painter Mushtaq al-Ammari


The Yemeni artist and painter Mushtaq al-Ammari remained clinging to his brush untill he forced by the coup of Houthi militias on legitimate authority and their attack on his city of Taiz in central Yemen to carry his weapon to defend his region from the aggression and barbarism of the coup. He draw the faces of the victims and the grief of the city, until he was shot by a Houthi's sniper, on Saturday.

The artist and the student in the department of fine arts at the university of taiz, was killed while defending his city in al-Shaqab front, by Houthi's sniper. Activities shared his pictures drawing a painting in his front next to his weapon  now of the warrior's break, and have received great interaction in social networking sites. Yemeni activists expressed their anger at what they called "abortion of dreams" by the Houthi militias
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"The painter Mushtaq al-Ammari was fighting for his city, painting the faces of the martyrs and the tears of children in his hometown, until he was assassinated by a criminal sniper," said former Yemeni Culture Minister Khalid al-Ruwaishan.

"They have slaughtered the country from vein to vein, not an artist, student, trader or even a child has been spared this plan," he indicated, adding that in the coming few years, this country will become like the sea bed with no art, no painting, no medicine, no engineering.

For his part, the Yemeni writer and political analyst, Mohammed Jameh, said that Mushtaq's brush was forced to carry the gun, in a country that has the amazing ability to convert artists to warriors.

 

The young man Mushtaq Mohammed Qaid al-Ammari, who studied in fine arts department and was about to marry, joined the ranks of the popular resistance after the aggression of Houthi militia on Taiz province. He continued his hobby in drawing portraits and scenes of war, even in the trenches of confrontations.