KOKOA
Hāʻawi ka mea kākau moʻolelo a me ka luna hoʻokele Moroccan ʻo Maryam Touzani i kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻelua (ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia iā 'Adam' i ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei) a hōʻoia i kāna pulse moʻolelo kupaianaha a me ka ʻono maikaʻi i ke ala o ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi moʻolelo paʻakikī, pili, kanaka. Ke hoʻomohala nei i nā wahi nui, ka hale kahi e noho ai kahi kāne makua a me ka hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a lākou e holo ai ma ka medina o Salé, kahi kūlanakauhale ma Morocco, kahi i hoʻoikaika ai ʻo ia i kāna ʻano maikaʻi a me ke ahonui no ka hana ʻana i nā lole makamae a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻaʻole maikaʻi a hoʻomanawanui paha, no ka hana ʻana o ka ʻoihana. He nani ko lākou pilina, pili, aloha, akā makemake ka moʻolelo e hōʻike i kekahi mau mea huna e pili ana iā lākou.
ʻAʻohe humuhumu me ke kaula ʻole, ke kāmela, ke kukui, ka lewa, kā lākou wehewehe ʻana ... ua helu ʻia nā mea a pau me ka naʻauao a me ka naʻau.
Hoʻomākaukau ka luna hoʻomalu i kāna moʻolelo me ka nani a me ka mālie like a Halim, ke kāne, i hoʻomākaukau ai i kāna hana liʻiliʻi o ke kiʻi me kahi caftan uliuli, ka makana aʻaʻahu wahine i hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā ia; ʻO kēlā me kēia milo, kēlā me kēia paʻi, kēlā me kēia humuhumu o ke keʻena e hōʻike ana i ke kūlana huna o ke kāne, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia kona male kāne koe wale nō i kāna wahine ponoʻī, ʻo Mina, ka mea nāna e kaʻana like i nā mea a pau e hiki ai i nā kāne ke kaʻana like, me kāna 'mea huna', kahi mea ma mua o ka ʻeha i loko a e hōʻike ʻia kēlā moʻolelo me ka ʻole o ka stridency i ka manawa kūpono.
ʻAʻohe humuhumu me ka ʻole o ka milo, ka kamera, ke kukui, ka lewa, ka wehewehe ʻana o ia mau mea..., helu ʻia nā mea a pau me ka naʻauao a me ka naʻau i hiki ai i kekahi ke hoʻāʻo e hoʻopaʻa i kēlā mau kaula i ʻike ʻole ʻia o ko lākou pilina, ʻoiai lākou e wehewehe i loko. ʻO ko lākou ala ponoʻī ka mea a ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni e ʻae ai e ʻike ʻia, e like me kēlā mau ʻauʻau liʻiliʻi o kāna i ka 'hammam', nā ʻauʻau lehulehu, a i ʻole kona ʻano ʻano, a i ʻole ke hele ʻana o kēlā haumāna humuhumu ʻōpio i loko o ka hale kūʻai… Akā, he aha ka ʻO ka mea nui ka mea a ka luna hoʻokele e nānā ai, ʻaʻole ʻo ia kā lākou 'pilikia', 'mea huna' a i ʻole 'maʻi', akā ʻo ka pilina neʻe a me ka ʻano ma waena o lākou, a me ke ala o ke koena ʻawaʻawa a ʻono hoʻi a lākou e waiho ai no kekahi. ʻO nā mea hana keaka, ʻo Saleh Bakri lāua ʻo Lubna Azabal, he pololei loa ko lākou kūkulu ʻana i ke ʻano; ʻo ia, ʻo ka pololei loa, a ʻo ia hoʻi ka hanohano kupaianaha. A ʻo ka lole o ka mea i haʻi ʻia he ʻano palupalu i ka hoʻopā ʻana akā me kahi manaʻo lurid i ka maka. ʻAʻole ia he kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe.
