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We can sympathize with Yemenis in their sufferings and tragedies caused by landmines. We can feel sad for them, but only the ones who were really hurt by the Houthis’ evil deeds can really feel their bitterness.
Can you imagine – God forbid – that you lost the ability to walk, move and do basic things in life? Can you imagine the hardships of your daily life and the losses that will be inflicted upon you because of that, at the family level, social level, professional level etc..
Just imagining that will surely make you feel horror, then you will try not to think about this tragic idea. You will refuse to repeat this idea to yourself. So, can you imagine now how will be the feeling of the people who became victims to landmines?
It is a very hard feeling, and a bitter unbearable reality that is very difficult to live with.
The sad truth is that many Yemenis are living this reality because the landmines made them handicapped forever. The young man Mansour Ahmad is one of those Yemenis who were harmed by landmines while defending his country, but turned things upside down and defeated sorrow with his strong faith, patience and sensibility as he felt satisfied with what destiny brought him.
Mansour Ahmad is a young man, an ambitious student and full of life. He couldn’t bear watching his country being destroyed and not helping it, so he answered the call of duty and fought bravely in the battlefields.
But the treacherous landmines, which care only about devouring their preys, hit Mansour while he was defending his country.
Mansour Ahmad became paralyzed. But when you speak to him and ask him about his story with the landmines, you will see satisfaction in his eyes. With the everlasting smile on his face, you will feel optimism and hope.
When you pay Ahmad Mansour a visit you can’t console him, because his smile, positivity, satisfaction with destiny and his strong faith will overwhelm and amaze you. His morale is sky rocketing. Where did this young disabled man get all this power and positivity from, and he is a victim to a treacherous landmine that shattered his youth?
It is a puzzling question, as the case of Mansour is unique. He embodies the school of positivity, satisfaction with destiny and strong unshakable faith. Mansour even feels sorry for those who plant the landmines. He is certain that their weakness and fear led them to face their defeat in the battlefield with the planting of death in the innocent’s paths at random.
This is how Mansour Ahmad defeated the landmines, overcame his ordeal with them and preserved a sweet meaning of life that the treacherous landmines couldn’t touch.