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Zineb El Rhazoui Truet På Livet Tilfeldigheter Reddet Henne Da SSamfunn Hovedsaken Zineb El Rhazoui Truet på livet HUN ER CHARLIETilfeldigheter reddet henne da terroristene kom. Nå fortsetter Zineb kampen for ytringsfriheten i Charlie Hebdo. TEKST Rakel Benom FOTO Sandie Carol Dougnac Paris Terrormål. Zineb El Rhazoui er manusfor- fatter i i det franske satiremagasinet Charlie Hebdo. 20 a-magasinet 1. april 2015 1. april 2015 a-magasinet 21 Samfunn S Zineb El Rhazoui hoto p AP na/ na/ e Christophe Christophe FOTO: FOTO: 01 ingrene flyter over tastaturet mens 01 hun skriver en idé til neste utgave, en Trøst. Den nye harselerende tekst om IS-terroristers redaktøren av Charlie kvinnesyn. Denne morgenen skul- Hebdo, Gerard Biard Fle Zineb El Rhazoui (33) normalt vært på vei til (t.v.) og spaltist Patrick jobben i Paris, men har fått juleferien forlenget Pelloux (t.h.) trøster noen dager mot at hun jobber hjemmefra. tegneren Renald «Luz» Hun sender teksten til sjefen, kryper tilbake i Luzier under en sengen og sovner med god samvittighet. pressekonferanse. To timer senere våkner hun av at telefonen ringer. En desperat venn roper inn i røret, for- 02 teller om skyting på arbeidsplassen hennes. Siste stopp. Kisten til Det er onsdag 7. januar. De neste timene får tegneren Bernard hun vite at tolv av hennes venner og kolleger er «Tignous» Verlhac drept. bæres etter en hyllest ved rådhuset i VAR HUN ET HOVEDMÅL? Tre måneder senere, på Montreuil, nær Paris. en takterrasse i Paris, sitter en mørk kvinne med solbriller, stort sort hår og et mildt, åpent ansikt. Hun røyker tynne, hvite sigaretter. PHOTO BUREAU/AFP MARTIN FOTO: s En etasje under ligger de midlertidige lokalene 03 til Charlie Hebdo. På gaten utenfor er det et vold- /REUTER Skadet. En mann bæres er z somt sikkerhetssystem og væpnede vakter. Men A j ut til ambulansen etter O her oppe er det stille og fredfylt denne vårdagen. W skytingen inne i Charlie ippe – Vi som lever, gjør jo det kun på grunn av bit- l Hebdos redaksjon. HI te små tilfeldigheter. Jeg kunne like gjerne reist tidligere tilbake til Paris etter jul, sier El Rhazoui. P FOTO: Én kollega overlevde fordi hun sto utenfor 02 bygget og røkte. De fleste var ikke like heldige. Simon Fieschi var den av kollegene som ↑ – Hvem kunne gjette at vår tegning-tapetser- taklet de daglige skittstormene på sosiale Begravelse. Zineb El te, latterfylte redaksjon nesten skulle bli utslettet nettverk best. Han lever og skriver, men lig- Rhazoui var en av dem med kalasjnikov fordi vi våget å vitse med islam? ger fremdeles på sykehus. som tok farvel med El Rhazoui tror hun selv var ett av terroriste- – Han har en enorm sans for humor. Han redaktør og kollega nes hovedmål. Som Charlie Hebdos religions- svarte dannet på drapstrusler. Hans syrlige Stéphane «Charb» ekspert er hun en inderlig islamist-kritiker. Det kommentarer på Twitter og Facebook fikk Charbonnier 16. januar. var hun som skrev manuset til spesialutgaven millioner av «likes», sier Zineb, som føler et fra 2013, om profeten Mohammeds liv i tegne- helt unikt bånd til alle de andre overlevende. → serieform. Charbs tegninger og hennes tekster – Vi er blodssøsken, sa Simon til meg da Sympatihandling. Folk førte til eskalering av protestene og trusselmel- han kom ut av koma. sto i lange køer for å dingene som allerede hadde trommet mot dem kjøpe den første en stund. hoto UTFORDRET LÆRERNE. Zineb El Rhazoui fikk utgaven av magasinet x Drapstruslene begynte etter Mohammed-teg- jobben i Charlie Hebdo på bakgrunn av enga- Charlie Hebdo, som anpi ningene i Jyllands-Posten i 2006, som også Char- P s/AP sjementet sitt, ikke fordi hun hadde en blen- kom ut etter terrorak- Camu lie Hebdo trykte. Politianmeldelser fra både ka- T dende journalist-CV eller hadde sendt et stor- sjonen. l tolikker, muslimer og høyreekstreme politikere, artet søknadsbrev. sc / NTB ld oa hibau som Marine Le Pen, var rutine. Hver gang ble bla- Som barn var hun skarp. Under oppveks- R erit : B det frikjent for ærekrenkelse. Loven var ikke vei- T FOTO: ten i Marokko stilte hun kritiske spørsmål oto en å gå om man ville stoppe kjeften på Charlie. 03 ved islam: Hvorfor kan menn ha flere ko- F 22 a-magasinet 1. april 2015 1. april 2015 a-magasinet 23 Samfunn S Zineb El Rhazoui ner? Hvorfor arver kvinner bare halvpar- ten så mye som sine brødre når foreldrene dør? Hvorfor blir vi slått med spanskrør når vi er små barn fordi vi ikke kan memorere lan- ge, uforståelige tekster fra Koranen utenat? Som kvinne Etter hvert som El Rhazoui ble eldre, tok i et mannsdo- hun mer og mer avstand fra islam. På gym- naset, i timene til en konservativ lærer med minert land langt skjegg, sørget hun for å gå med utrin- står du før gede topper og svart neglelakk. Hun ble ofte eller siden sendt på gangen for sine kritiske spørsmål, noe hun syntes var helt greit. overfor et – Vi hatet hverandre gjensidig, sier El Rha- valg. Du kan zoui. føye deg, la – Som kvinne i et mannsdominert land står du før eller siden overfor et valg. Du kan deg kue og føye deg, la deg kue og holde kjeft, eller du holde kjeft, må kjempe. eller du må Hun begynte å studere i Paris, der hun opp- levde mer frihet og likestilling enn i hjemlan- kjempe. det. Hun ble talskvinne for Frankrikes største Zineb El Rhazoui feministorganisasjon, Ni Putes Ni Soumises, og hjalp kvinner ut av undertrykkende for- hold til ektemenn og foreldre. På Sorbonne-universitetet studerte hun arabisk, engelsk og fransk. Gode karakterer ga henne jobb som hjelpelærer på universi- tetet i Kairo et semester. På biblioteket der fikk hun tilgang til islams tidlige skrifter, som hun fant mye mer reflekterende og åpne for kritisk tenkning enn den religionen hun selv hadde opplevd i praksis. Hun skrev en mas- teroppgave om muslimer i Marokko som konverterer til kristendommen. – Jeg ville forstå hvordan de først kunne leg- ge ned den enorme intellektuelle innsatsen det er å kvitte seg med én form for hjerne- vask, for så frivillig å tre inn i en ny religion. I 2011, midt under den arabiske våren, vil- le Charlie Hebdo intervjue henne om hennes deltagelse i de marokkanske kampene. To da- ger senere spiste hun lunsj med sjefene Stép- hane «Charb» Charbonnier og Laurent «Riss» Sourisseau, som ba henne «stikke innom re- daksjonsmøtet på onsdag». For at de skulle har råd til å ansette hen- Tydelig røst. – De som er ne, tilbød tegneren Rénald «Luz» Luzier seg sjokkert over karikaturteg- å gå ned i lønn. ninger, hvorfor er de ikke I dag er Luzier antagelig kun i live fordi sjokkert over den vers te han er født nettopp 7. januar. På vei til jobb karikaturen av islam, den morgenen stakk han innom bakeren for monstre som dreper barn og å kjøpe med kake til kollegene på morgen- andre uskyldige? spør Zineb møtet. De ekstra minuttene reddet trolig li- El Rhazoui. Her i en vet hans. TV-debatt. Etter angrepet trodde Luzier først at han 24 a-magasinet 1. april 2015 1. april 2015 a-magasinet 25 Samfunn S Zineb El Rhazoui Og om de så skulle klare å drepe meg, hva i all verden er det de slåss mot? Zineb El Rhazoui ikke var i stand til å tegne mer. Plutselig ikke er til å spøke med. Hun fremstår rolig og TØR IKKE BLANDE SEG. Hun er også klar på at dukket han likevel opp med den nå berøm- snakker klart, til tross for tydelig sinne og opp- det er «tull å kreve at alle muslimer skal ta av- te forsiden på den neste utgaven, som ble gitthet over den alvorlige situasjonen. stand fra terror». trykt i 7 millioner eksemplarer. Ironisk nok – Dere får bare komme, gutter! Jeg rokker meg – Det er jo noe de aldri har hatt noe med å gjø- var dette første gang Charlie Hebdo – som ikke, sa hun på TV i februar da truslene flommet re. Benevnelsen «av muslimsk opprinnelse» fav- har deadline på mandager – har hatt forsi- som verst. Twitter skal nå ha fjernet mye av det, ner jo alt fra meg, som er fritenker og ateist fra den klar allerede en torsdag kveld. og to personer skal være arrestert i Casablanca Marokko, til de hjernevaskede terroristbrødre- for å stå bak noen av dem. ne Kouachi, sier hun. DEN NYE FATWAEN. Et nytt liv har begynt for – Og om de så skulle klare å drepe meg, hva i – De som forsvarer volden, derimot, eller som Zineb El Rhazoui. Omfattende sikkerhetsru- all verden er det de slåss mot? mener vi nærmest har bedt om dette selv, de tiner er blitt en del av hverdagen, og vi blir plasserer jeg glatt i samme kategori som isla- ransaket før vi får møte henne. Her på taket MUSLIM OG ATEIST. Noen beskylder El Rhazo- mistene. Mange på den politiske venstresiden, kan hun nyte solen. Uterestaurantene, som ui for islamofobi, et begrep hun sier hun «ab- i flere land, er så redde for å bli beskyldt for ra- i disse dager starter sesongen i Paris, kan El solutt ikke skjønner». sisme eller islamofobi at de aksepterer under- Rhazoui bare drømme om. Å gå fritt på gaten – Det dukket først opp i Iran for noen år siden, trykkelse og mishandling av kvinner og barn, alene eller ta metroen er blitt helt utenkelig. som hersketeknikk for å stoppe kjeften på kri- «hos de andre». De tør ikke blande seg inn. Jeg Før angrepet var sikkerhetssystemet rundt tikere av regimet. Men hva skal nå ordet bety? mener det er akkurat det rasisme er, å godta for- satirebladet ganske beskjedent: Redaktør At jeg skal være redd for eller ha aversjon mot skjellsbehandling.
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