Mohsen Ayed
{{Short description|Yemeni writer, activist and journalist}}
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Tahish HAWBAN
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Mohsen Ayed Hammoud Sultan, known as Tahish HAWBAN ({{langx|ar|{{big|محسن عايض}}}}) is a Yemeni author, journalist, and human rights activist. He was born in 1976 in the village of Tbahah, located in the Ta'izz Governorate, Yemen.
Education
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He holds a Bachelor of Agriculture from the University of Sanaa and a Computer Diploma from the Institute of Teacher Education. Additionally, he has earned diplomas in civil society, business administration, applied software, accounting, and marketing and the art of sales. He has also completed various courses in civil society, media, democratic transformation, remote training, and open education.
Career
He previously served as the Executive Director of the Institute for the Development of Yemeni Democracy and the Executive Director of the Future Movement. He is currently the editor of the Tahish Hawban newspaper{{cn|date=February 2025}} and conducts training programs for the qualitative sector under the Ministry of Education’s training and rehabilitation initiatives.{{Cite web |title=Charter newspaper |url=http://www.almethaq.net/pdf/main/2013-07-01/16.pdf |website=www.almethaq.net}}
Life
Journalist Mohsen Ayed is considered one of the most controversial journalists in Yemen due to his views on political and religious issues, particularly his criticism of the veil and traditional customs in Yemeni society. Ayed publicly declared his opposition to these customs and traditions by sharing a photograph with his wife in an intimate pose, where she was not wearing the Islamic veil. This act sparked outrage among many clerics and Islamist hardliners in Yemen.{{Cite web |title=صحافي يمني ينشر صورة "سافرة" مع زوجته رداً على اتهامه بالإلحاد |url=https://www.sauress.com/sabq/104050 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=سعورس}}
Takfir fatwas
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In February 2012, 69 clerics in Yemen issued a fatwa accusing journalist Mohsen Ayed of blasphemy, claiming that he had insulted Islam and the divine. These fatwas contributed to the separation between him and his wife and children.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayhawu8pfIU |title=طاهش الحوبان محسن عايض قناة الحره تغطية خاصة .mpg |date=2012-03-03 |last=altahish |access-date=2025-02-16 |via=YouTube}} Following the fatwa, his wife sought khula (a form of divorce in Islamic law), citing his alleged abandonment of the Islamic faith as grounds for the separation.{{Cite web |last=الغد |first=عدن |title=أخبار وتقارير - زوجة صحافي يمني مشهور تطلب الخلع بسبب فتوى تكفيره وردته |url=https://www.adenalghad.net/news/7359 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.adenalghad.net |language=ar}} The fatwas also placed Ayed's life in danger.{{Cite web |title=الصحافي اليمني محسن عايض مهدد بالقتل بسبب فتوى {{!}} شبكة صوت الحرية |url=http://www.freedom-ye.com/news14420.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005059/http://www.freedom-ye.com/news14420.html |archive-date=2 May 2014 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.freedom-ye.com |url-status=live }} Despite the crisis, Ayed responded with composure and revealed that five Yemeni women had expressed their desire to marry him in solidarity during his time of hardship.{{Cite web |date=2012-02-06 |title=خمس ناشطات يعرضن الزواج بالصحفي عايض بعد ان خلعته زوجته بسب فتوى كفرته |url=https://yemen-press.net/news6082.html |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=يمن برس |language=ar}}
Novels
He has written a novel titled Victims.
References
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