Letters to the Editor [Archives:2000/24/Letters to the Editor]

The Greatest Deed of Dr. Saqqaf’s Remembrance When great men pass away up into heaven, their great deeds, and our memories of them remain alive. Although their bodies are buried, their pure soul and great deeds survive for ever amongst their lovers and disciples. One of these great men is the late Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf, founder of Yemen Times.
Dr. Saqqaf was one of the substance men who lived up to their principles. During Saqqaf’s career, we found him as a horseman that faced deteriorations courageously. The more he wrote about mortality and human rights, the more he implemented. His directness was the main reason which gave Saqqaf that great love from his lovers (readers, friends, mates, students, etc.)
Yemen Times is, surely, the greatest deed which related to Saqqaf’s role in developing his country. Through Yemen Times a large number of people knew the Martyr Dr. Saqqaf as a journalist and a strong supporter of human rights, and the true way in which he faced corruption and oppression in his society. In fact, Saqqaf’s great deeds are very many, but Yemen Times remains the greatest. His disciples, especially his eldest Son Mr. Walid Adulaziz Al-Saqqaf, Editor-in-chief of Yemen Times, and the Yemen Times’ ship leadership into the best. So, on the occasion of the first anniversary of Sqqaf’s death, I have written these words for the sake of Saqqaf pure soul. May God bless his pure soul:
O, our Martyr!
Your noble ship does still sail,
It is facing strongly every decay & gale,
It is led by your won pure soul,
Whatever, storms come,
it will not fall.
By: Abdul Ahmad Al-Haddad
Ibb University

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