Yemen: The Last Lunch | Al Jazeera World

Details surrounding the political assassination of Ibrahim al-Hamdi, president of North Yemen, in 1977 are stranger than fiction.
Al-Hamdi, viewed by many as a reformer and modernist, came to power in a bloodless coup in June 1974 at a time when Yemen was divided into two countries: North Yemen, where al-Hamdi was president and Marxist South Yemen. As a moderniser, al-Hamdi pushed for Yemeni unification and was due to travel to Aden to meet with his southern counterpart in October 1977.
Two days before that meeting was due to take place, al-Hamdi was invited to lunch at the home of his army commander Ahmed al-Ghashmi. On arrival, al-Hamdi was taken past the dignitaries and brought to a room where on the floor lay the body of his brother. According to an eyewitness, al-Hamdi was then murdered at the scene.
The exact details of his death remain a mystery. Some claim he was shot dead in a drive-by shooting. A more lurid account places al-Hamdi's body and that of his brother alongside those of two young French women, who some speculate may have been spies, high class escorts, or both. While nobody was ever charged with the murder, the list of suspects included two future Yemeni presidents, tribal enemies opposed to al-Hamdi's erosion of their power and forces loyal to neighbouring Saudi Arabia, who vigorously denied involvement in the murder.
The assassination of al-Hamdi still resonates today. More than 40 years on, his family and supporters still search for answers. And with few witnesses left alive, calls for accountability and closure are more pressing than ever.
Yemen: The Last Lunch traces the events leading up to Ibrahim al-Hamdi's murder and how his death steered the course of a country deeply divided.
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[@drebuhaniyah1988]

Al Jazeera is amazing in a sense that it literally make you sit on wagon and take you that particular era in which you feel as if all being televised here is happening before your own eyes ...... mesmerising journalism !

[@younge252]

that's called brainwashing and propaganda agenda to demonizing middle east

[@mghaleb2560]

I didn’t live in Ibrahim al-Hamdi's rule, but I heard that he was a fair president and Yemen was advanced in its cultures and economy. But Yemen lost one of Yemen's leaders, the departure of Ibrahim al-Hamdi, and will not see Yemen good after Ibrahim al-Hamdi, God have mercy on him.

[@siraj7397]

Not only fair very humble and generous, he drove w/out guards and helped the poor and lived in a simple house , may god bless him

[@NoOne-zt8gr]

Hope the peace will restore soon in the Yemen. So much life had been wasted. Love from Philippines

[@michellevaughn239]

Thank you! Please view if able on face book page " The World Cares Yemen " on the internet I recommend Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation

[@walkermelvin9716]

i dont mean to be offtopic but does anybody know a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb forgot my login password. I would love any tricks you can offer me!

[@miloquinn2867]

@Walker Melvin Instablaster :)

[@the.shotgun.approach]

Agreed, from the U.S.😌

[@hodaali9857]

So , sorry my yamen people are still suffering , May Allah give them peace and stability , Love from Somalia

[@aabdo1770]

we yemeni love somalia

[@PrakashSahoo-do6ph]

@@aabdo1770 how Allah can protect them???.....everything begins in the name of allah....nevertheless start to change urself and ur false narrative.....

[@PrakashSahoo-do6ph]

@@aabdo1770 love all....serve all....don't tray to eliminate other community.....show some respect to other religion.....everyone will live in peace...

[@whalewhalelookwhowehaveher1729]

We yemenis love somalia

[@ahmedibraheem2050]

@@PrakashSahoo-do6ph just shut your mouth it would be better instead blabbering bullshit no respect will be their and no need your respect towards iur religion 😝🤮😝🤮😂🤣😘😘🤮🤣😂😘🤣😂😘🤮😝🤮🤮😝🤮😝🤮🤮🤣😂😘🤮😝🤮🤣😂😘🤮😝😝🤮😝🤮🤮😝

[@browefactory6339]

Ibrahim al hamdi is a very kind and loyal president Yemen lost a lot as result of his death

[@daverandle3575]

Thanks for translation

[@timothycox9582]

that was cold hrad treachery but at the end ali abdullah salleh died like adog..what goes around comes around

[@mutalix]

Perfectly stated

[@user-wy1gy5vh1n]

افضل واعدل رئيس في تاريخ اليمن ابراهيم الحمدي

[@sohrabamiri7917]

Hi al Jazeera You make dead history made alive Or invisible history make visible Thanks for the truth And the people who are have a common sense Would be appropriate to Al Jazeera So keep going forward 😎🧐🤔👁️🕵️🌅😜🙋

[@mohammeddaleq653]

It's heartbreaking to see his life was wasted like this. 💔

[@hams3507]

When you kill a good leader even peace itself will never be part of you.Yemen ha never known peace since then.

[@YOKokob]

That’s the followers of Ali Abdul Salah, Yemen is the most peaceful country but yet so vicious

[@user-sw8zn8kn8w]

When this great president assassinated by Saudia and them arms in Yemen " saleh and al-ahmar " ; our dreams killed and died with him , may Allah send u in his mercy to jannat alkhuld . Mr. President : u don't know what they do behind u , and how our country become!!

[@AbeTheFakeSage]

His spirit lives on. There will be billions like Ibrahim to counter the traitors, the oppressors, the unjust, the arrogant, the greedy, the corrupt, those who usurp the rights of the people. There will be billions like him willing to die an honorable death for the sake of justice & truth. That is called a sacrifice. You better believe it.

[@mohamedbashir2390]

Saudi Arabia is doing same thing now in somalia making things hard for Farmaajo somali president and paying warlords to make somali governement weak

[@Sumzzzz418]

looool, what? not true.

[@jaspalsingh2121]

Yemen needs self-less leaders, who can unite all its' people, over the tribal and religious differences and agendas, instead of playing them against each-other. Then as a nation, Yemen will also be able stand up to it's more rich and powerful neighbors.

[@wishrsmn]

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[@AbeTheFakeSage]

Who killed Ibrahim Al Hamdi? This answers your question, the people who don’t want to see an independent and free “Teman.”

[@laopang91362]

People there are still suffering today in 2020.

[@durgeshsingh7735]

2021

[@arthurblanchette4225]

2022

[@Ali_Ali710]

The good die young. Alhamdi accomplished more in his short campaign than Saleh's 33 dictatorship. Yemen's GDP has never been as high as he made it. And no leader has dreamed of more for Yemen than he did. الله يرحمة

[@eliasziad7864]

He was killed by the selfishness of the Saudi people who control MECCA AND MEDINA!!!!!!!!!

[@Ali_Ali710]

@@eliasziad7864 he was killed by those who sold themselves for fortune. Saudi government mercenaries. Our so called Yemeni brothers.

[@durgeshsingh7735]

Ali Hassan Salameh

[@ameennahshal7400]

الله يرحمه ويسكنه فسيح جناته 😔

[@NG-fq5lf]

May God be with all people that are suffering

[@alialnagar4201]

الله يرحمك ويرحم أبي وكافة موتنابحرمة الفاتحة والاخلاص والصلاة علاسيدالخلق الله لاحق خيرمن قتلة

[@Vijaykmr11]

Pray for Peace ..From Myanmar !😁

[@Mary-iz8hg]

Oh! No! how tragic !......this teaches you not to trust no one and do not eat their food......

[@MichaelLantz]

When will Saudi Arabia pull all of its 150,000 Ground Troops from Yemen?

[@whalewhalelookwhowehaveher1729]

150,000?

[@arthurblanchette4225]

It will when the US order them to do so!

[@cheepcunt1926]

Iranians will know

[@sararahman4835]

Too sad

[@vivalapalestine7235]

It’s become hard for me to watch videos like this Ugh the tragedy of the Arabs ! We must rise up against our oppressers

[@seancurran8249]

The only oppression of arabs comes from other Arabs, 🇬🇧👮‍♂️🇬🇧👮‍♂️

[@whatslifespurpose]

You need to rise up against yourself first.

[@ifgwelf]

Rise up against the corrupt monarchies ruling you...

[@tonima4784]

Fun fact : hamdi was killed after he disagreed with the hashimi people in the government today as AKA, the hothi,

[@zartan5512]

Very interesting to know that 1974- mid 70s story pickup by Al Jazeerah in 2020 - of course tv station was not in existence then but why this story being played now - Saudi Arabia is repeating same now - parachuting the entire cabinet and Prime minister by air but on landing in Yemen was quite shocking instead of guard of honor it was bombs and missiles reception. President Trump did all he can before departing his presidency but Now 2021 will bring new surprises for Saudi Arabia - in fact i see SA engulfed by Syrian Asad ; pro IRAN iRAQ - ANTI TURKISH AND Houti supported and supplied by Iran - SA patron at large USA gone - Pakistan not happy with SA and more closer to Turkey and neutral in conflict. Ipso facto SA policy of 70s is a failure in Yamen now - in fact Houtis may return to settle scores of 70s and recent past : oil price dwindle - covid-19 raging no haj or umrah revenue and electric cars flooding highways - permanent decline of oil use within 7-8 years. End of Monarch in SA on the horizon but will Yemen free from the shackles of big neighbour - Only time will tell !

[@madworld6801]

That's thanks to USA and saudia for all ways involved

[@deeznn]

:/

[@AbeTheFakeSage]

Those are just words made up by fallible men. The crimes & murders were committed by unjust fallible men… All men will fall. Truth & justice will prevail, inevitably.

[@ziadahmed4807]

The only persident as yemeni we trust we love

[@ProudSomaliKenyan]

I Wonder what world bank and IMF do in this world . I don't just understand.

[@eliasziad7864]

They are a bank for countries...

[@rasool-0007]

Why the F dont you say that to aloha? Isnt him the best creator?

[@yahyamustafa1360]

Islam lost its men mashallah ya Allah our men bring them out

[@elenivargis126]

Great historical reminder. Thx AJ! But gotta say the Houthis are the only ones out there trying to defend Palestine today - thx gods, but I don't know if they descend from this generous leader; or by the dictator that assassinated him?

[@hpfreemen]

this is muslim love, the love of the prophet from others muslim country

[@hzjamal]

This is more of a tribal and power thing than religion

[@jocelynpoesnecker5526]

I praise and thank God. I write to all sides: do not bomb people, do not set land mines, do not terrorize people, do not torture people. We have an excellent example in Jesus, for the men. Jesus kindly taught God's Message, explaining what sinning is, and not sinning himself. We have an excellent example for the women in Mary, the mother of Jesus. She guarded her virginity, and did not do sexual sins. She believed in God, and only prayed to God. Mary knew that God does not have parents. Mary never claimed the lie that she is the so called "mother of God". Jesus never claimed to be the son of God. Jesus always prayed to God, our Creator. Again I praise and thank God. God Always Hears and Sees us.

[@muhammadfarrukhshah8318]

Correctly saying.

[@user-rm8hy6wf9y]

our Respects to you from Yemen

[@jocelynpoesnecker5526]

I praise and thank God. Fellow human, Jesus really existed. He is a human. God did not say the skin color of Jesus in God's Holy Quran. Jesus was a human and we was striving to be good According to God, and God Gave Jesus Revelation, so he is called a Prophet.

[@jocelynpoesnecker5526]

I praise and thank God. I am so happy and thankful to God that you read my comment and agreed. I hope that God Sees many true believers on this earth. God Knows Best.

[@jocelynpoesnecker5526]

Abalyemen, I ask God humbly to Bless you. I hope that more people make the good choice to Please God and for themselves to be true believers in God.

[@tenguban7415]

Salam it was in 1970’s but simple logic to analyze the event it were whom present in that time were suspects

[@bigola5437]

Spamming ads smh feening for money

[@yamaniking9292]

Yea I wonder who killed him.

[@arthurblanchette4225]

KSA did

[@Ali-pt9id]

@@arthurblanchette4225 ofc. Who else lol

[@allahson4967]

LOOKKKS LIKE ITS MAJOR US CRUSHH TIME

[@whatslifespurpose]

Saudi Arabia = The USA equivalent of the Arabian Peninsula

[@pradeepsureshv716]

i thought someone will point fingers at Israel-us

[@baleedali5469]

Brain. I said stay in. U did Egypt

[@crystalwright7090]

Al Hamdi reminds me of Fidel Castro, real revolutionaries.

[@tonima4784]

This is definitely misleading and promoting the criminals hothi

[@Crashed131963]

Is there any Muslim country thats not a backwards mess? Education before religion is the proper order of things.

[@hyamick7584]

Why not both?

[@thomastj1643]

Now only .after I lived in Yemen 9 years.understand The real politics of Yemen. Now I am living back in my country peace fully,but my yemany friends suffering there.may God bless to bring back peace in Yemen. Thomas.Kerala .India Phone .whatsap no 9387424262

[@penguinsc477]

More power and tribal thing than religion

[@scaryb69]

Always a load of dudes. No females in site.

[@apache9243]

Yeah baby Trump 20/20

[@BoringDad1272]

Still hoping ?

[@sudnnk5138]

Let’s all pray Tariq and Ahmed saleh have a swift return to power. They would sweep the elections even in houthi strongholds.

[@AbeTheFakeSage]

You mean the children of the traitorous man that assisted in the assassination of Hamdi? Stay with your friends in Dubai & saudi. Do not come back.

[@barca-amir]

Sorry but who ? Can you you explain ?

[@saudiarabiathelandoftwomos4221]

Propaganda