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No peace for Sa’ada
Not one single day goes by without Saudi Arabia border attacks on the people of Sa’ada. Every day, Saudi Arabia claims lives on the northern borders of Yemen, including migrant lives. This goes widely unnoticed whether in times of war or during temporary truce. Be it in Marib, Hudaydah, or Taiz, news of civilian deaths…
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Yemen’s Hodeidah receives first ship carrying general cargo in years amid truce push
A container ship carrying general commercial goods docked at Yemen’s main port of Hodeidah for the first time since at least 2016. A good sign for Yemeni to release themselves from the shackles of dependency, reviving the economy and ending the Saudi Arabia-led and Western backed blockade on Yemen.
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The work of Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
Yemen on the brink: how the UAE is profiting from the chaos of civil war by The Guardian When I, for the first time, read the above article by Ghaith Gbdul-Ahad, I had already a solid knowledge of the crimes the UAE had been committing in Yemen, including the occupation of the Yemeni island of…
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Looted Artifacts, Returned to Yemen, Will Go to the Smithsonian, for Now
The artifacts include 65 funerary stelae, or carved stones, from northwest Yemen, dated to the second half of the first millennium B.C., a bronze bowl, and 11 folios from early Qurans.They were seized from a New York art dealer more than a decade ago. Since then, they have been held in storage, and the new…
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Americans Are Quietly Supporting A Saudi Land Grab In Yemen
In Yemen’s strategically vital Al-Mahra province, Saudi troops and influence operations are alarming locals — and U.S. military personnel and experts recently made unreported visits. Saudi Arabia has seen Al-Mahra as a prize for decades. The appeal of the province is its long coastline on the Indian Ocean. Shipments through its ports would bypass the…
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Blue Bottle Coffee Introduces Instant Exceedingly Rare Yemen Qima Bait Alal
Priced at $65 USD, the Instant Exceedingly Rare, Yemen Qima Bait Alal is available in three single 100ml serving sets on Blue Bottle Coffee’s website. hypebeast.com Remember the Yemeni farmers who work hard and who are being rewarded with one tenth of the online price.
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Yemen: Sanaa gov’t launches solar-powered project for coffee irrigation
The project is set in the Bilad Al-Ghalf area of the Bani Matar District in the Sanaa governorate, and an expansion in the region is in planning. For more visit Middle East Monitor
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Yemeni treasure
It should not be that difficult to figure out Saudi Arabia and its Western backers’ actual interest in Yemen, should it? Once upon a time, Yemen’s main income source consisted of its crude oil, gas reserves, and fishing industry. Since the Saudi Arabia-led coalition intervention, this has changed hands. The proceeds go to the Central…