Arabisc: Morocco’s Blind Declare War
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In Morocco, a group of blind people are planning to stage a protest with a difference. Blogger Dar Lakbira says that they have decided to wear shrouds when they
march on February 7 to demand more rights and support from social services to draw attention to their plight, which includes not being able to secure jobs - despite a clear law which says that the
disabled in Morocco should be given a priority in securing a job. Dar Lakbira, which means the Big House in Arabic, doesn’t hide his sympathy towards this sector of society,
which he says suffer as much as other down-trodden sectors in his country. كلما مررت
ÙÙŠ طرقي للعمل بشارع
الأبطال بأكدال،
أطأطئ رأسي امام
جموع إخوتي
المكÙÙˆÙين الذين
يرابطون أمام وزارة
ياسمينة بادو…وضعية
مأساوية تتقطع
القلب إنسانيا
وتتقطع القلب
اجتماعيا لهذه
الÙئة المØرومة وسط
Ùئات كثيرةمØرومة
سواء بصØتها أو
بدونها….
“Everytime I pass by this road on my way to work, I hang my head down in shame
when I see all the blind people camping outside the Ministry of Yasmina Badu (who is Morocco’s Secretary of State at the Ministry of Social Development)..It is a real humanitarian catastrophe
which tears the heart apart. This is a social tragedy for this sector of the down-trodden community, which are denied their rights - whether they are able-bodied or not,” he writes.
Dar Lakbira then gives us an insight to the war the blind are planning to wage to get some of the rights guaranteed to them by the law.
المكÙÙˆÙون Ùˆ ÙÙŠ
تصعيد غير مسبوق
قررت شراء الأكÙان
البيضاء وتنÙيذ ما
اسموه بالاستشهاد
الجماعي ÙÙŠ بلاغ
وزعوه على ساكنة
الرباط يوم 7 من
Ùبراير المقبل
اØتجاجا - كما يقول
البلاغ دائما -على
سياسة التماطل و
التهميش ÙÙŠ التعاطي
مع قضيتهم مما أدى
إلى Ø¥Øباطات Ù†Ùسية
عليهم Ùˆ اØتجاجا على
سياسة التمييز
اتجاه الكÙÙŠÙ
المعطل رغم
الأولوية المضمونة
قانونيا، ثم
اØتجاجا على تسليط
الآلةالقمعية على
الØركات
الاØتجاجيةالسلمية،
Ùˆ ÙÙŠ آخر البلاغ
يهيبون بكل مكونات
المجتمع (يعني Ù†ØÙ†)
بالتضامن معهم
ومساندتهم…ثم تذيل
البلاغ بهاتÙ
للتضامن : 012110131
هذه صرخة أخرى لمساندة إخوتنا المكÙÙˆÙين ولو بالهات٠(أضع٠الإيمان)..” …
هذه صرخة أخرى لمساندة إخوتنا المكÙÙˆÙين ولو بالهات٠(أضع٠الإيمان)..” …
“In an unprecedented escalation, the blind have decided to
buy white shrouds to execute what they describe as a mass martyrdom. In a statement distributed in Rabat, they said they will protest on February 7 against the government’s policy in
marginalising their concerns and demands to the extent that it has affected their morale. The protest will be staged to express their refusal of this policy of discrimination against employing the
blind, despite the priority given to them legally. They are also marching against the suppression peaceful demonstrations are being met with. They also urge the whole society (meaning us) of
supporting their plight. They provide a support hotline which can be accessed on 012110131. This is another scream for helping our blind brothers, even with a phone call and this is the least we can
do,” he wrote.
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