I do hope the war, the Houthi end: Mrs. Nemah says

English - Sunday 16 December 2018 الساعة 09:14 am
Mocha – Newsyemen (2/3)

What was the job of your father?

My father has a traditional lab to make the white strong sand, "Qadhadh Lab" …………., used them for painting mosques, we had two, I worked at them to bring the sea mounts and grass from the sea, one was near the foundation and the other was in the east of the area.
 
Did the port operate and enter ships?

The port was working but not too much and some men  in our neighborhood was working at it , at the time of "al-Hamdi", a former President of Yemen, goods were entering to us cheaply, the life was so simple and the products were cheap.

Tell us about wedding ceremonies, when did you get married?

Our wedding in the past was too simple and it did not cost even Ten Yemeni Riyal, it was brought to the bride a silver, round big silver is /was put at the hand of the bride; I got married at the time of the Republic, "after 26 Sep.1962", my husband brought me everything from Sana'a such as clothes, gold, everything, my husband was working at a Court,  I gave him three children, a son and two daughters.

Did you experience a war in Mocha in 1994?

Yes, I remembered that war that I was felt fear and panic, we had a wedding in our area, ......two planes passed from the east side, they bombed diesel barrels electricity then a fire broke out which lasted for several days, killing the sons of Mocha district who was working in electricity.

After the Yemen's Unity, Tell us the situation of Mocha and the people there?

The situation in Mocha continued on....But the port began to decrease the entry of vessels ships, it has been told that the port of al-Hodeida and Aden is/was greater than the Mocha port ..at the time of President Ali Abdullah Saleh Mocha was stable..... but we love the President Saleh............my son is a member of the General People's Congress in Mocha district, today we are given an invitation to attend the first anniversary of December uprising in al-Khokha.

How did you remember the Houthi entry to the city?

Strange people came and took a lot of pictures of the street that led to the Coast, Cornice and al-Kulaibi areas, we have been told that they are going to build factories, one of the citizens in the neighborhood known by Mr. AbdulQader, AbdulQader and Houthis disagreed, after that the area experienced violent clashes which resulted the killing of the son of Mr. Tawfiq Mujahid .... we were fear a lot … because we did not experience any clashes in our area.. except the two planes that came and hit the electricity in Mocha district by forces of Ali Salem al-Beidh.