From Failure to Another
“Dad, why did Yemen lose the game?” said my 11-year daughter after we finished watching Yemen losing its soccer game with Saudi Arabia 0 to 4. What a difficult question. This was in fact the first game for her to watch. She heard about the game in school and from friends, everybody is excited about Khaleeji 20 Cup.
Why did we lose?. It is a complicated question, and the matter is not just a game we lost, it is just a reflection of how things have deteriorated in Yemen. These of us who are living inside Yemen have adjusted, and sort of accepted the reality, not being able to make any change.
The failure is not just a game we lost. Before that, the long-waited opening ceremony of the Khaleeji 20 competition was a disaster. Tens of thousands of people were sitting there watching the chaotic situation. This is definitely not the “dream of the generations!” of Yemenis, as was the opening ceremony called.
We have always hoped that things will get better. What did we do?. We always give ourselves excuses for the failures of our people. Instead of working for the bright future we are merely hoping that things will not deteriorate further.
Our daily suffering starts in the morning and goes on, there is no water, there electricity is off, the loaf of bread is getting smaller, the streets are crowded, the schools do not provide proper education for our children, our work environment is far from being just, the health services are getting worse, we have no entertainment apart from watching the senseless battle between a failing government and a useless opposition. We go to bed fearing the nightmare, tomorrow!.
From one failure to another, those responsible are taking us with them. The game is just one strong evidence of our failure.
My dear daughter, I know our failure is hurting, but it will hurt more if we do not stop, look back, and make the change. It is hard, it is painful, but it will just hurt more if we wait and watch the next failure to happen.
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