The Past And the Present of me and my Family
While South Yemen still under the British occupation in 1900, most of my family members have lived in North Yemen, in the region of Ibb, a small village called Hackerr. According to the article “ Ancient Yemen” from the turn of 20th century to the late 1960s, “North Yemen was ruled by two powerful imams. Imam Yahya Ibn Muhammad and his son Ahmad created a king-state “ The north was under an absolute power till the revolution of 1948, in which the Imam Yahya was killed. Also stated that “The history of South Yemen after the British occupation of Aden in 1839 was quite different.” A decade after the north's revolution, Great Britain withdrew from the area in the year of 1967. Aden’s port was the purpose of the British occupation because of its geographical importance for trade . My great grandparents, Ali and Catiba settled the North, in East Ibb, in Hackerr village after the escaped a tribal conflicts.
My family could trace its lineage back to the Arabs origin. Since they were farmers and they were illiterate its hard to document, but the importance of the family last name between the tribes it lasted and went along the coming generations. After seven decades, changes and opportunities began to shine on the horizon and most of my family members moved with the changes and started looked out for a better life for themselves in the behave the coming generations.
My great grandparents worked as farmers on their property in the steep lands located on the middle of the mountain that's called, Al-soor. They planted grain and corn, and they have had domestic animals, such as cows, oxen. They were helpful to be use in doing agriculture work and benefit from other anima...
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...and or misinterpreted other cultures and we view our culture as the right one. In fact, no culture is wrong. Every culture have different way that must follow in order to operate. I respect other cultures and I expect my culture to be respected. I believe that having some knowledge is what helps to reduce the cloud that cover realties. We read to know and we learn from what we have read. For example, in “ Between Worlds” by Bachmann and Barth, part of what I have learned is that we judge others by their looks or their way of life and we pretend that our predictions are positive which in fact, are negative.
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