[31/January/2010]
Translated by: Fadwa Al-Ariki


SANA'A, Jan. 31 (Saba)- Security, stability, lowing prices, improving the economic conditions, creating job opportunities, repressing the rebellion in Sa'ada and unifying Arab and Islamic states, all these are the main wishes of Yemeni citizens for 2010.

The negative impact 2009 has left on Yemeni people made the majority interviewed by Saba wishing a new year full of new dreams.

Rikan Al-Yateem, a bus driver, looks forward to bringing down the soaring prices of foodstuff in 2010 and wishes to get married as getting married to him is a great burden as marriage expenses are above his ability.

He is unable to pay the marriage expenses for not having another income source to support his family except working on the bus. Such circumstances makes Al-Yateem wishes a miracle to happen in 2010 by getting a governmental job as he has not finished his education where he stopped joining schools years ago and only reached grade eight.

Basheer al-Saeedi, a taxi driver, suspended from work for quarreling with the taxi owner, has also dreams to get another job as a taxi driver with one of private sectors' companies. All his dreams will come true if he only gets permanent job and if the prices of goods are brought down to suit the living standards of citizens.

Success of national dialogue

The writer and journalist Abdul-Razak al-Hotami hopes that 2010 be a year for freedoms in press and civil rights areas opposing the current situation. Another big desire lies behind his wish to see a stable and secure Yemen where all political parties can interact together. "These conflicted parties have to come to the conviction that "Yemen's interest comes first" and it can accommodate all parties and people", he said.

Solving the economic crisis

All what Abdul-Rahman Muthar, a journalist works at state –run al-Jomoriah newspaper, wishes a success for the national dialog among all different parties that led Yemen to such circumstances. "I also hope that the government get rid of the rebellion elements in Sa'ada province as well as solve the various problems and crisis affecting Yemen."
"After solving all these political problems, Yemen may be able to find solutions for the mother of its all problems which is the economic one," he added.

Shadi Ibrahim desires 2010 to be a year of goodness and blessing for all Yemeni people and a year where Yemen can achieve security and stability. All Yemeni people build high hopes on the national dialog and Ibrahim is one of them, where he says," I'm longing that the national dialog which President Ali Abdullah Saleh called for can reach the desires and requirements of all Yemeni citizens and all the political sides to stand side by side in order to get over all the existed dilemmas."


Fawaz al-Zohair who is an employee looks forward to reforming Yemen's situations in general which in return will impact positively on all the citizens of the country.

Eradicating rebellion elements in Sa'ada, stabilizing Yemen 's situations as well as fighting all forms of corruption are all Rabee al-Hamdani's wishes in this New Year.

As the previous people said, Basheer Rashed has the same dreams of his brothers of his own country. He seeks for security and stability covering all the country's parts. The seditions of Al-Houthi in Sa'ada, terrorism elements and al-Qaeda should be uprooted, he hoped so.

Combating Corruption:

From another point of view, Soltuan al-Bukairi who is a trader gives a brief explanation on the country's economic problems. 2010 should be a year for combating corruption and corrupters, goods provision and low their prices in addition to resolving goods monopoly of traders and exporters.

Talking about his tiny dream with a hope to come true, Farook Aklan asks officials to order to repair the road linking Taiz province with the district where he lives, which according to him suffers from carelessness from the concerned authorities.

Youth's Year

Gahsan al-Ariki, working at Yemeni Center for Historical Studies and Future Strategies ( Manarat), as many other young people, dreaming of 2010 peace year. He wants to begin this year with vanishing of all negative aspects witnessed in the political arena and bringing together all the conflicted parties and gathered on one thing "Yemen's interest". "Improving Yemen's economic conditions where we can find job opportunities after the graduation are taking much concern in our minds as a youth living in Yemen," he added. "2010 is a year for youth, we want to find new young people's blood in leadership and in decision making positions."

While Thabit Mouhsain and Abdullah Mohammed ask only for good health in 2010, Sadek al-Shaer looks for a year in which foodstuff's prices get down and young people find job opportunities in.

Towards a different promising year

For his part, Murad Abdul-Wali, university student says: "with the coming of every new year we full our hearts with hope especially when we hear and read many officials' statements in mass media saying that unlike all previous years the current one will be a distinctive year full of many achievements."

He goes on all these optimistic words go with the wind with the passing of days of the New Year, and there is no any kind of change and if it occurs it will be worse than the existed one.

With more emphasize, he added:"Telling every officials and citizens that the new year would not come with a hand grasping change. If we really want to change the situation then firstly we have to be changed from inside after that may a slight of different could be observed in this year."

Arab and Islamic Nation Unity

Beside all what have been mentioned before, Murad dreams in 2010 that all Yemenis hearts to be unified to serve the common interest of Yemen. "Differing in opinions is not point of struggling and shouldn't lead to any difficulties reaching the security and stability of the country," he said.

Saba