Yemen Times

Dialysis centers overcrowded, underfunded

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:41:13 +0100

The dialysis center at the state-run Al-Thawra hospital is overcrowded, underfunded and overused. Their 28 dialysis machines operate around the clock as patients continue to swarm the center.

Poem: Broken Hope

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:31:04 +0100

Comrade! I think you are not forlorn Shake my hand I am only your pinion

Geography of religious borders

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:28:49 +0100

When writing about social issues in the Arab world, special focus needs to be placed on religion.

Head of Aba’d Center for Strategic Studies, Abdulsalam Mohammed speak to the Yemen Times

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:26:49 +0100

U.S. Senator John McCain’s visit to Sana’a at the end of May left many Yemenis with unanswered questions. Foreign and domestic media may have praised the visit, but many Yemenis were wary of the senator’s motives and aims driving his visit.The Yemen Times spoke with political analyst Abdulsalam Mohammed, head of Aba’d Center for Strategic Studies to hear more.

In Brief

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:53:42 +0100

- Specialists at Ministry of Water and Irrigation discussed a bill Saturday to increase safety and handling regulations for livestock in Yemen. Mohammed Al-Ghashm, the Deputy Minister, said there is already a law with protects Yemeni livestock, but it needs to updated to meet the standards set by the World Trade Organization, which Yemen hopes to join.

Dutch journalist and husband disappear in Sana’a

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:34:02 +0100

SANA’A, June 17 — Dutch ambassador Jeroen Verheul has confirmed that a Dutch journalist and her husband disappeared last week in the nation’s capital, Sana’a. The embassy has informed Yemeni authorities about the case, Verheul stated.

Sheikhs call for execution of power line saboteurs

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:31:25 +0100

SANA’A, June 17 – The largest tribes in Marib, the Al Hutaik and Al Jardan tribes, signed a tribal order declaring the legality of executing those behind oil and gas pipeline attacks. The move came after military forces launched an attack on the alleged location of the saboteurs.

National Security releases 7 detained Houthis

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:31:25 +0100

SANA’A, June 17 —Seven detained Ansar Allah members have been released following last Sunday’s clashes between members of the Houthi group and National Security Forces that left 13 dead and over 100 injured. Demonstrators were gathered to protest the continued detention of Ansar Allah members.

You better not be chewing qat right now!

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:23:18 +0100

I hope whoever is reading this now is not chewing qat. If you don’t know what qat is, let me give you a brief introduction. Qat is the son of plants, he’s lettuce’s cousin, and spinaches’ wicked brother! Qat is the green leaf that is chewed and stored in your left cheek if you are a pro, in your right cheek if you are a beginner, and in both sides if you are a dinosaur.

Will historic Old Sana’a gardens vanish?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:23:18 +0100

Mohammed Al-Shosha looks up to the sky, hoping that rain is on its way. He says that with each day, his garden becomes more parched. It’s not like it was in the past, he says. He remembers how green and verdant this space used to be, when his father handed it down to him 30 years ago.

Who was Hussein Al-Houthi?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:53:50 +0100

Although nine years have passed since Hussein Al-Houthi, the founder of the Houthi group, was killed, he was laid to rest just this month. His funeral was held in Sa’ada, in the mountainous Marran area north of the capital, where the bearded religious leader hoped to create a new, more religiously devout society.

Yemen government urged to take action

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:16:31 +0100

Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters are poised to take control of the southeastern province of Hadrmout, Yemen's largest province, French ambassador to Yemen Frank Gillette is warning.

Sana’a woman does not let paralysis hold her back

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:58:11 +0100

Samia Al-Hajri has suffered from partial paralysis since her birth. She cannot move her legs. Most of her community wrote her off at first, thinking that she wouldn’t be able to overcome this handicap and life a full life.

The real revolution starts now

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:45:30 +0100

At the risk of angering the protestors who struggled for change at the various demonstrations in 2011, I feel that the real revolution has just begun.

Poem: Country under foreign rule

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:43:09 +0100

Just at the rooster achieved the calling,Which some reckon nuisance, Bloody mourning redawned.We lost our sense for seeking safety!

GPC confuses the JMP: Hadi for president?

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:43:09 +0100

I was expecting either the General People’s Congress (GPC) or the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) to select the interim president Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi as a candidate in the presidential election of 2014.

Saying ‘yes’ to a no-fly zone in Syria

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:43:09 +0100

The fall of the Syrian regime has been the goal of millions of Syrians, not only those who rose against Bashar Al-Assad, but also the now more than four million people directly affected by his clinging to power instead of answering the popular call for a regime.

Are private schools worth it?

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:35:20 +0100

Private schools first appeared in the Republic of Yemen in 1995, five years after the country’s unification in 1990.

Drones in Yemen: May and June

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:18:53 +0100

Air strikes—some confirmed as drone strikes, others still alleged—over the course of the past two months have resulted in 20 deaths, in addition to many other injuries. In most cases, alleged Al-Qaeda members are the targets.

NDC Update

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:55:30 +0100