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Attacks Won’t Stop Yemen

The protesters in Sana’a remain defiant in the face of government brutality. Expect the next demonstration to be bigger and angrier, our correspondent in Yemen reports.

Limbo in Yemen

Ali, how low can you go? Yemen’s president can dance and shuffle all he wants, but he looks to be nearing his end regardless.

You Should be Proud of Yemen

This is supposed to be Saleh’s city. This is supposed to be his heartland, his base, his stronghold. We marched right through it.

Yemen – Is this the end game?

The GCC’s proposal in Yemen is not being received well by the protesters, especially the youth.

Protest Camp in Sana’a

Sana’a's Change Square at night — powerful images of a protest camp.

Why Arab Governments Fail to Contain?

The level of oppression and the extreme absence of freedom of expression in the Arab World should not be viewed as a sign of backwardness, but in fact as a sign of strong will and desire to be free.

Saudi Girls Deserve Sports Heroes, Too

This has been talked about to death in some circles, I know – fortunately this isn’t one of them. As the Beijing Olympics roll on and the Michael Phelpses and Nastia Liukins (or the Cheng Feis and Yang Weis, if you prefer) win medal after medal, it’s almost too easy to forget those left out [...]

Yemen is Screw(Worm)ed

Poor Yemen… as if a simmering Shia insurgency in the North and abducted Japanese tourists ain’t bad enough, Yemen is facing the prospect of a screw worm epidemic. How is this for gross? The menacing fly lays its eggs in a cut or open wound of a warm-blooded animal. The maggots then feast off the [...]

Yemen, its a Blast!

The Yemen news agency reported a blast at a “qat market” in Sa’dah. This is hilarious when you consider that Saada is basically one huge open air arms market, but it was probably the qat, right?: Witnesses said the explosion was caused by a cannon shell mishandled by a man trying to sell it at [...]

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