World Refugee Day 2013Published on 20 June 2013 by Samar Qaed in Report
Today is World Refugee Day. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees takes one day each year to remind us of the urgent and global dilemma of displaced people.
Published on 20 June 2013 by Dares Al-Badani in Report
Yemenis with disabilities struggle to fit into a world that wasn’t designed with people like them in mind. Wheel-chair accessible buildings, special educational curricula and accessible bathrooms are a rare-find in Sana’a.
Published on 20 June 2013 by Ali Abolohoum in Report
Republican Guards, Special Forces, First Armored Division, and the Military Forces all used to wear separate uniforms. Not anymore. The unification of Yemeni army uniforms—announced this week—is an integral step towards the reconstructing of Yemeni army, following the fracturing and infighting which occured during the uprising of 2011.
Published on 20 June 2013 by Samar Qaed in Report
Karmin Nasr finishes playing a song by Mozart on the piano. The last note rings in the air in the first floor of her home as the family members applaud enthusiastically.
Published on 20 June 2013 by Nasser Al-Sakkaf in Report
In Taiz Governorate, on the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, around 40,000 illegal weapons have been seized since May.
Published on 20 June 2013 by Ramzy Alawi in Report
We are now three months into the National Dialogue Conference, where many of the country’s contentious issues—like that of the years of war in Sa’ada and Southern separatism—have been discussed and debated.
Electronic voting system coming to YemenPublished on 20 June 2013 by Mohammed Al-Hassani in Report
Thirteen-year old Mohammed Al-Badwi smiles as he poses in front of a camera at his school. He is part of a test-run for the soon-to-be implemented electronic registration system for future parliament and presidential elections. Proponents of the technology say that an electronic system, as opposed to the manual registration used now, will assist Yemen as it transitions to democracy.
Who was Hussein Al-Houthi?Published on 17 June 2013 by Ali Abulohoom in Report
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.
Published on 13 June 2013 by Medialine.com Abdurrahman Shamlan in Report
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.
Published on 13 June 2013 by Dares Al-Badani in Report
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.
