Yemenι αctιvιsts reαcted wιtɦ α pιctυre depιctιng α Yemenι cιtιzen αfter ɦιs deαtɦ αnd next to ɦιm α nυmber of dogs tɦαt ɦe wαs feedιng αt α mαrket ιn tɦe Yemenι provιnce of Ibb, tɦιnkιng tɦαt ιt sɦows tɦe ɦιgɦest degree of loyαlty.
The stray dogs refused to allow anyone to approach the corpse of the man who had spent his entire life in a particular location.
Ctzen Isml Hd used to feed these dogs on a regular basis, and passersby observed that the dogs he had raised for years approached him and clung to him while in a state of extreme sadness.
The photograph depicts dogs surrounding the subject in a moment that exemplifies the level of loyalty shown to those who cared for the subject for years.
And a number of Yemenis have expressed their sadness after seeing a photograph of Isml Mmmd Hd and seeing the dogs that tried to protect him from his attackers.
The Yemeni journalist Abd l-Slm l-Sr observed, “Deep sdness on te fces of te dogs for those who had been companions with them and with them. Those who were feeding them were perplexed. This is not the full story. There is enough food on the street for them to survive. The narrative is about loyalty and not anger.”
The Yemeni Abdl Krm Slm remarked, “Goodness is different for a normal person, even if he lives humbly and virtuously, as in the case of Isml Mmmd Hd.”
He added, “Despite his homelessness, misery, and possibly increased suffering as a result of the war, he was known in the Al-Dll market in the governorate of Ibb as the person who used to feed the dogs, and when he breted, the dogs responded.”
He added that regardless of how a person is “alone and homeless on the street” or how reprehensible they are, the