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. 

How and when Yemen will ratify the Rome Statute in the international criminal court system?

"The Parliament voted 'Yes' about it in 2007, and then Saleh played under the table until the ratification was denied because the "Parliament wasn't full." Then, they delayed the next voting until it never happened which was a smart move on his side, it served him right during the revolution. The next voting should be held after the next President and new constitution is drawn." - Luai Ahmed

Change Square is empty but change is still needed

Originally published on TheNational.ae

When Sanaa's Change Square became the focal point for Yemeni pro-democracy protests in 2011, one of the first posters to appear called the demonstrations there the "first step towards our civil state". It was remarkable to find such a poster in a country that has always been known for its socio-tribal form of power structure. But that was a period of hope; Change Square was transformed into a collective of tents housing hundreds of activists.

Yemen, July 1979

Image Credit