"Ua loaʻa iaʻu nā pepa kūpono. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka visa kūpono." No ka manawa mua mai ka wā i hōʻole ʻia ai ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Miami, ua uhaʻi ka luna kānāwai Somali ʻo Omar Abdulkadir Artan i kona noho mālie e haʻi hou i ka hoʻāʻo i pale iā ia mai ke komo ʻana i ka 2026 World Cup.
Ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau, ua ʻōlelo ka luna 34 makahiki ʻaʻole ʻo ia i maopopo i ke kumu i hōʻole ai nā luna ʻAmelika iā ia e komo i ko lākou ʻāina, ʻoiai, e like me kāna ʻōlelo, ua loaʻa iā ia nā palapala āpau e pono ai e alakaʻi i ka hoʻokūkū.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā luna kānāwai ʻApelika maikaʻi loa a ua koho ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Luna Hoʻokolokolo o ka Makahiki 2025 e ka Confederation of African Football, ua wehewehe ʻo Omar Artan ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kāna visa, nā palapala FIFA, a me nā hōʻike o kāna ʻoihana. ʻOiai naʻe kēia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻokau ʻia ʻo ia i kahi kokoke i ʻumikūmākahi hola o ka nīnau ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana a laila hoʻihoʻi ʻia i Turkey.
"Ua kaumaha loa wau. He luna kānāwai wale nō wau e hoʻāʻo nei e ola i kaʻu moeʻuhane, ka moeʻuhane nui loa o koʻu ola," i hilinaʻi ai ʻo ia, e wehewehe ana i ka hopena ʻino o kahi huakaʻi i manaʻo ʻia e alakaʻi iā ia i ka hanana nui loa ma ka pôpeku honua.
No ko lākou ʻāpana, ua ʻōlelo ka U.S. Customs and Border Protection ua manaʻo ʻia he mea ʻae ʻole ka luna hoʻokolokolo ma hope o ka loiloi piha ʻana, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka nānā palekana, me ka ʻole o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kikoʻī hou aku.
Ma hope o kona kipaku ʻia ʻana, ua hoʻi hope ʻo Omar Artan i Mogadishu, kahi i hoʻokipa ʻia ai ʻo ia e ke ʻano he meʻe e nā hoa pilikā he nui.
ʻO Yolande Bazié
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