“There’s a frequent language between me and the buildings. In each home I attempt to protect. I really feel that the town is grateful to me, and I’m grateful to the town as a result of it has taught me lots”, says Yemeni engineer Harbia Al-Himiary, describing her relationship with the Yemeni capital.
Ms. Al-Himiary has been striving since childhood to realize her dream of preserving the heritage of Sana’a, and guaranteeing “the continuity of our historical past, one of many biggest civilizations.”
As a venture officer within the Cultural Heritage Unit of the Historic Cities Authority in Outdated Sana’a, she is at the moment engaged on a UN-backed venture to revive dozens of historic buildings in Sana’a and throughout Yemen.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 isn’t any distinction between a female and male engineer’
“There isn’t any distinction between a person or a girl with regards to preserving this historic metropolis,” she insists, stressing the respect between all members of the group, in addition to the residents of the neighbourhoods by which they work. “It’s true that we face challenges and difficulties however, by working as a group, we transcend it. Now there are a selection of feminine engineers within the venture, proving on daily basis that they’re aggressive on this subject, all contributing to the preservation of this jewel.”
On each venture that she has labored on, Ms. Al-Himiary has tried to seek out alternatives for girls and women. “For instance, once I was primarily based within the outdated city of Zabid, we skilled quite a lot of women in conventional constructing crafts, corresponding to woodwork, wooden decorations, stucco decorations, and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Harbiya al-Hamiry, a Yemeni heritage engineer strolling round Outdated Sana’a.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 advised Ms. Al-Humairi that, by restoring the picket decorations in her residence, she was each exercising her rights as one of many homeowners of the home, and preserving her, and her household’s, privateness.
“My recommendation to any woman is to decide on the sphere 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 reaching the ambition you need.”
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Heritage conservation engineer Harbia Al Himiary (center)
