Impact of War on Yemeni Lives

For more than eleven years,

since Operation Decisive Storm was announced by the

Saudi ambassador in Washington,

we have been working to take part in this operation.

Yemenis' lives have become daily suffering.

The sound of planes never stops. Airstrikes

keep coming,

and shelling pursues

people everywhere,

until life became something like a terrifying

guessing game.

Will I be killed at home today,

or will I be killed in the street?

Will I return to find my family waiting for me?

Or will an airstrike reach them before I do?

Yes, this is how Yemenis lived,

until some women began sleeping

in their clothes, afraid

their bodies would be exposed

when paramedics came to gather

their remains.

May God take revenge on them.

May God tear them from their

beds and warmth, and from among

their children. May He burn their hearts

as they burned mine over my beloved

child.

My first joy in this world.

But even those who survived the

bombing did not escape suffering.

They found themselves facing a

blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia

and approved by it.

The government of Saudi

Arabia led the imposition of

a blockade, followed by a naval embargo on all coasts

And Yemeni ports.

A closed airport. A besieged port. And salaries

have been cut off. Medicine is scarce.

Gas, oil, and electricity crises. Prices

are rising.

And life

is growing harsher.

Waiting to die of hunger or illness, after

surviving death from airplanes.

Why do you begrudge Muslim Yemen a dignified life?

Why do you begrudge it its daily bread,

its airport and port? Aren't these rights

for all God's servants?

For every person walking on two feet.

Why do you begrudge Yemenis these rights?