Dear racist

Dear racist, just because I have colored skin, black AND curly hair, and I speak bad Swedish, that doesn't make me any less than you as a human being. 

Coming rally in solidarity with shiekhism victims

A huge rally is expected to take place on Thursday in solidarity with two shiekhism victims.

A criminal sheikh

"Today, Yemen National Dialogue conference was shut down early in protest of the deaths of two youths allegedly killed by the son of sheikh Ali Abdo Rabbu Al-awadhi." - Adam Baron

Yemen's women make their voices heard from revolution to constitution

Photo: Hani Mohammed/AP

"Yemeni women are some of the fiercest women I have ever met. Through conflicts and famine, many have had to struggle for the survival of their families. The abject poverty afflicts Yemeni women in particularly harsh ways, yet they carry on and persevere. Still, their pride in their culture and love for their beautiful country always shines through. But in spite all of this I was still surprised when I saw footage of the protests that rocked the capital Sana’a in 2011." - Amina Semlali  Read more

100th day of the hunger strike by prisoners in Guantanamo Bay

"Don't they realize we are human beings, not stones" mother of Yemeni prisoner AbdulRahman Al-Shabati. 

Today was the 100th day of the hunger strike by prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, and solidarity actions took place all around the country. 

In D.C, CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans met with Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama. She hand-delivered the Change.org petition with 300,000 signatures to Jarrett in addition to a letter from the mother of Yemeni prisoner AbdulRahman Al-Shabati. 

v. - Rooj Alwazir 

Yemeni Women Rock

 

"Yemeni Women Rock!" writes Yemen Times' editor in chief, Nadia Al-Sakkaf on her latest achievement in receiving the Business for Peace Award. 

Nadia Does Rock! ♥

Yemen's children smuggled into KSA

 

Saudi Arabia - "Yemen's children smuggled into KSA and being exploited in begging work, at traffic points, in this hot weather. What criminal Yemeni gangs violating childhood!" - @1KsaNews1 

Yemen marks the Nakba

Yemen marked the 65th anniversary of the Nakba or "Day of Catastrophe", yesterday, reports Sana'a-based Spanish journalist, Juan Herrero.

Mixing fragrance in Sanaa

This perfume barista in Sanaa mixes your fragrance to order, (Full article here). - Haykal Bafana

At Yemen's National Dialogue conference

 

She's one of Yemen's prominent intellectuals and journalists - in the middle, Samia Al Aghbari.