Category: yemen war
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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…
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Fruit of Sa’ada: Green-shelled pomegranate
“Though people swear by the sweet soft pink seeds of the green-skinned pomegranate that is indigenous to Saada.” Majida Rashid Like the outlandish Dragon-blood tree on Socotra Island, this speciment of pomegranate too is unique to Yemen. Only the special compounds of Yemeni soil create beauty … beyond the reach of the West.
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The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the arms embargo on Yemen’s Houthi rebels and an asset freeze and travel ban on Houthi leaders and top officials until Nov. 15
The British-drafted resolution also extends the mandate of the U.N. panel of experts monitoring the sanctions until Dec. 15. In a just world functioning on a rule-based order, the United Nations Security Council would have held the Saudi Arabia-led coalition alongside its Western backers, too accountable for all the unlawful bombings of Yemen. Instead, they…
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Yemen’s centuries-old coffee cultivation needs revival amid ongoing conflicts
In major online stores that claim to sell original Yemen coffee, a 340-gram bag of coffee beans is priced at 35 U.S. dollars, which is more than 10 times the price in northern Yemen. “We work as hard as we could and still I am worried,” al-Nhami said, adding he hoped he could get enough…
Nascent Yemen 