Heroes of Yemen [Archives:2006/913/Opinion]
By: Raidan Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf
The initiative of shababyemeni.com is praiseworthy; the Yemeni Students Association Abroad (YSAA.org) has successfully established its online portal (www.shababyemeni.com) as an expansion of its monthly newsletter, hereby allowing hundreds of Yemeni youth to make the most of internet technologies and take part in active communication with their counterparts in all parts of the world.
The Shabab Yemeni portal has an interesting philosophy, as it successfully diverts the image of Yemeni from qat-chewing depressed youth to self-starter visionaries who actively participate in promoting their ideas and thought process in a similar manner to the youth of the developed world. Shababyemeni.com is a successful attempt to share knowledge, experiences, and resources through articles that draw on social phenomena and trends of cultural change within their communities, a cultural change which they are proudly a part of. It also includes insightful editorials and commentaries around the subjects of development, education, cooperation and policy.
Technology-related articles are always under the spotlight, considering that most contributors are highly technologically literate, aiming at sharing their technological knowledge with other participants and readers as an attempt to transfer knowledge and enrich the minds of fellow Yemeni youth through shababyemeni.com.
This initiative follows the tremendous success of the Yemeni Students Association Abroad which includes close to 500 active members and viewers taking part in the various discussions, therefore it is evident that the materials published in Shabab Yemeni are considered the cream of the crop in terms of Yemeni youth intellectual thinking, as they are the current scholars of Yemen and the creators of Yemen's tomorrow.
These young men and women are nothing short of heroes, and they must be congratulated on their visionary work.
Raidan al-Sakkaf is a young Yemeni journalist specializing in economy and marketing.
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