها مراقبت کند
من را اذیت میکردند،
of unapologetic North African aunties
خالههای سرکش از شمال آفریقا دارم
and stand in front of a mirror,
درمقابل آینه میایستادم،
bright silk around my head
and my grandmother did.
مادربزرگم آن را سر میکردند.
the streets of New York City
at a domestic violence organization
ضدخشونت خانگی
my neighborhood had started.
نامنویسی کنم.
I felt a yank at the back of my head.
مشتی به پشت سرم خورد.
from off of my head.
to a tall, broad-shouldered man,
و چهارشانه را دیدم،
of that organization and cried and cried.
و گریه کردم و گریه کردم.
بعد از ۱۱ سپتامبر افزایش یافت،
of Muslim women in our hijabs.
با حجابش قابل تشخیص است.
and make sure that no one I loved,
ومطمئن شوم تا همه کسانیکه دوستشان داشتم،
this insecure in her own skin.
how the women in my own neighborhood
community for themselves,
برای خودشان تشکیل بدهند،
the very little resources they had
که در اختیار دارند استفاده کنند،
about what I could potentially offer
چه چیزی میتوانم عرضه کنم
with you today, some of these lessons.
آن درسها را با شما در میان بگذارم.
Shotokan karate
سبک شوتوکان کار میکردم
I should go out into my neighborhood
and knocked on doors,
درب خانهها را میزدم
to parents, to young women,
زنان جوان صحبت میکردم،
a free community center basement
انجمن را به من دادند
that they should come to my class.
که باید به کلاس من بیایند.
New York version of Mr. Miyagi
تبدیل به ورژن نیویورکی
in that community center basement
با آموزش دفاع شخصی
over the course of that summer,
the power of our bodies,
shocking realizations,
with this incredible sisterhood,
زنان به پایان رساندم.
much safer in my own skin.
احساس امنیت درونی بیشتری دارم.
that we just kept teaching.
که به آنها آموزش داده بودم.
but we just kept teaching.
اما به آموزش ادامه دادم.
grassroots organization
for women around the world:
برای زنان در سراسر جهان متمرکز است:
an expert in something
and think you have the magic recipe.
و فکر کنید که یک دستور جادویی دارید.
Kendrick Lamar once said,
کندریک لمار(رپرآمریکایی) گفته،
to be humble and to sit down.
any business doing work with
in my neighborhood,
I was friends with them.
what it meant to be a child
که بچه یک خانواده
در برانکس یعنی چی.
who were connected to those communities,
جوامع در ارتباط بودند را میشناختم،
how they already had
and relationship with their communities.
ارتباط با جامعهشان رسیده بودند.
and the women in her neighborhood,
social networks,
واقعا قویای داشتند،
definition of safety.
دیگر زنان از امنیت استوار بود.
a self-defense instructor,
as our network expanded,
همانطورکه شبکه ما گستردهمیشد
is not just physical.
دفاع شخصی فقط فیزیکی نیست.
a 60-minute self-defense class,
۶۰ دقیقهای دفاع شخصی داشتیم،
for just talking and healing.
درمان اختصاص میدادیم.
to the class to begin with
به آن کلاس کشانده بود
experiences with violence.
که از خشونت داشتند سخن میگفتند.
one time in one of those classes,
to talk about the fact
relationship for over 30 years,
قربانی خشونت خانگی بوده است،
being able to articulate that
میتوانست درباره آن صحبت کند
that safe space for her.
برای او ایجاد کرده بودیم.
in women's agency to define
به کنشگری زنان در تعریف آنچه که
looks like for themselves.
تعریف میشود ایمان بیاوریم.
is to start with the joy.
این است که با علاقه شروع کنید.
I was reacting to a hate-based attack,
که بخاطر نفرت به من شده بود واکنش میدادم،
and anxious and overwhelmed.
و گیج و عصبی بودم.
because if you take a step back,
زیرا اگر کمی به عقب برگردیم
in this room can probably relate to this,
حضور دارند احتمالا چنین شرایطی را داشتهاند
feeling of insecurity,
hearing footsteps behind you.
ناگهان صدایی از پشت سر میشنویم.
or if you should slow down.
سریعتر کنم یا بهتر است یواشتر حرکت کنم.
in case you need to use them.
تا اگر لازم شد از آن استفادهکنید
I want to make sure you are safe."
میخواهم مطمئن شوم که صحیح و سالم رسیدی."
بگذاریم کنار میترسیم
too much or too little in a meeting.
حرف بزنیم میترسیم.
and trans and queer and Latinx
ترنس، همجنسباز و یا لاتین تبار
how overwhelming this work can be,
چقدر این کار میتواند سخت باشد
of personal safety.
to this work to begin with,
به بقیه نشان بدهم،
the love that I had
که من برای زنان جامعه خودم داشتم.
کنار هم جمع شده بودند،
به کار میگرفتند بود
a refugee camp in Jordan
در اردن بودم
اقلیتها در دالاس، تگزاس
زیبایی در کنار هم جمع میشدند
and supported each other
تغییر دهند.
we built together.
که ما در کنار هم رشد کردیم.
just teach self-defense,
دفاع شخصی یاد نمیدهیم
به شما بگویم این است
teaching self-defense all of these years
آموزش دفاع شخصی یاد گرفتم
as cool as the self-defense moves are,
همان خشونت و سردی حرکات دفاع شخصی
these self-defense techniques.
دفاع شخصی استفاده کنند.
de-escalate any violent situation.
تا به مقابله با آن بربیاید.
to take place to begin with needs to stop.
بیفتد باید جلویش گرفته شود.
we need all hands on deck.
همه باید گوش به زنگ باشیم.
با شما در میان گذاشتم،
to start with who you know
و با کسی که میشناسید شروع کنید
اما فقط شروع کنید.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rana Abdelhamid - Community organizer, entrepreneurRana Abdelhamid is an internationally acclaimed community organizer, first-degree black belt, public speaker and social entrepreneur focused on mass mobilization, international solidarity and the empowerment of marginalized communities.
Why you should listen
Rana Abdelhamid is committed to organizing communities around migrant, gender and racial justice. For ten years, Abdelhamid has served as the Executive Director of Malikah, a global grassroots movement committed to building safety and power for all women through self-defense, healing justice, community organizing and financial literacy. She founded Malikah at the age of 16 after being attacked by a stranger, who tried to remove the hijab from her head. Today, Abdelhamid and her volunteer team of women conduct healing spaces and have trained more than 7,000 women in 18 cities across the globe. For the past three years, Malikah has held the National Muslim Women's Summit at Harvard University, training 50 Muslim American women in leadership and community organizing.
Abdelhamid's organizing work has always been rooted in building solidarity across communities domestically and abroad. During the Arab Spring, Abdelhamid was involved in mobilizing diaspora communities in solidarity with grassroots activists in Egypt. After the "Muslim ban" was passed, she helped organize thousands of people across Boston for the 20,000-person Copley Square protest and spoke alongside Senator Elizabeth Warren, among others. After the murder of Nabra Hassanen, Abdelhamid and her team worked to mobilize tens of thousands of people across ten cities in under 24 hours for prayers and vigils in her remembrance.
In 2013, Abdelhamid started Hijabis of NY, an online platform that highlights the stories of hijabi women. In 2017, she also coedited and published Muslim Women's Stories, a collection of narratives from young Muslim women across the US. She is highly committed to the global human rights movement and is one of youngest serving board members of Amnesty International USA. Abdelhamid has a BA from Middlebury in International Politics and Economics and a master's degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where her research was focused on policy interventions to mitigate the prevalence of domestic violence in Queens, NY and on refugee integration policy in the US.
In 2017, Abdelhamid was named one of the 17 women who "Rocked the Resistance" in 2017 and is frequently called "the Muslim Black Belt." She has been named a Truman Scholar, a Running Start Rising Political Star and has received both a NYC Council Proclamation and an International Youth Advocate award by the UNAUSA Foundation.
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