Dylan Bettencourt
URamla Ali ubengakaze acabange ukuthi uyoqopha irekhodi njengomshayi wesibhakela ngaphandle kokuhlulwa ngesikhathi ebaleka ezweni lase-Somalia elalikhungethwe izimpi esemncane.
Impi yakhe yokugcina e-O2 Arena ngenyanga edlule izihlwele bezibiza igama lakhe zithi, “Ali, Ali, Ali” njengoba eqophe umlando.
“Into emangalisayo ngomphakathi wase-Somalia ukuthi ave bekwazi ukusekela umuntu wasezweni labo,” u-Ali etshela i-BBC Sport.
“Ngakhipha iflaya yomqhudelwano phakathi kwamahora angu-72 ngase ngidayise amathikithi angu-500 angikholwanga.”
U-Ali umshayisibhakela odumile ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweringi. Uphinde abe isishoshovu, umbhali kanye nemodeli eyakhethwa nguMeghan Markle ukuthi abe kwiphephabhuku i-Vogue.
Lo wesifazane oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala wabaleka e-Somalia esemncane waya e-England lapho afika khona waba umshayisibhakela wokuqala we-Muslim ukunqoba isicoco se-English njengomdlali osafunda esikoleni.
Uhambo luka-Ali lokudlondlobala lube into eyimpumelelo futhi i-biopic yakhe isivele iyakhiqizwa.
Kuleli sonto ifilimu izothola umzuzu ongcono kakhulu wokuthwebula emdlalweni oyingqophamlando ka-Oleksandr Usyk ebhekene no-Anthony Joshua ngoMgqibelo.
U-Ali uzobamba iqhaza empini yokuqala yabesifazane ezoba se-Saudi Arabia.
“Kuyilungelo elikhulu futhi akekho omunye oyoke abe ngowokuqala kumina nembangi yami kanti womabili amagama ethu azobhalwa emlandweni.”
Ngemuva kokuba impi igxekwe ngenxa yerekhodi elibi lamalungelo abantu base-Saudi Arabia kanye nokuphathwa kwabesifazane, u-Ali uthi ukulwa kukhombisa inqubekelaphambili.
“Ngizama ukulwela amalungelo abantu besifazane. Kungani ngingaseki izwe elizama ukwenza izinguquko ukuguqula amalungelo abantu besifazane?”
“Awukwazi ukusola izwe elizama ukwenza izinguquko ngoba lokho kuwumcabango omuhle nozosiza abesifazane.”
U-Ali uveze ukuthi ukulwa kwakhe noGarcia Nova e-Jeddah kucelwe umndeni wasebukhosini base-Saudi.
Kulindeleke ukuthi aqhubeke nokuba inxusa lemikhiqizo yemfashini esezingeni eliphezulu, ekhombisa ngezinto zabo ezintsha emzileni wezindiza.
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