Symbols of September 26 in the crosshairs of Houthi hatred
English - Sunday 13 September 2020 الساعة 08:18 pm
Sanaa, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
From year to year, the Houthi militia tries to remove and erase the figures, landmarks and symbols of the Yemeni revolution and the republic as part of a systematic campaign aimed at striking the Yemeni national identity in the collective memory, and undermining the national struggle values and the lofty meanings of the principles and goals of the eternal Yemeni revolution (26 September - 14 October - 30 November).
From Al-Sabeen Square, the heart of the capital, Sana'a, which has the historical symbolism and great revolutionary connotations of this geographical space, the Houthi militia began its steps by poking what it claims to be the corpse of the leader in its ranks, Saleh al-Samat, the former head of its political council, under the figure of the unknown soldier and the pillars of the (6) goals of the 26 revolution Eternal September.
Before the Houthi coup in September 2014, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Al Sabeen Square was sheltered by the goals of the Yemeni revolution on September 26, and the lights of the Republic of Yemen fluttered whisperingly around it.
The unknown soldier was known with the blood of the martyrs and their sacrifices for the sake of emancipation and freedom from tyranny and darkness to the reign of freedom and light.
Deliberate neglect of the September 26 martyrs' graves
The graves of the martyrs of the Yemeni revolution, September 26, in Sanaa, were not immune to the plans and tampering of the Houthi militia. While new graves are being created throughout the directorates for the Houthi’s dead, the graves of the martyrs in Sana’a are subject to deliberate neglect and tampering, as the walls of the cemeteries are collapsing and the graves of the martyrs have become a hotbed for stray animals.
Khaled al-Yarimi - a government employee - believes that the accumulation of garbage and food waste around the walls and walls of the graves of the martyrs of the 26th of September revolution, as well as the torrential rains sweeping the dust to the vicinity of the cemeteries and not raising these dirt and debris, and demolishing parts of the walls of the cemeteries, are intentional actions aimed mainly at striking morale and feelings of son and grandchildren of the martyrs of the September 26 revolution.
In his interview with (NewsYemen), Al-Yarimi believes that the Yemeni revolution is targeted in its most precious symbols, which are the free martyrs who gave their lives cheap in order to achieve great goals, considering the Houthi militia’s establishment of huge graves for some of its dead, and its deliberate neglect of the graves of the martyrs of the September 26 revolution, but reveals hatred buried in the group and revenge targets against the martyrs.
Steps to erase the names of September 26 leaders
In addition, the Houthi militia seeks to remove the names of the most prominent symbols and leaders of the Yemeni revolution from street fronts, public squares and service facilities. This school of the martyr "Jamal Jamil" is threatened with changing its name to "Saleh Al-Samad," the militia leader.
During his visit last month to the school, the leader of the militia, Yahya Al-Houthi, appointed to the position of Minister of Education, revealed the possibility of converting it to the "President Al-Samad" school for outstanding students.
Last July, official documents revealed the Houthi militia’s approval of the establishment of a new school with the same name as the school of Martyr Jamal Jamil, and the adoption of its name as “Saleh Al-Samad,” the former head of its political council, who was killed in 2018 in the raids of the Arab coalition in Hodeidah governorate.
And the martyr Jamal Jamil, one of the symbols of the 1948 revolution against the imamate, and he is a prominent Iraqi officer who worked in the ranks of the Yemeni Liberal Movement and contributed valiantly to the defense of Sanaa after the failure of the 48th Revolution.
Imam Ahmad sentenced him to death and was buried in the cemeteries of Yemen, and the police station next to Tahrir Square was named after him, in addition to the neighboring school in his honor, appreciation and memory.
The Houthi militia had lowered a historical image of the martyr Al-Alofi “from the façade of the Al-Alofi Hospital in the city of Hodeidah (western Yemen) and replaced its name to the West Coast Hospital.
For the revolutionary martyr Muhammad Abdullah Al-Alofi, a national symbol and an important historical presence in the community memory as one of the most prominent revolutionaries of the September 26, 1962 revolution.”
Historically, and at the official and popular level, it is known that the name of the government hospital is associated with the rebel martyr Muhammad Abdullah Al-Alofi, since Al-Alofi shot Imam Ahmad Hamid Al-Din, while visiting the hospital in 1961, and continued to resist the Imam’s guard until he was martyred in the corridors of the hospital.
