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JUNE 28, 2019

Press Release: On the Resolutions Introduced in The House and Senate Condemning the Houthi Extremists in Yemen by Representative Will Hurd and Senator Tom Cotton.

The Embassy of Yemen supports the concurrent resolutions introduced in the House and Senate by Representative Will Hurd (R-TX-23) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) condemning the Houthi extremists in Yemen for their human rights violations, violence against Yemeni civilians and ties to Iran.

“For years, the Houthis and their Iranian backers have violated international human rights law and committed war crimes with the goal of spreading their violent, hateful, anti-Semitic ideology,” said Dr. Ahmed Awad BinMubarak, Ambassador of Yemen to the United States. “We welcome these congressional resolutions, which recognize Houthis as an international threat and the bad actors that they truly are. In order to reach a peaceful, political solution in Yemen, the United States must remain fully engaged in Yemen, and apply maximum diplomatic, political and economic pressure on the Houthis to bring them to the negotiating table. We urge all members of Congress to pass these resolutions and to support the government of Yemen as it seeks to restore peace and stability to the country.”

The Houthis have committed thousands of atrocities since they began the conflict in 2014. They have littered the country with more than a million landmines that have maimed and murdered innocent men, women and children. They have recruited thousands of children into their military ranks through coercion and bribery, tearing families apart and deeply harming an entire generation of youth. They have diverted critical humanitarian aid and food supplies from the mouths and homes of the needy, exploiting aid supplies on such an extreme scale that the World Food Programme has suspended aid in many Houthi-controlled areas.

Further, Iran has played a major and nefarious role in this conflict by illegally providing weapons, munitions, military training, drone technology and ballistic missile capabilities to the Houthi militias. Recently, Iran has escalated its aggressive posturing in the region by attacking foreign oil tankers and even US drones. In light of these grave threats and affronts to stability and peace in the region, we urge the US Congress to pass these resolutions and condemn Iran for its malign activity in Yemen and the broader Gulf region. We cannot allow the Iranian regime to continue down the warpath it currently treads, or to use Yemen as a platform and the Houthis as a proxy for its violent revolution.

HOUTHI SNIPERS

WHY IS THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA NOT REPORTING ON THE HOUTHIS’ KILLING OF YEMENI CHILDREN?

Houthi extremists have used snipers to kill Yemeni civilians. However, over the last few months, they have increasingly targeted the most vulnerable: children and the elderly. These stories include:

16 Children – various ages

Taiz, Taiz Province – 16 children were killed or wounded during Eid El-Fitr. The children “were targeted with shells and snipers” stationed near one of the main exits just outside the city. (1)

Amr Yaqoub – 13 years old

Asifra District, Taiz Province – Yaqoub was killed by a Houthi sniper on June 5 near his home. Officials confirmed that he died immediately at the scene after receiving a deadly bullet to the head. (2)

Hashem al-Aizari – 4 years old

Taiz, Taiz Province – A Houthi sniper targeted and killed Hashem outside his home. This was not the first attack on the al-Aizari family; in 2016, Houthi snipers also killed his father in the center of the city. (3)

Ali Saleh Alawi Al-Nawami – 80 years old

Damt District, Al-Dhale Province – A Houthi sniper targeted and killed Al-Nawami as he was travelling from Damt district to the Moris area.(4)

Zahra Hamid – age unknown

Tuwarsa Area, Al Azarik Front – An elderly woman, Hamid was targeted and killed by a Houthi sniper while she was tending to her cattle near her home. (5)

LANDMINE CRISIS IN YEMEN BRINGS LEADING FIGURES TO CAPITOL HILL IN A GLOBAL CALL FOR ACTION

June 13, 2019

LANDMINE CRISIS IN YEMEN BRINGS LEADING FIGURES TO CAPITOL HILL IN A GLOBAL CALL FOR ACTION

(Group will also be joined by landmine Canine Ambassador “Yankee”)

With the war in Yemen now in its fourth year, and over 1000 civilians killed by landmines in the country, the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, in partnership with Nobel Laureate Jerry White: landmine survivor and chair of the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery Ken Rutherford; Elana De Lozier of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and Perry Baltimore of the Marshall Legacy Institute, announced it will hold a briefing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, June 13^th to focus on the global landmine crisis.

Spurred on by the devastating impact of landmine use during the ongoing war in Yemen (believed to be at a concentration as high as any other country since World War II), Yemen’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr Ahmed Bin Mubarak said, “The time is now for responsible leaders from around the world to come together and say ‘enough is enough’ in regards to the construction and planting of landmines. Innocent civilians have suffered enough. This briefing is meant to serve as a call to action – a plea to the international community, asking that we put aside our differences in support of the greater good”

Since the crisis in Yemen began, the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor says there have been over 9,000 casualties in the country. Casualties sustained from landmines often cause severe economic difficulties for victims and their families. A mine itself costs around $3 to $30, while medical care to those injured in developing nations costs around $3,000.

In making the announcement about the briefing Nobel Laureate and landmine survivor Jerry White said, “I am horrified by the war which must stop and the proxy fighting and mines, devastation and famine.” James Madison University’s Ken Rutherford, also a landmine survivor, will brief about the impact of landmine use around the world as well as his work in Yemen on this issue.

Also making a Capitol Hill appearance is landmine Canine Ambassador “Yankee,” of The Marshall Legacy Institute, who will be joined by their President Perry Baltimore. Their organization donates highly trained landmine detection dogs to mine-affected countries and trains local handlers to safely use these dogs to find landmines. They work in 16 countries around the world, including Yemen.

The United Nations states around 2,000 individuals per month are killed or injured by landmines around the world. Since 1993, the United States has contributed more than $3.4 billion to more than 100 countries around the world to reduce the harmful worldwide effects of at-risk, illicitly proliferated, and indiscriminately used conventional weapons of war, and has invested more $37.5 million in conventional weapons destruction (CWD) activities in Yemen since then.

In making the announcement about the upcoming Capitol Hill briefing, Yemen’s Ambassador to the United States Dr Ahmed Bin Mubarak said, “What is happening in Yemen is nothing short of a humanitarian disaster – yet, stunningly enough, it has remained absent from national and international headlines. From Yemen and Somalia to Iraq and Angola, too many lives have been lost to landmines – these mines kill indiscriminately, instigating terror today and fear in the future. Long after any conflict ends, landmines ensure proper healing never takes place, and true peace is never attained. They are flagrant reminders of the pains of the past and reopen the wounds of war and conflict for generations to come.

FACTSHEET: Houthi’s Steal Aid from Starving Yemeni Children

WHY IS AID NOT REACHING THE PEOPLE IN YEMEN WHO NEED IT MOST?

Recent reports show that the Iran-backed Houthis are blocking aid and deepening the humanitarian crisis. As Dave Harden stated in testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on February 6, “The Houthis could end the humanitarian crisis tomorrow. They are the only actor that actually has that capability.”

Houthi’s Steal Food Aid to Buy Political Support

According to an undercover investigation by CNN, humanitarian aid is “being diverted to fighting units or sold on the open market, but most was being used to buy political support for the Houthi cause.”[1] U.S. diplomats recognize the problem: “At this point, only the Houthis are blocking access,” said acting US ambassador Jonathan Cohen to the U.N.in April. “And they alone will be to blame if the food spoils.”

N. May Be Forced to Stop Aid Due To Houthi Acts

The U.N. World Food Program released a statement on May 20 that it “reluctantly reached the conclusion that unless progress is made on previous agreements, we will have to implement a phased suspension of aid.”[2] “This conduct amounts to the stealing of food from the mouths of hungry people,” WFP executive director David Beasley said. “At a time when children are dying in Yemen because they haven’t enough food to eat, that is an outrage.”

Houthi’s Attacked Grain Silos That Feed 3.7 Million

On May 9, Houthi soldiers attacked grain silos outside of the Port of Hodeida, which the United Nations says are critical to feeding millions of Yemeni civilians.[3] The silos contain over 50,000 tons of grain enough to feed 3.7 million people for a month. The attack came shortly after U.N. workers were allowed to access the silos for the first time in months, in a deliberate attempt to hinder humanitarian efforts.

Houthi’s Failure to Turn Over Port of Hodeida

As recently as May 15, the Houthi’s resumed fighting in Yemen’s port city of Hodeida, breaching the existing cease-fire.[4] This escalation violates the terms of the Stockholm Agreement, signed last December, and effectively halts their promised withdrawal and transfer of port control to the U.N. As the main port of entry, Hodeida is the lifeline for millions of Yemenis threatened by starvation.

[1] CNN Exposes Systematic Abuse of Aid in Yemen, May 20, 2019

[2] U.N. WFP Official Statement, May 20, 2019

[3] Press Release, Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, May 13, 2019

[4] New York Times, May 15, 2019

Press Release: On the Houthis Pervasive & Deliberate Diversion of Humanitarian Aid in Yemen.

WASHINGTON, D.C.,

May 20, 2019

The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen today calls upon the United Nations to make public the true scope of aid diversion from Yemeni civilians, after a CNN investigation found new evidence of the widespread culpability of the Iran-backed Houthis in stealing and misusing humanitarian assistance. Today’s warning from the World Food Programme that it will suspend aid in Houthi-controlled areas suggests the scale of Houthi aid diversion is much greater than previously thought.

“The world cannot stand by while the Iran-backed Houthis starve innocent Yemenis for political purposes,” Dr. Ahmed BinMubarak, Yemen’s Ambassador to the United States, said. “Houthi abuse of humanitarian assistance has been repeatedly documented by aid groups and international media, and this new CNN investigation presents even more condemning evidence. The U.N. to make clear the real scope of Houthi aid diversion, and the international community should make guaranteed aid access a precondition of any engagement with the Houthis.”

The CNN undercover investigation found the Houthis have diverted food and other aid supplies on a far greater scale than what the United Nations previously has reported. The probe showed how the Houthis have diverted critical supplies from starving children and malnourished civilians in favor of feeding their soldiers.

The findings corroborate U.N. allegations last year that the Houthis deliberately blocked aid deliveries and used famine as a political weapon against citizens living in Houthi-controlled areas. While the U.N. has estimated that only 1 percent of all aid was going missing in Yemen, the new CNN investigation suggests the aid theft is far more pervasive.

The Houthis have a history of imposing severe restrictions on humanitarian workers in their territory, which include stealing and diverting aid supplies to benefit Houthi soldiers or to sell on the open market. The Houthis also use humanitarian aid to buy political support, rewarding what the U.N. calls “non-deserving populations” if they pledge to fight while punishing tribes, civilians and extremely vulnerable groups that only wish to remain neutral.

The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen categorically rejects the excuses of Houthi representative Hussin Al-Ezzi, who told CNN: “Mistakes happen sometimes.” Intentionally stealing aid meant to reach the most vulnerable civilians to feed militant groups or reward the corrupt can never be shrugged off as “mistakes.” These are horrific crimes against the Yemeni people.

“The Houthi leadership admits that they treat civilians as ‘capital’ for the war, to be fed or starved as they see fit to advance their political interests,” Ambassador BinMubarak said. “This famine is not a ‘mistake.’ The Houthis are deliberately starving Yemenis and blocking legitimate organizations such as the World Food Programme because they think it will tighten their hold on power.”

Last year, the World Food Programme (WFP) assessed seven districts in Houthi-controlled Sana’a and found some 60% of people had not received any aid. The shortfall was not a reflection of lack of supplies. It was a reflection of a Houthi fraud.

In recent months, the Houthis also blocked WFP access to grain supplies that could have fed millions of Yemenis. As Jonathan Cohen, the acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said: “Only the Houthis are blocking access to the mills… And they alone will be to blame if the food spoils.”

Today, we learned that the WFP is considering the suspension of aid in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, a remarkable warning from the UN program. According to WFP, the Houthis have denied access to aid workers, blocked aid convoys, and interfered with aid distribution. The Houthis continue to place obstacles placed in the way of WFP’s independent selection of beneficiaries and a request for a roll out of a biometric registration system. Unfortunately, Houthi leaders have “broken assurances” given to WFP, and negotiations have yielded no tangible solutions.

Yemeni American Community Success Stories

قصص نجاح الجالية اليمنية الأمريكية

Success Story:

Saad Almasmari

Saad Almasmari was born in al-Bayda governorate in Yemen in 1986. He completed his high school studies in a small village in al-Bayda governorate, then moved to Sana’a city to finish his Bachelor of Arts in media at the University of Science and Technology. In late 2009, Mr. Almasmari immigrated to the U.S. and became a U.S citizen in 2012. He studied English at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, USA. He is currently studying Aviation Flight Technology at Eastern Michigan University.

In 2014, Mr. Almasmari ran for the Education Council elections in Hamtramck city. nonetheless, he didn’t get enough votes. He decided to continue his political career and take advantage of his electoral experience to run at the City Council elections. In Nov. 2015, Saad Almasmari made history by receiving the most votes in the Hamtramck City Council race- making it the first City Council with a Muslim-majority in the U.S. As a City Council. Mr. Almasmari worked hard to serve all the city’s residents. He is known for being a community servant and proven leader.

In 2018, Mr. Almasmari ran for the 4th district for Michigan house representative. The young City Council member, Mr. Almasmari, who was very close to winning the primary elections, lost with only 616 votes.

Mr. Almasmari’s aims at raising the awareness of the Yemeni-American community to always fight for their rights and encourage them to always find ways to engage positively in the American society. As a result of his distinguished efforts at serving the community. Mr. Saad Almasmari was awarded a series of honorary awards.

قصة نجـــــاح :

سعد المسمري

ولد سعد المسمري في قرية الهجر في محافظة البيضاء عام 1986 ، أكمل دراسته الابتدائية والإعدادية والثانوية في القرية نفسها ، ثم انتقل الى صنعاء ليدرس الإعلام في جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا . غادر سعد المسمري اليمن الى الولايات المتحدة في أواخر عام 2009. درس اللغة الإنجليزية في كلية هنري فورد بمدينة ديربورن الأمريكية. واستلم الجنسية الأمريكية في أواخر عام 2012 ، وهو حاليا يدرس الطيران المدني في جامعة Eastern Michigan University .

خاض انتخابات المجلس التعليمي في مدينة همترامك عام 2014 ولم يحالفه الحظ لكنه قرر مواصلة مشواره السياسي والاستفادة من خبرته الانتخابية تلك للترشح لمنصب النائب في المدينة نفسها وكان له ذلك ، فحصل فيها على أعلى الأصوات من بين 11 مرشح منافس في الانتخابات التي خاضها في عام 2015 . بعد فوز المسمري في ذلك العام أصبح رابع عضو مسلم في المدينة من أصل ستة أعضاء الى جانب عمدة المدينة. ركز الإعلام المحلي والعالمي على مدينة همترامك بعد نتائج الانتخابات تلك كونها أصبحت اول مدينة في أميركا بأغلبية نواب مسلمين . خاض المسمري في عام 2018 انتخابات عضو كونجرس لولاية ميشجن عن الدائرة الرابعة في الولاية ممثلا عن الحزب الديموقراطى من بين 11 مرشحاً منافساً ، وكان قاب قوسين أو أدنى من الفوز بفارق 616 صوت فقط.

تأتي أولويات سعد المسمري في توعية المجتمع اليمني الأمريكي بحقوقهم وواجباتهم وكيفية الانخراط الإيجابي في المجتمع الأمريكي. ويسعى المسمري لإعادة انتخابه لفترة ثانية خلال هذا العام.

وكان ثمرة تلك الجهود والأنشطة الرامية لخدمة المجتمع خلال السنوات الثلاث أن تم تكريم سعد المسمري بمجموعة من الدروع التشريفية والأوسمة ، فحصل على درع التعليم ودرع القيادة ودرع السفير من كلية السياسيين بولاية ميشجن. وقامت السفارة اليمنية في واشنطن بتكريمه بدرع السفارة بعد فوزه في الانتخابات في عام 2015.

يعمل سعد المسمري حاليا نائبا في حكومة مدينة همترامك. واصبح نجاحه ملهما ومحفزا للشباب اليمني الأمريكي وذلك بفضل مثابرته وجهده الدؤوب الرامي لصالح سكان مدينة همترامك ككل والمجتمع اليمني الأمريكي خاصة. تفتحت عيون الشباب وسعوا جاهدين الى حصد مقاعد في أماكن متعددة في حكومات مختلفة في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. تساهم قصة نجاح المسمري في مُضي المجتمع اليمني الأمريكي نحو العمل العام والمشاركة في كل مجالات الحياة في الولايات المتحدة وخاصة السياسية منها لتعم الفائدة على المجتمع ككل والجالية اليمنية الامريكية بشكل خاص .

Yemeni American Community Success Stories

قصص نجاح الجالية اليمنية الأمريكية

Success Story:

Captain Yahay Obeid

Yahay Ahmed Obeid was born in Yemen and migrated to the United States at the age of eight. Currently, he works for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), starting his FAA career as an air traffic controller at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in 2008 before moving on to different management roles in the agency, which included Air Traffic Control Supervisor, Support Manager, and NY Terminal Assistant District Manager.

Yahay received his Bachelor of Science in airline management from the Vaughn College of Aeronautics in 2005, and his private pilot license in 2003.

He was an adjunct professor at Vaughn College from 2009 to 2012. He previously worked for the Transportation Security Administration at LaGuardia Airport and Orlando International Airport from 2005 to 2008 and for Swissport International Ltd. at JFK from 2004 to 2006.

First appointed to Community Board 11 in 2016 by Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. Yahay is the Public Safety Committee Chair at Community Board 11. Yahay is proud to be an NYPD Auxiliary Police Officer as well as a NY State licensed Chaplain. Yahay is also the current Outreach Liason for the Bronx Muslim Center.

قصة نجـــــاح :

الكابتن يحيى عُبيد

ولد يحيى أحمد عُبيد في اليمن ، ثم هاجر إلى الولايات المتحدة مع اسرته عام 1991 وهو في الثامنة من عمره. أكمل تعليمه الابتدائي والثانوي ، ثم تحصل على رخصته التجريبية الخاصة في الطيران عام 2003، والتحق بعد ذلك بكلية Vaughn College وتحصل على بكالوريوس علوم إدارة الطيران عام 2005.

يعمل يحيى عُبيد حاليًا في إدارة الطيران الفيدرالي (FAA)، حيث بدأ مسيرته العملية كمراقب للحركة الجوية في مطار جون إف كينيدي (JFK) الدولي عام 2008 وذلك قبل الانتقال إلى أدوار إدارية مختلفة في الوكالة.

عمل أستاذاً مساعداً في كلية Vaughn College من عام 2009 – 2012 . عمل سابقًا في إدارة أمن النقل في مطار لاغوارديا ومطار أورلاندو الدولي من عام 2005 إلى عام 2008 وعمل أيضا في شركة Swissport International Ltd في مطار JFK من عام 2004 – 2006.

تم تعيين يحيى عُبيد بصفة رئيس لجنة السلامة العامة في المقاطعة CB11 في ولاية نيويورك، حيث يقوم بالتواصل مع الدائرة التاسعة والأربعين بشأن جميع المسائل المتعلقة بالجريمة ومنعها بما في ذلك نظام العدالة الجنائية . وكان من ضمن اهتماماته أيضا العمل في مركز برونكس الإسلامي حيث شغل منصب مدير التواصل والتوعية في المركز، فصب اهتمامه على دمج الجالية المسلمة في المجتمع بشكل أكبر.

يشغل الكابتن يحيى عُبيد اليوم المدير العام لإدارة التحكم بحركة الملاحة الجوية في مطار جون كندي الشهير ثاني اكبر مطارات الولايات المتحدة والذي يقع في مدينة نيويورك. خلال دوامه في العمل الذي يقارب ثمان ساعات يوميا يدعم مكتبه عمليات الحركة الجوية لـ 7000 إلى 8000 رحلة يوميا ، وتهبط وتغادر ما يقارب 650 طائرة يوميا تحمل على متنها 75 الف مسافر.

Yemeni American Community Success Stories

قصص نجاح الجالية اليمنية الأمريكية

Success Story:

Mohamed Sohoubah

R.PH. CEO, BioMed Health Solutions LLC

Mohamed Sohoubah moved to the U.S. at age 14, to seek a more stable life and better educational opportunities. His father has worked for many years at Ford Motor Co. Mohamed Sohoubah worked his way through school, learning English and studying while working in many different jobs. Just after he graduated from high school, his mother, who suffered from migraines, had a sudden health issue that took them to the emergency room. The family was told she was having a dangerous drug interaction from mixing three pain medications prescribed by different doctors. This incidence led to study pharmacy.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from Wayne State University in 1998 and moved on to graduate studies in pharmaceutical sciences. An internship with Arbor Drugs Inc. in 1993 led to his joining the company full time after graduation, and he later was named a pharmacy manager.

During the CVS Caremark Corp. acquisition of Arbor Drugs in 1999, he was named a pharmacy trainer, working with the pharmacists appointed to new CVS stores in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. He stayed with CVS until 2003, when he left to open his own pharmacy.

Mohamed Sohoubah has grown PharMor Pharmacy LLC to over many pharmacies in metro Detroit and Ohio. He is the sole owner of many of the locations but has given minority shares to the operating pharmacist at others.

He also launched a custom compounding pharmacy, Biomed Health Solutions LLC, which operates four Biomed Specialty Pharmacy locations in Southfield, Lansing, Farmington, and Cincinnati. The sites, which sell custom, prescription medication to treat arthritis and inflammatory pain and skin conditions.

Mohamed Sohoubah along with other leading BioMed formulation scientists and pharmacist developed various formulations for the treatment of chronic pain, neuropathic pain, dermatological conditions, and hormone deficiency. Mohamed is considered a leading expert in pain therapy; he has served the medical community on both local and national levels as a speaker, expert witness, and program developer for both the private and government sector. Mohamed is involved in local nonprofit organizations that focus on youth sports and drug prevention programs. His company is the main sponsor of MYSA (an organization serving 250 youths who play in various soccer tournaments throughout Michigan). Mohamed Sohoubah was the winner of State of Michigan Immigrant of the Year, awarded to him by Governor Richard Synder for the year 2018

To learn more, visit PharMor Pharmacy at www.mypharmor.com

قصة نجـــــاح :

محمد سهوبة

مؤسس سلسلة صيدليات

BioMed Health Solutions LLC

وصل محمد سهوبه مع عائلته الى الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية وهو في سن الرابعة عشر من عمره للبحث عن حياة أكثر استقراراً وفرص تعليمية أفضل. فعمل والده لسنوات طويلة لدى شركة “فورد موتور”. وكانت لدى محمد سهوبة إرادة قوية تدفعه لاعتلاء اعلى درجات السلم التعليمي للارتقاء نحو مستقبل أفضل . ثابر على الذهاب الى المدرسة، وتعلم اللغة الإنجليزية و أكمل تعليمه الثانوي. ولم يكتفي بذلك بل صمم أثناء ذلك على العمل والحصول على وظيفة تساعده واسرته في تغطية تكاليف الحياة . فتحصل على عدة وظائف مختلفة كانت تشغل كل وقته بعد انتهاء دوامه المدرسي .تعرض محمد سهوبة بعد تخرجه من المدرسة الثانوية لخبر إصابة والدته بمشكلة صحية خطيرة سببها تفاعل خطير لثلاث وصفات من العقاقير الطبية تم وصفها من قبل ثلاثة أطباء مختلفون، وكان ذلك دافعا قويا وملهما لان يختار سهوبة ان يكمل دراسته الجامعية ويتخصص في مجال علم الصيدلة . تحصل على شهادة البكالوريوس في علوم الصيدلة من جامعة واين ستيت في عام 1998 ، ثم انتقل بعد ذلك إلى الدراسات العليا في المجال نفسه. وقد تدرب اثناء ذلك في شركة Arbor Drugs Inc الأمر الذي هيأ له الانضمام إلى الشركة للعمل بدوام كامل بعد تخرج في عام 1993 ، وعين لاحقًا مديرًا للصيدليات في الشركة نفسها . اتاحت له فرصة أن يكون مدربًا للصيدليات و العمل مع الصيادلة المعينين في متاجر CVS الجديدة في مقاطعات Wayne و Oakland و Macomb على تراكم معرفي وخبرة عملية فقرر مغادرة العمل مع تلك المتاجر عام 2003 وفتح صيدليته الخاصة به. اسس محمد سهوبة صيدليته التي أسماها“BioMed-PharMorSpecialty ” وقاد عملية توسيع شركته إلى أكثر من 31 موقعًا جغرافيا في ولايتي ميشيجن وأوهايو. وكانت تلك الشركة متخصصة في المنتجات والخدمات الصيدلانية المتخصصة، فطورت الشركة تركيبات مختلفة لعلاج الألم المزمن ، وألم الاعتلال العصبي ، والأمراض الجلدية ونقص الهرمونات. يعد محمد سهوبة خبيرًا هاما ورئيسا في علاج الألم؛ وقد خدم المجتمع الطبي على الصعيدين المحلي والوطني كمتحدث وخبير ومطور برنامج للقطاعين الخاص والحكومي. وقد شارك محمد في انشطة المنظمات غير الربحية التي ترتكز أنشطتها على برامج الشباب للرياضة والوقاية من المخدرات. وتعد شركته هي الراعي الرئيس لـ MYSA (وهي منظمة تخدم 250 شابًا يلعبون في مختلف بطولات كرة القدم في جميع أنحاء ميشيجن).

Yemeni American Community Success Stories

قصص نجاح الجالية اليمنية الأمريكية

Success Story:

Mr. Mokhtar Alkhanshali

Founder & CEO of Port of Mokha

As a child, Mukhtar Alkhanshali grew up in San Francisco. Media usually describes Yemen as a country with an extreme risk of civil unrest. Therefore, Mukhtar wanted to find something with a great value in Yemen that can make him proud of and use it as a bridge between Yemen and the world. Mokhtar found Yemeni coffee, which used to be the world’s finest coffee, as “buried and lost treasure”.

His goal was to restore the reputation of Yemeni coffee to the world, which had been greatly declined over the past century. This encouraged him to start searching and learning everything about coffee until he becomes a certified Q grader from the Coffee Quality Institute. As soon as he became a coffee expert, he left to Yemen and visited over 45 regions in six governorates that are well-known as coffee farms.

Mokhtar founded Port of Mokha Company in order to reverse the declining quality of Yemeni coffee. The origin of the word Mocha coffee is named after the port city of Mokha in Yemen. In January 2018, author Dave Eggers published his book titled “The Monk of Mokha”. This book, which is now the best-seller, narrates Mokhtar’s journey and how he escaped with his first coffee samples from war-torn Yemen.

قصة نجـــــاح :

مختار الخنشلي

مؤسس شركة “بورت اوف موكا” ورئيسها التنفيذي

تمنى مختار الخنشلي أن يجد شيئا في اليمن ذات قيمة يجعله يشعر بالفخر امام العالم فغالبا ما يُسمع في الإعلام عن أشياء تسيء لأرض الأجداد فأراد ان يكون جسر ما بين اليمن والعالم ووجد ضالته في البن الذي وصفه بأنه الكنز المدفون.

‎ عكف على زيارة كل مناطق اليمن التي تشتهر بزراعة البن وتعرف على أكثر من 45 منطقة تعد مزارع للبن تنتشر في وديان وسهول 6 محافظات يمنية وخلال تلك الزيارات تعرف على الأيادي اليمنية التي تقوم بزراعة وعناية وجني محصول البن وتعرف على عاداتهم وطرق كفاحهم للحفاظ على هذا المحصول من الاندثار.

اخذ على عاتقه تشكيل فريق عمل ميداني واداري على قدر عال من الاحتراف ليقوم بمهام جمع محصول البن الجيد من المزارعين من خلال خلق علاقات جيدة معهم واختيار الأنواع الجيدة من ذلك المحصول ، وتحمل مشقة نقله وشحنه الى داخل الولايات المتحدة الامريكية كمنتج يتم الاستثمار فيه . ورغم الصعوبات التي واجهته كان هدفه أكبر وأعظم وهو إعادة إيصال سمعة البن اليمني إلى العالمية ، وهي صفة كاد يفتقدها البن اليمني على مدى عقود لتعثر الإنتاج خلال السنوات الماضية بسب الظروف التي عانت ومازالت تعاني منها اليمن.

تتبع الكاتب دايف إجيرز في كتابه “راهب المخا” – وهو من الكُتَّاب المصنفة كتبهم كأفضل الكتب مبيعا- رحلة مختار كمستثمر مجتمعي، وهروبه من الحرب التي أشعلتها مليشيات الحوثي ، حاملا معه عيناته من المنتج الأولي للقهوة.

‎ لاقى البن اليمني -الذي تم شحنه – رواجا غير عادي في الولايات المتحدة الامريكية خاصة بين شركات البن المتخصصة التي تم تسويق البن لها وقد قاموا بفحص جودته فكانت النتيجة تفوق نسبة 97 %، ويعود الفضل في ذلك الى الايادي التي اعتنت بهذا المحصول ، فموطن البن هو موطن اهل اليمن الارق قلوبا والاكرم يدا والاجمل ابتسامة ، فاليمن هو بلد الحضارات العريقة والكنوز النفيسة والمحاصيل النقدية الشهيرة.

Yemeni American Community Success Stories

قصص نجاح الجالية اليمنية الأمريكية

Success Story:

Sadam Ali

Boxer

Sadam Ali was born in 1988 in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised there by his Yemeni-immigrant parents and has four sisters and a brother. Sadam began boxing at the Bed-Stuy Boxing Club in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant at the age of eight, after being inspired by the legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali, and the Yemeni-British boxer “Prince” Naseem Hamed.

In 2006, he won the National Golden Glove Championship in the featherweight division in 2006 at the age of 17. Then he represented the United States at the 2006 World Junior Championships, where he won a bronze medal. In 2007, Sadam moved up to lightweight and again won the National Golden Glove Championship in his new division. Sadam Ali is the second boxer to win it in two different weight classes in consecutive years in New York.

Olympic Qualification

Sadam Ali qualified for the 2008 Olympics by finishing in second place at the AIBA 1st Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in March 2008. He defeated Jesus Cuadro of Venezuela in the quarterfinal round, and Juan Nicolas Cuellas of Argentina in the semifinal round. He lost by decision in the final round to Cuba’s Yordenis Ugás by a score of 13-5. round.

Between 2009- 2018, Sadam Ali signed with Golden Boy Boxing on June 24, 2013, to promote his boxing career. He won over 14 fights with knockouts and 13 by judge decision. One of these fights was held on November 08, 2014, Sadam Ali took on Juan Carlos Abregu and was heading into the fight as a big underdog. Sadam defeated Abregu, the fight was stopped in the 9th round and ruled as a TKO victory which meant Sadam Ali had won the welterweight title.

On March 05, 2016, Sadam Ali was defeated by Vargas. However, in 2017, the 37-year-old legendary Puerto-Rican fighter had his moments against the 29-year-old Yemeni American boxer, but in the end, Sadam Ali young spirit made Catto lose. Cotto reportedly was set to make at least $2 million for the fight while Sadam was guaranteed $700,000. After the bout.

قصة نجـــــاح :

صدام علي

ملاكم يمني أمريكي

ولد صدام علي في عام 1988 في بروكلين بمدينة نيويورك ، وهو من ابويين يمنيين امريكيين، له من الأخوات أربع وأخ واحد. بدأ حياته الرياضية باكرا مستلهما دوافعه وشغفه وحبه للملاكمة من الملاكم الأمريكي الاسطورة محمد علي كلاي واليمني البريطاني نسيم حميد ، فبدأ في سن الخامسة بالتدريب على رياضة الكاراتيه ثم انخرط في نادي رياضي لإتقان رياضة الملاكمة بكل همة ونشاط وعزيمة، وكان يذهب يوميا الى صالة التدريب ولا يتوانى عن بذل أقصى جهوده لتحقيق الأفضل وتحقيق حلمه للوصول إلى الالعاب الأولمبية ليمثل فيها الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية.

يعد صدام علي Arabic translation. ملاكما من الوزن المتوسط خاض مباريات عديدة وحقق من خلالها بطولة القفازات الذهبية لمدينة نيويورك لوزنين هما الريشة والخفيف وهو في سن 17 عاما وذلك خلال عامي( 2006-2007) مما يعد ذلك انجازا يحسب له كونه الثاني على مستوى هذه البطولة الذي يفوز فيها لمرتين متتاليتين وبفئتين مختلفتين.

بدأ صدام بتحقيق أولى خطوات تحقيق حلمه من خلال تأهله للمشاركة في دورة الألعاب الأولمبية عام 2008، فأحتل المركز الثاني في بطولة منظمة الملاكمة الدولية الأميركية (AIBO)، وكانت تعد أول منافسة له في الدورة الأولمبية لمتأهلي الأميركتين التي انعقدت في ترينيداد و توباجو في مارس عام 2008 ، تغلّب فيها على الملاكم الفنزويلي جيسوس كودرو في ربع النهائي، كما تغلّب على الملاكم الارجنتيني خوان نيكولاس في نصف النهائي، لكنه خسر في النهائي بقرار المُحكمين بالنقاط (13-5)في نزاله مع الملاكم الكوبي يوردينس أوقاس.

اتجه صدام بعد ذلك الى الاحتراف ، فخاض على ما يزيد عن 29 مباراة خلال عامي( 2009 – 2018 ) كان 14 فوزا منها بالضربة القاضية ولم يخسر إلا باثنتين فقط ، ووقع عقداً مع Golden Boy Boxing في 24 يونيو 2013 لتعزيز حياته المهنية في الملاكمة ، يذكر من تلك المباريات ما كانت في 8 نوفمبر 2014 ، حيث واجه صدام علي الملاكم خوان كارلوس أبريغو وكان يتجه إلى المعركة باعتباره خاسرًا لكن المواجهة انتهت بفوز الملاكم اليمني الامريكي صدام علي في الجولة التاسعة بالضربة القاضية. في 5 مارس عام 2016 خسر صدام مباراته امام اللاعب فارجس ليعود في 29 يوليو 2017 ليحتل موقعًا جديداً في منافسة Goldenboy من خلال فوزه على البطل الفنزويلي يوهان بيريز ، فكانت هذه فرصة جديدة امام صدام علي ليصبح منافسًا على اللقب مرة أخرى.

خاض صدام في عام 2017 وقد كان يبلغ من العمر 29 سنه آنذاك منافسة مع الملاكم البورتوريكي كوتو الذي كان يبلغ من العمر 37 سنه وفاز فيها ليحصد صدام مبلغا وقدره 700,000 دولار . وينتظر صدام علي البطل اليمني الأمريكي خوض مباراته أمام اللاعب الهندوراسي إدي جوميز في 4 مايو المقبل في ولاية نيفاذا الأمريكية .