Abdulmalik Abdulrahman Al-Iryani Writer, Former Minister of Tourism of Yemen, and Former Ambassador of Yemen to the Kingdom of the Netherlands On September 26, 1962, a new dawn broke over Yemen. From the heart of Sana’a, the Republic was proclaimed, heralding the end of centuries of Imamate rule. The event was not merely a political …
Mansour Hayel Journalist, Writer, and Editor-in-Chief of Al-Tajammu Newspaper Just as the Imamate regime was a repressive system that drove its people into exile, its throne ultimately trembled and fell primarily at the hands of migrants. It is well known that the Imam despised the sea, turning his back to it and repeatedly declaring that …
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Mansour Al-Somadi Journalist It is no coincidence that the flag of the Republic of Yemen was raised simultaneously in the squares of Toronto, Berlin, and Stockholm by young Yemenis chanting in unison, “Repeat, O World, my song,” while at the same moment other youths lit the torch of revolution in the squares of Taiz, Marib, …
Samah Subei Lawyer and Advocate for Victims of Human Rights Violations As we near the completion of eleven years since the resurgence of the Imamate in its new guise and its assault on the Yemeni state—hard-won through decades of struggle—the “new Imamis,” emerging from the dust of history, have given us no chance to breathe. …
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Ambassador Marwan Ali Noman Former Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations The September 26, 1962 Revolution was a defining moment in Yemen’s modern history and a decisive turning point in the life of its people. It transformed the nation from centuries of backwardness, oppression, poverty, disease, and clerical rule under the Imamate into an …
Baleegh Al-Mukhlafi Writer and Media Advisor to the Embassy of Yemen in the Arab Republic of Egypt At the dawn of the last decade of the past century, Somalia descended into a devastating civil war between the regime of former President Mohamed Siad Barre and various resistance and opposition groups across the country. As the …
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Fahmi Mohammed Writer and Head of the Political Department of the Yemeni Socialist Party – Taiz With a progressive political vision that transcended the notion of traditional political reform and the “Sacred Covenant” of 1948, the spark of the September 26, 1962 Revolution ignited in northern Yemen, led by a group of Free Officers (foremost …
Read more “The Imamate and the Republic in Yemen: From Plato’s Cave to the Bridge of the Future”
Ghamdan Al-Yousifi Journalist The book The Republican Culture in Yemen by the writer and intellectual Dr. Ali Mohammed Zaid is perhaps one of the most significant focused illuminations of Yemen’s reality under Imamate rule, which he describes as a “kingdom of darkness.” Dr. Zaid concentrates on the terrifying isolation Yemen experienced under the Hamid al-Din …
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Sarah Al-Yaseen Palestinian Poet and Writer I arrived in Sana’a in late 2006, a city that instantly captivated me with the warmth of its people and their profound love for Palestine. Yet Yemen had never been present in my memory before. In my childhood, Egypt filled our streets with its songs, Iraq with its grand …
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Afrah Al-Hariri Lawyer, Political and Human Rights Activist The September 26 Revolution represents a pivotal milestone in Yemen’s national struggle against theocratic monarchy (Imamate), as it laid the foundations for a constitutional government that guaranteed the rights of Yemenis and positioned Yemen firmly among the ranks of sovereign and independent states. This revolution strengthened Yemenis’ …
