Letters to the Editor [Archives:2000/25/Letters to the Editor]

Alas!
Alas! I begin my speech with this word: it reflects a deep sorrow in my heart. Innocent girls were killed without remorse just because they wanted to learn. This is a crime! What happened to our authorities? Did they forget the great responsibility they are accountable for? Did they forget that they will be standing before Allah on the Day of Judgement? Shame! Tears fill my eyes. I have no words to express my sorrow and no words to write. You can read my impression in my tears and sighs. Finally, the solution for this catastrophe and all the problems we suffer from is mentioned in a short verse in the Holy Qura’an, from Allah, “Allah won’t change what is in the people until they change what is inside themselves.” Mohamed Al-Malahi
Who are more intelligent and intellectual,
Men or Women? According to what I hear, more than 50% of the people want to know who are more intelligent and intellectual, men or women. We can not come to a decision unless we first know what we mean by intelligent and intellectual. If we understood their meanings, we would be able to know whether men are more intelligent and intellectual than women, or vice versa.
In fact, when we talk about an intelligent person, we do not mean a person who has a natural power of knowledge, or who is born educated, but rather, we mean a well-educated person who has acquired a lot of knowledge through reading, etc.
As I watched on CNN International Channel in 1992, five women students were studying medical pharmacology for five years in the USA. After finishing their studies, they went looking for jobs. Similarly, after the girls had graduated, five men students started studying the same field of study at the same college, for five years as well and went on to seek jobs. After 11 years, it was found that the five men were more successful in all terms than the women in their business fields. This despite the fact that the women started seeking jobs 5 years before the men.
This definitely proves that when we talk about the difference between intelligent and intellectual men and women, it also proves that intelligence and intellectuality are two different features (i.e., not every intelligent person is intellectual, etc..) Hence, we realize from the above story that men are more intellectual and intelligent than women as they were able to find better positions in shorter time. Issam Al-Khwalani
Dear Editor,
I have been one of your readers of Yemen Times for a long period. I have also written letters to Yemenis abroad regarding tribalism in Yemen. It has to be stopped”once and for all” so that Yemen can prosper as any other developing country. Otherwise it will still lag behind as it has in the past, and as it does now. I really liked your “View Point” on Yemen’s Main & Everlasting Problem: Lack of Law Enforcement. Yemen will lose a lot of tourism and foreign investors if tribalism continues with its western cowboy style; carrying guns and ammunition and kidnapping anyone they see on the road. The Yemen Government should strictly ban the carrying of weapons, otherwise this will create a bigger problem for the government in future. Statistics show that there are around 45 million weapons in a population of 17.5 million i.e. approximately three weapons per person in Yemen. Please keep teaching our fellow Yemenis through Yemen Times about the enforcement of the law banning the carrying of weapons. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND ALLAH WILL HELP YOU.
Thanks & Best Regards Fuad Buran Basmair.

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