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M.T. Al-Mansouri is a Canadian Arab poet and writer, born in Yemen on June 10th, 1963.

He attended Elementary and Secondary Schools in Yemen and in Egypt. He served in the Yemeni Army for one year. After high school he furthered his education by obtaining a scholarship for Agricultural studies in Poland.

In Poland he achieved bachelor, master and Ph.D. degrees, which were recognised by the universities in Canada.  

He worked for the University of Qatar in Doha for three years.

He has a Ph.D. in the field of agricultural economics. He has many specialized researches in his field, which he taught at Qatar University. He wrote and published scientific journals in international magazines in several languages including Arabic, English, and Polish.

He is a Hyde Park writer for the Arab Times newspaper.

He is an author of five books: "Terrorism the Origin and the Sources",  "The Recommendations of the Rooster and the Sea"," Energy and Agricultural Environment”, " A Flower in Exile” and "  A Kingdom Valley”.

He is the recipient of numerous awards, the most recent of which is the 2008, Appreciation Award for Bestselling Poets from the American International Library of Poetry.

He is a Co-Founder of Afnan (Paris- Jerusalem) Magazine, which is available in six languages -Arabic, English, German, Spanish, French and Hebrew- and he was its Executive Editorial Secretary.

His canals are Arts Humanities, Computers Software, Creative Writing, Politics and Religions.

He did Exceptional Contemplated Studies under Spiritual, Magical, Traumatic and Social Power Conditions at Canada’s Institutions and Establishments.

Before his immigration to Canada in 2000, he explored 25 countries of the World, most of them in Europe.

In Canada he did ESL (English as a Second Language) at Algonquin College.

He also completed 10 courses in computer software at Catholic School Board.

He furthermore completed more than 40 courses at Discovery University in the field of Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Social Science, Politics and Music.

He volunteers with Fringe Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa International Writing Festival, Tulip Festival, City of Ottawa, and Experimental Farm, and he achieved a Merit Certificate from the City of Ottawa.

In Canada he was welcomed by religious establishments such as Mosque, Church, Synagogue and Temple, and under the observation of RCMP and CSIS, he did his Family Genealogy Study.

He studied the Bible with Jehovah Witnesses, and the Book of Mormon with the Mormon’s Elders, as well as the Holy Quran with the Mosque Staffs.

He is a member of Amnesty International.

He worked for Elections Canada ten times.

He performs his poetry at Creative Coffee at Bronson Community Center, which is organized by SALUS.

He participates in many national and international conferences.

He is a blogger with Ottawa Spotlight (www.poetsofottawa.ning.com).

Snow and rain, in the bowels of this world where there is peace and war.
Where there are violent volcanoes and destructions.
It also contains flowers, fruits and berries to give live to nature.
So make a choice whether you choose war or peace.
Love or hate.
Snow and rain, ice racing and camel and horse racing.
Where all the paths are different and the goal is the same, where is the big winner?
Snow and rain, seeds in the ground and broken the dormancy by water and acids.
Snow and rain, feeling inner stillness and killing laziness.
Glorious is the world of snow and rain.

The thick fog blew over our beautiful villages and cities.
The clouds spread out into a deep valley.
It rained and light lightning flashed.
The rain water flowed into the fields and helped farmers to irrigate their delicate orchards.
Then weeds and quarrels grew beside the scary roads.
Then the curtain came down on the strong and weak faces in their rooms.
Who is the strongest and weakest when nature conquers the environments?

ثلج ومطر
ثلج ومطر, في احشاء هذه الدنيا السلام والحرب.
حيث وفيها البراكين العنيفة والدمار.
وكذلك فيها الزهور والفواكه والثمار.
فااختارماتختارالحرب ام السلام.
الحب ام الكراهية.
ثلج ومطر, السباق على الجليد وسباق الهجن والخيول.
حيث وكل المسارات مختلفة والهدف واحد وهو الفوز الكبير.
ثلج ومطر, كمون البذور في الارض وكسرها بالماء والاحماض.
ثلجومطر, الشعور بالسكون الداخلي وقتل الكسل.
فهنياً للعالم الثلج والمطر.

الضباب الكثيف
هب الضباب الكثيف على قرانا ومدنا التحيفة.
فانتشرت السحب بكل فج عميق.
وامطرت السماء ولمع البرق الخفيف.
وسقى الفلاح الحقل والبستان الرهيف.
ثم نمت الاعشاب والشجار بجانب الطريق المخيف.
حينها اسدل الستار على الوجه القوي والضعيف.

When I grabbed the fragmented rock, it broke into four or more parts.
The elders of the people were astonished and said, “What happened?” Then they added that it was magic that had an effect.
Then they screamed and said that the rock fell in all four directions. Is there anyone responsible?
The rock was black and virgin, so many eyes watched and more bombs exploded on the rocks.
Some drowned, some died, some were saved, and some cried.
It is the Yemeni rock, gentlemen. They came to his rescue before it was too late.

Al-Affash and the dream of returning to power

The Al-Affash is camouflaged with the looted money and dreams of returning to rule Yemen.

It is a bad inheritance of their irrational rule.

People are wary of the return of the defunct Affash regime.

And beware of their dealings with the colonial West.

The money stolen from the people's livelihood is at their disposal.

The United Arab Emirates supports them to return to power.

A series of events to end the principles of the September Revolution as well as the Youth Revolution have failed because of bribing rebel leaders.

The coming war is a retaliation war between Ansar Allah, who are fighting for the sake of Allah and loyal to Arabism and Islam, and between mercenaries from the remnants of the Affash regime.

الصخر المتشظي
عندما أمسكت بالصخر المتشظي أنكسر الى اربعة اقسام أو اكثر.
فتعجب كبار القوم وقالوا ماذا حصل, ثم أضافوا بانه سحر يؤثر؟
بعدها صرخوا وقالوا بان الصخر وقع في الجهات الاربع فهل من معتبر؟
لقد كان الصخر اسود واعذر فانفجرت فيه العيون واكثر.
فغرق من غرق ومات من مات ونجاء من نجاء وبكاء من بكاء.
انه الصخر اليمني ياسادة ياكرام. فهبوا لنجدته قبل فوات الاوان.

ال-عفاش وحلم العودة للحكم
ال-عفاش متنكرين بالاموال المنهوبة ويحلمون بالعودة لحكم اليمن.
انه التوريث السئي لحكمهم اللارشيد.
فالحذرياشعب من عودة نظام عفاش البائد.
والحذرىثم الحذر من عمالاتهم للغرب المستعمر.
فالاموال المنهوبة من قوت الشعب تحت تصرفهم.
والامارات العربية المتحدة تساندهم للعودة للحكم.
فالتورث هو نهاية لمبادئ الثورة السبتمبرية وكذلك لثورة الشباب.
فالحرب القادمة هي حرب ثارية بين انصار الله المجاهدين في سبيل الله والاوفياء للعروبة والاسلام وبين المرتزقة من بقايا نظام عفاش.

النجوم والقمر
النجوم والقمردائماً تحوم حول الهدف بكل سرور.
أما الطيور فقليل من الطعام وكثير من الطيران المسحور.
والارض مغطاة بالاغصان والاعشاب والاشجار والزهور
فالحرية غالية الثمن في الزمن المكسور.
فلتحيا الارض والسماء في ليالي الهدو والسكون.
ونعم الله كثيرة رغم السقف المسجور.
أنها ليالي السكينة في الزمن المغدور.

The sad night and the certainty of justice.
Dose the vastness of the forests measure the vastness of the seas as crops in the farmlands?
Water and electricity outages affect the poor people.
The metaphor of class struggle and political affairs affects the poor politicians.
The occupation of October 7, 2023, and the struggle of the Palestinians, the test of patriotism.
Grape leaves, fields and olive trees are related to the commons.
It's a storm and madness of opposing the natural phenomenon.
It is war and hungry stomachs that shape the emotions of the victims.
In conclusion, shame on the accursed occupation.

The skeleton is the support for my soul and my blood.
It is that Gazan Palestinian child living in the open rubbles of broken homes.
The skeleton is that of the martyrs near the mosques.
The skeleton is the pride of eternal victory.
It is the roots of the native plants.
The skeleton is a song for the eternal victory revolution.
It is the one that rejects humiliation and slavery.
They are the cubs of revolutionary Palestine.
Long live the jihad against Zionism.

الليل الحزين
الليل الحزين والحكم بالقسط اليقين.
اتساع الغابات والبحر في جنات عليين.
أنقطاع الماء والكهرباء على الشعب المسكين.
الصراع الطبقي وجهود الجمهوريين.
الاحتلال والسابع من اكتوبر 2023م, وكفاح الفلسطنيين.
أوراق العنب والحقول واشجار الزيتون.
أنها العاصفة واهات الجنون.
أنها الحرب وجوع البطون.
في الختام العار على الاحتلال الملعون.

الهيكل العظمي هو من روحي ودمي.
هو ذلك الطفل الفلسطيني الغزاوي.
الهيكل العظمي هو ذلك الشهيد بالقرب من المسجدِ.
الهيكل العظمي هو نخوة النصر الازلي.
هو جذور النبات البلدي.
الهيكل العظمي هو أغنية لثورة النصر الازلية.
وهو الذي يرفض الذل العبودية.
انهم اشبال فلسطين الثورية.
فليحيا الجهاد ضد الصهيونية.

It is the story of a land stolen by Afash, the former president of Yemen. His children, neighbors, and his assistants colluded in the scheme.
The Stolen Land is the story of a forgotten land, its legacy on earth and even in the seventh heaven.
The plundered land celebrates its birthdays in September, and the martyrs rise from their resting place for the sake of Arab Jerusalem.
Congratulations to them for their martyrdom for occupied Palestine.
The plundered land became a colony with its wondrous beaches and islands.
Salvation is coming, no matter how long the dark ages last.

واقع الحال وحسن الاختيار اليمن نموذجاَ

صرح زعيم المرتزقة طارق صالح بأن الحرب في اليمن لم تنته بعد, ويرغب في دعم شعبي لقواته لكى يخوض حربه الثارية من جديد.
ومن المعلوم لعامة الناس ان عفاش الاب ضمن لابنه احمد حكم اليمن لانه سوف يعيد اعمار اليمن من الاموال المنهوبة والمقدرة بستين مليار دولارموزعة في دول اوروبا وامريكا وكندا ولبنان ودبي.
واعادة تدوير عائلة عفاش لحكم اليمن مخالف لمبادي ثورة السادس والعشرين من سبتمبر. ومن المعلوم ان عائلة عفاش مدعومة من الامارات العربية المتحدة والسعودية للعودة لحكم اليمن واعادة اعمار ماخلفته الحرب.
والخيار الافضل لليمن واليمنيين ان يسلم جيش مايسمى بالشرعية للقائد الحوثي لكي يتم هيكلت الجيش على اساس وطني. فالحوثي هو الجدير لهذه المهمة . وسوف تصبح اليمن قوة اقليمية يعمل لها الف حساب والفرصة لن تتكرر.

الارض المنهوبة
انها قصة ارض منهوبة من قيبل عفاش واولاده وجيرانه واعوانه.
الارض المنهوبة قصة ارض منسيه, ارثها في الارض وحتى في السماء السابعة.
الارض المنهوبة تحتفل بعيد ميلادها السبتمبري , والشهداء يرتقون الى مثواهم من اجل القدس العربية.
فهنياً لهم الشهادة من اجل فلسطين المحتلة.
الارض المنهوبة اصبحت مستعمرة بشواطئها وجزرها العجيبة.
فالخلاص قادم مهما طالت العصور الظلامية.

I was looking for a companion and something came up in the way.
It looks like a bay or a strait connecting seas.
But in reality, he was a friend.
He turned around and said to me, “What is this fire for?”
I replied to him that this is the beginning of the war led by the leader of the brays.
Who claims that he will win the war and will win gold and garrets?
He will expand his entity to include the Euphrates, the Nile, and even the Strait of Gibraltar.