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Dates from Palestine
Growing up, we never ate dates at home. In my parents’ house there was never such fruite to be found. Hence, it was only two years ago, when I moved to Manchester that I, for the first time in my life, saw dates in supermarkets. Naturally, I bought some without checking the label. Dates are…
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The eighth anniversary of the Yemen war
This is an incomplete balance of an utterly unnecessary war on the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Yemen. A coalition of majority sunni countries Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, and Pakistan, led by Saudi Arabia, with the unconditional support of US, UK and other Western Nations invaded Yemen with the pretext…
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Ramadan Mubarak
Yesterday in Yemen, the holy month of Ramadan started, which made me remember the last Ramadan. Back then, the major parties agreed on a peace deal for initially two months, which then had been extended twice. However, in early October, the parties failed to agree on a renewed peace deal, crushing all hope for a…
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in the name of freedom and democracy
For those who have a basic knowledge of history, they will know that the 13th century was the area of the Mongoles under Genghiz Khan. In January 1257, Genghiz Khan’s grandson Hulague had reached Iraq with a 150.000 men strong army. Hulague declared his demands to Al-Mustasin, the ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate. In order…
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Miscarriage of justice
The ICC never bothered about prosecuting and issueing an arrest warrant for Muhammad bin Salman and his Western supporters for the genocide committed in Yemen. ICC attorney general Karim Khan had been several times called by leading charities and human rights activists to take up the case and seek justice for the people in Yemen,…
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… while working on coffee plantages
Farmers, fishers, or children who just want to play … no one is safe. Yemen is one of the most dangerous countries to live in, be it for women, children, or men. There is a crucial and often overseen reason for the precarious political, military, and humanitarian state in the poorest Arab Nation: Narcissistic Western…
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go to the field and see the suffering
Sa’adah – the worst affected governorate in Yemen has not been spared from Saudi Arabia’s rampant aggression, not even through the 6-month truce. According to YemenDataProject.com, over twenty per cent of all Saudi Arabia-led coalition airstrikes have been carried out on Sa’adah. Whatch this video and spread the word to the bright white world. by…
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Control exercised by a good mix of starvation tactics and provision of humanitarian aid
Recently, I have read several bloggers posting on “Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the People of Yemen provided by the United States” This news has been plastered all over wordpress.com to save oneself. Hence, I am not going to repost or add any links diverting to the site of the US State Department. However, USaid and…
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A United Nations mandate – UNHCR2216 Yemen – is taking innocent lives
“The incriminating images of the skeletal fragments of once beautiful children only circulate on obscure, almost entirely ignored Facebook and Twitter accounts.” Author Isa Blumi Break the silence – It does not take much to end the crippling blockade on Yemen! This is not a civil war. Rather, it is a Saudi Arabia-led and UK,…
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