美国组织帮助伊拉克雅迪兹人

美国组织帮助伊拉克雅迪兹人

KATY, TEXAS— Attacks by the self-styled "Islamic State," also known as ISIL, on the Yazidi religious minority in the mountains of northern Iraq have driven thousands of men, women and children into refugee camps -- where life remains¹ uncertain and difficult. Small Yazidi immigrant communities in the U.S. heartland are trying to provide relief to their brethren in Iraq and alert the world to their plight².

What haunts Murad Ismael is a cell phone call from a Yazidi woman after Islamic State fighters captured her and her companions last year.

让穆拉德·伊斯梅尔不安的是去年一名雅兹迪妇女的来电，当时她和同伴刚被伊斯兰国武装分子逮捕。

“They shot four more women. I could hear them shooting. Then they threw them away, they threw their bodies away. They said their bodies had been kept for the dogs,” he said.

“他们还对另外四名妇女开枪，我能听到她们的叫声，然后他们将她们的尸体扔掉，称已把尸体扔给狗了。”

Harrowing stories

Ismael said women who have escaped tell many stories of young girls committing suicide rather than be used as sex slaves.

伊斯梅尔说，那些逃跑的妇女讲述了很多年轻女孩的故事，这些女孩们宁愿自杀也不愿意被当做性奴。

“It is not fair, it is not fair, and that is the fate of all the Yazidi women who are captured,” he said.

“太不公平了，这就是所有被捕雅迪兹妇女的命运。”

Last year, when the ISIL attacks began, Ismael and other Yazidis in the Houston area — along with members of a large Yazidi community in Lincoln, Nebraska — formed a group called Yazda.

去年，当伊斯兰国袭击开始时，伊斯梅尔和休斯顿地区其他雅迪兹人，以及内布拉斯加州林肯郡一个大型雅迪兹社区成员一道成立了名叫Yazda的组织。

Yazda President Haider Elias said it was difficult at first because few Americans had ever heard of the Yazidis.

Yazda主席海德尔·伊莱亚斯称最初很艰难，因为很少有美国人听说过雅迪兹人。

“We had to introduce them to the Yazidi religion first and then present the issue,” Elias said.

“一开始我们只得给他们介绍雅迪兹宗教，然后讲述这个问题。”

Elias told people about the Yazidis’ religious traditions, which draw influences from Islam and other religions, but draw only scorn from radical³ Muslims.

伊莱亚斯给人们讲述雅迪兹的宗教传统，该宗教受到伊斯兰教和其他宗教的影响，但却受到极端穆斯林的嘲弄。

Yazda's efforts

Yazda operates a relief center in Iraq and is now trying to provide psychological therapy for female victims of rape⁴ and abuse.

Yazda在伊拉克运营了一个救援中心，目前在努力给强奸和虐待案的女性受害者提供心理治疗。

But Elias said the United Nations should do more than set up refugee camps for these victims of attempted genocide.

但伊莱亚斯说联合国应该做更多努力，而不仅仅是为种族屠杀受害者提供难民营。

“We have been very frustrated⁵ with those great countries that are handling or making decisions for the UN. They have not been doing anything to help the Yazidis specifically,” she said.

“我们对这些为联合国处理事宜或做决定的大国感到沮丧，他们根本没有专门为雅迪兹人做过什么。”

 

At the end of this month, Murad Ismael plans to return to Iraq to assess the Yazidis’ situation and gather testimony⁶ from ISIL victims.

穆拉德·伊斯梅尔本月底计划回到伊拉克，来评估雅迪兹人的处境，并从伊斯兰国受害者那里获得证词。

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 plight   

n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定

参考例句：

• The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
• She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。

3 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

4 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

5 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。