Al Jazeera Net - Private

Under his iron umbrella in the middle of the public street in the city of Saada (northern Yemen), Ali Issa organizes regular traffic every day since February 1990, until he became a regional flag.

In the city, which used to live on a large margin of chaos and disorganization, the traffic man, Ali Issa, is struggling with his brown skirt and sunglasses to make the movement easier and lessen congestion, armed with traffic rules, but the law has repeatedly failed him, he says.

The new situation prompted the director of public relations at the Traffic Department in Saada province to turn the other way in punishing the drivers of the violators; he started to denounce the drivers of the violators, but that did not find with the drivers "who were beaten by the law."

School punishment
Issa told Al Jazeera Net that dozens of drivers are not concerned with traffic rules and are not following the directions of the traffic man, whose presence on the street represents public order in any country.

He added that he sometimes had to punish drivers by beating them with their hands and a disk of their ears, a message intended to remind them - especially small bus drivers - that "leadership is art, taste and morality."

Issa punishes driver with sticks

"I wanted to tell them that it is shameful for you to repeat this, do you want us to take you back to the first school to receive enough education?" Said the traffic policeman.

"Sometimes he has to tweak the ears of the drivers who have not been distracted. They do not care about blocking the road or obstructing traffic or repeated warnings from the traffic man. Then they need an ear pinch to alert them to taste and morality."

Because motorists respect and respect Isa, they voluntarily accept to be punished without objection, in recognition of their violation of the rules and fundamentals of public traffic.

Sadiq al-Khawlan, a resident of Saada city, said that Issa's struggle for his profession has long been forced to respect and appreciate him. "I am one of the people who know him best in his work in the darkest circumstances.

"At the beginning of the war (early 2015), Saada city was empty of people because of intensive shelling, while it was the only one left in the street despite the interruption of traffic, but it is Egypt to stay in business."

The consequences of the war
But Issa says that the war in the country has destroyed state institutions, which has affected law enforcement, so Issa is keen to maintain the prestige of the state associated with his job as a man who provides public safety and security.

Issa said that some of the drivers' lack of commitment to the system, including the driving of children in cars, is in clear violation of the law, which does not allow a child to drive unless he is 18 years old.

He explained to Al-Jazeera Net that on one occasion he was forced to distribute baby rashes and "labyrinths" to drivers who did not exceed the legal age to allow them to drive, a message of protest to parents of children to keep their children, as they are still far from taking responsibility.

And the most recent method that is punishable by Issa drivers interacting activists of the sites of communication, wrote activist Mohammed Mahyoub that because of the war the fines are no longer feasible, and that immediate punishment will be easier.

Khalid Al-Hamri wrote that "Uncle Ali Issa has his beautiful ways of educating and educating drivers without any penalty. He is one of the fighting police, God keeps him."

"The profession he found himself in, so he did not leave his job in organizing traffic until his mother's death," he said. Thousands of Yemenis gave up their jobs.

The passion and love of the profession made Isa add his son Ayman to work beside him, as a soldier of passage.

Even though the two have not received their salaries for two and a half years, they have not left work. "I carry something great between my wings and in the depths of my heart and the essence of my soul, which is going on in my blood and between my flesh and bones.

In addition to his work in traffic, Issa is one of the initiators who organize charitable and voluntary humanitarian activities. He also has a passion for writing, theater, acting and writing popular poetry.