Celebration of Unity [Archives:2002/37/Last Page]

Written by Abdulrahman Mutahhar
Translated by Janet Watson
M- In the end, Mus’ida, God realized the hopes, and rewarded the efforts and sacrifices made by the Yemeni people, by the heroes of the armed forces, the security forces, and all manner of people. His reward was unification, whose flag was hoisted high, waving, above the skies of Aden on 22nd May 1990, 11 years ago to the day.
MA- Unity was the most precious prize to be gained from all our sacrifices in the history of Yemen, I know that.
M- Quite! None of the other ventures in building, agriculture, the economy or education can measure up to the realization of a unified Yemen, when the flag of unification was raised high above the skies of Aden 11 years ago.
MA- That’s all very well, though, Mus’id. But what’s the use in all these wonderful achievements and unification when Yemen is split in two – the father’s in Mukalla with his sons in Sa’da. One brother’s in Aden and the other in Sana’a. A cousin’s in Taiz and his cousins are in Abyan, Dhala’ and Radfan.
M – But that’s precisely the meaning of unification. By the grace of God, Yemen has become the single country He intended, and by virtue of being a single country everyone has been brought together, and the Yemeni people have been gathered into one extended family of Yemen. Through unification, the family of Yemen has been enlarged; and through unification, Yemen has been able to take its place proudly in all international and Arab fields, among Arab and non-Arab peoples, states and governments. On this important occasion, the celebration of 11 years of Yemeni unity, we must congratulate all the Yemeni people, whether they are members of the armed forces, the security forces, or ordinary members of the public. Above all, we must congratulate the leader of the struggle towards successful unification, Commander Ali Abdullah Salih, President of the Republic.

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