Published on 8 January 2015 by Bassam Al-Khameri in Report
A recent study released by the Sana’a-based Abaad Studies and Research Centre noted that over 7,700 Yemenis were killed in armed clashes in 2014. According to the study these figures represent a threefold increase from the toll of 2011.
Published on 8 January 2015 by Ali Aboluhom in Report
Fatima and Marwa refuse to go back to class at the Al-Khansa Elementary School for girls. For the two young girls, 12 and 14 years old, a twin car bombing in December in the city of Rada’a hit too close to home.
Published on 8 January 2015 by Bassam Al-Khameri in Report
Each year, Muslims throughout the world gather to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad on the 12th day of the Islamic month Rabia Al-Awwal, albeit in different ways. Within Yemen, a country that has long been fractured along regional, sectarian and tribal lines, different communities have adopted different traditions when celebrating the holiday. This year, following the Houthi takeover of Sana’a on Sept. 21, two of those traditions have clashed head on, with the Houthis’ extravagant celebrations conflicting at times with those of other Yemenis.
Published on 6 January 2015 by Bassam Al-Khameri in Report
Most Yemenis and international observers have been shocked by recent revelations of slavery in Yemen, which has been shown to exist in its most archaic form. A sensitive topic, slavery receives relatively little attention in the media, but modern-day forms of subjugation need to be addressed. Recent studies have shown slavery to be far more pervasive than previously imagined, and current trends do not bode well for the future.
Published on 6 January 2015 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in Report
“I agreed to allow him to marry her, on the condition that he help me collect one million likes on Facebook,” said Salem Ayash, 48, a resident of Taiz city. “In the end, we only got 141,000, but I figured that was enough.” Salem was referring to his daughter, whose name he did not want to reveal, and Osama Al-Qudaimi, a young man who had been courting her since 2012. Traditionally in Yemen, marriages come after a hefty mahar, or dowry, is paid to the father of the bride by the groom and his family.
Houthis paint the town greenPublished on 1 January 2015 by Yasser Rayes in Report
The political and security breakdown following the 2011 uprising left a vacuum of power in the country. Since the uprising, the Houthis have been consolidating power, starting with the seizure of more and more land in the north of Yemen.
Published on 1 January 2015 by Bassam Al-Khameri in Report
Student protests against armed security forces date back to 2009
Sana'a University students hoping that the withdrawal of armed Houthis from campus spelled the end of arms on campus have been sorely disappointed and have resumed protests—this time against state security forces.
Published on 30 December 2014 by Ahlam Mohsen in Report
People making the journey from the Horn of Africa often come to Yemen to escape poverty, persecution, war and state violence. Efrata Kasassa, 22, came to Yemen to be a writer.
Published on 30 December 2014 by Khalid Al-Karimi in Report
Unemployment rates in 2014 reached unprecedented levels. According to a report released this month by the Economic and Social Development Research Center (SRDC), a local non-governmental organization based in Sana’a, 38.4 percent of the workforce aged 15 to 64 are currently unemployed, a figure that increases to 46.2 percent for those between 30 to 64.
Children of Rada’aPublished on 25 December 2014 by Amal Al-Yarisi in Report
Children living in conflict zones are often deprived of their most basic educational needs. Omar Abdulaziz Elementary School is in the Harria Village of Weld Rabi’ district, an area in Rada’a that has been ravaged by conflict between Houthi militants and Islah-affiliated tribes. Overcrowded and under-resourced, it struggles to provide for a growing number of displaced children.
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