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From the Unexpected to the Unknown
YemenExtra
Written by Hind Abbas
How did an ordinary day in Al Moza’a village on the Red Sea coast in Yemen look like before the war? Kadijah, a 42-year-old woman, remembers:
“I used to wake up every morning to the sound…
War Makes a Difference for People in Yemen
YemenExtra
Amr, 25-year-old has lived in Yemen
“I think all the Yemeni people dream for this whole nonsense war to stop,” says Amr, the 25-year-old has lived in Yemen most of his life, but now he doesn’t recognise his own…
Mohammed Bin Salman is buying America’s silence with a fake veneer of cultural openness
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by Soumaya Ghannoushi
A number of Gulf countries are heading towards greater cultural and economic "liberalism", but not on the level of politics or governance.
In fact, these states are resorting to some form of…
A Saudi Prince’s Quest to Remake the Middle East
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By Dexter Filkins
few days after Donald Trump was inaugurated, Jared Kushner sat down to decide how to reshape the Middle East. During the campaign, Trump had promised a sweeping transformation of the region. Steve…
Will the Saudi Kingdom Collapse Under the Resource Curse?
YemenExtra
As wealth gushes from the ground, thrift vanishes, the work ethic shrinks, and policy grows more erratic and extreme.
By: DANIEL LAZARE
If Saudi Arabia is acting a bit unhinged of late, it’s easy to see why: the…
We are complicit in the suffering of Yemen’s children – we cannot ignore their starvation any…
Andrew Mitchell is the Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield
With wall-to-wall coverage of Brexit consuming the media’s bandwidth, it would be easy to miss the report that most of Yemen is just one step away from famine. Yet entering…
Yemen is entering its fourth year of war – when will the suffering end?
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Written by Hind Abbas
In three years, so many things can happen in a person’s life. A child will start going to nursery, a student can get a bachelor’s degree. In three years, someone can meet the love of their life…
Will We Witness Changes in the Political Settlement in Yemen With the New Envoy?
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By: Zain Al-Abidine Othman
As we’ve just heard from the UN, the conflict in Yemen has caused the world’s most devastating humanitarian crisis. Over 22 million people – more than three quarters of the population –…
Congress, Not Trump, Has the Authority Over War
YemenExtra
America’s representatives can, and should, end the country’s participation in the horrific onslaught on Yemen.
By: Bernie Sanders
On March 20, by a vote of 55-44, the U.S. Senate tabled a resolution that I…
Secret Saudi-Houthi Talks Improve the Prospects for Peace
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By Abdel Bari Atwan
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seems to have come to the conclusion that it can never win the war in Yemen. It has begun to seek a political solution that can extricate it from an imbroglio that has…