“There’s a frequent language between me and the buildings. In each home I attempt to protect. I really feel that town is grateful to me, and I’m grateful to town as a result of it has taught me loads”, says Yemeni engineer Harbia Al-Himiary, describing her relationship with the Yemeni capital.
Ms. Al-Himiary has been striving since childhood to attain her dream of preserving the heritage of Sana’a, and guaranteeing “the continuity of our historical past, one of many best civilizations.”
As a challenge officer within the Cultural Heritage Unit of the Historic Cities Authority in Outdated Sana’a, she is at present engaged on a UN-backed challenge to revive dozens of historic buildings in Sana’a and throughout Yemen.
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Harbiya al-Hamiry, a Yemeni heritage engineer who launched into a mission to revive Yemen’s historic buildings.
‘There is no such thing as a distinction between a female and male engineer’
“There is no such thing as a distinction between a person or a girl in terms of preserving this historic metropolis,” she insists, stressing the respect between all members of the workforce, in addition to the residents of the neighbourhoods wherein they work. “It’s true that we face challenges and difficulties however, by working as a workforce, we transcend it. Now there are a variety of feminine engineers within the challenge, proving day by day that they’re aggressive on this subject, all contributing to the preservation of this jewel.”
On each challenge that she has labored on, Ms. Al-Himiary has tried to search out alternatives for ladies and women. “For instance, after I was primarily based within the outdated city of Zabid, we educated a variety of women in conventional constructing crafts, equivalent to woodwork, wooden decorations, stucco decorations, and carpentry. The extra alternatives for coaching we opened up, the extra we discovered an equal turnout of girls and boys. In some trades, women outnumbered the boys.”
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Harbiya al-Hamiry, a Yemeni heritage engineer strolling round Outdated Sana’a.
When she requested one of many women why she was coaching in conventional carpentry, she informed Ms. Al-Humairi that, by restoring the wood decorations in her residence, she was each exercising her rights as one of many house owners of the home, and preserving her, and her household’s, privateness.
“My recommendation to any lady is to decide on the sector she likes, as a result of so long as she loves that subject, she will certainly achieve it,” declares the engineer. “With endurance, diligence and perseverance, you’ll certainly achieve attaining the ambition you need.”
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Heritage conservation engineer Harbia Al Himiary (center)
