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雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第14章:一種有趣的和平(8)

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A few days later the video was everywhere.

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幾天之後,到處都看得到這段錄像。

A woman film-maker in Islamabad got hold of it and it was shown on Pakistan TV over and over, and then round the world.

一名住在伊斯蘭堡的女電影製作人拿到了這段錄像,並在巴基斯坦的電視節目上一次又一次播放。不久後,全世界都看到了這段錄像。

People were rightly outraged, but this reaction seemed odd to us as it showed they had no idea of the awful things going on in our valley.

人們義憤了。但這樣的反應對我們來說,很是莫名。因爲這充分說明,他們根本不知道在我們的河谷地區,到底發生過多少更爲可怕的事情。

I wished their outrage extended to the Taliban's banning of girls' education.

我希望他們的怒火能夠延燒到塔利班禁止女性受教育這件事上。

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani called for an inquiry and made a statement saying the flogging of the girl was against the teachings of Islam.

總理優素福·拉扎·吉拉尼召開調查會議,併發出聲明:女孩子不應該受到鞭刑,這有違伊斯蘭教義。

'Islam teaches us to treat women politely,' he said.

他說:“伊斯蘭教義告訴我們,對女性要以禮相待。”

Some people even claimed the video was fake.

有些人宣稱這段錄像是僞造的。

Others said that the flogging had taken place in January, before the peace deal, and had been released now to sabotage it.

還有人說,這起鞭笞事件發生在1月,早在和平協議之前,而現在公開這部影片,目的就是爲了破壞和平協議。

But Muslim Khan confirmed it was genuine.

但穆斯林·汗確認了錄像的真實性。

'She came out of her house with a man who was not her husband so we had to punish her,' he said. 'Some boundaries cannot be crossed.'

“她離開自己的家,身旁的男人卻不是她的丈夫,因此我們懲罰她。”他說,“有些界線是不能夠被跨越的。”

Around the same time in early April another well-known journalist called Zahid Hussain came to Swat.

大約在同一時間,4月初,另一位知名記者扎西德·侯賽因來到斯瓦特。

He went to visit the DC at his official residence and found him hosting what appeared to be a celebration of the Taliban takeover.

扎西德·侯賽因去警察局副局長的官邸拜訪,發現他正在主持一場晚宴,貌似在慶祝塔利班成功奪得政權。

There were several senior Taliban commanders with armed escorts including Muslim Khan and even Faqir Mohammad,

現場有多名資深塔利班指揮官,一旁還有攜槍的自衛隊。穆斯林·汗也在現場,就連法基爾·穆罕默德都到了。

the leader of the militants in Bajaur, who were in the middle of a bloody fight with the army.

法基爾是巴焦爾武裝分子的首領,他和政府軍隊的一場血戰仍在進行。

Faqir had a $200,000 bounty on his head yet there he was sitting in a government official's house having dinner.

政府懸賞二十萬美金追捕法基爾,而他竟堂而皇之地坐在一名政府官員的家中享用晚餐。

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