Making peace in Yemen
In the presidential palace in Sana’a, a new Yemeni cabinet has just been sworn in. For the first time in 33 years, however, President Ali Abdullah Saleh is nowhere to be seen.
View ArticleIt is time to fight corruption in Yemen
Now number one battle for the people is going to be with corruption and the corrupt wherever they are and whoever they are.
View ArticleTribes and their role in building Yemen
Tribes in Yemen have always had a very strong and complicated structure, and any talk about resolving the tribes is a mere fantasy.
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize winner, Yemen’s new danger
On her page on Facebook page, Tawakol Karman warns that she will be back “as a flood that will break all walls”.
View ArticleChange in Yemen should starts from within
New era, new government and definitely new Yemen. The new government is not all we need to build a new Yemen, we need faithful officials and honest neighboring countries and most specifically less...
View ArticleDriving around in Yemen, a unique experience
If you are a fan of adventure and love to take risks, then come to Sana’a and try your luck with driving. This is the biggest adventure race in the world. When you are behind the wheel you can do...
View ArticleYemen in the aftermath of President Saleh
It is difficult to imagine Yemen without president ali Abdulla saleh. Not that he was particularly good for the country, but simply because for the last 33 years the media have constantly barraged us...
View ArticleSaleh fulfills his promise and saves Yemen
Yemen finally managed to avoid sliding into civil war. This was accomplished by following steps of the implementation of the GCC initiative for guiding the country through this crisis, these...
View ArticleYemen Transition completed! Now the rocky ride ahead
The non-competitive presidential elections which were held on February 21were not designed to bring about a new president as much as to legitimize the sole nominee. Everyone had anticipated the outcome...
View ArticleEffects of Arab Awakening on the Global Oil Industry
Almost fifteen years ago, I started my professional career in the oil industry by undertaking extensive training on board large oil tankers that transport crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States.
View ArticleKudos to Yemen for its ability to cope with its problems through a...
The process to lead reformation in Yemen has been relatively peaceful compared to some other Arab countries that are going through similar processes. The conflicts were partially solved; or rather a...
View ArticleItaly’s new ambassador to Yemen
Yemenis are confident that EU has always been an active actor through suspending aid to dissolve Saleh’s government legitimacy and participating in a studied coup d’état against the constitutional...
View ArticleFood insecurity in Yemen has a local solution
Three years ago a family, led by the women of the household, organized a small food collection initiative driven by youth for the month of Ramadan.
View ArticleThe federal alternative and the national dialogue of Yemen
When the former President of Yemen’s south Ali Nasser Mohammed insists on talking over the two projects- (1) Disengagement and Restoration of the South State, and (2) Federalization of the Country:...
View ArticleOn the Iranian intelligence activities in Yemen
After the Unification Day of Yemen in 1990, specifically, when the war of liberating Kuwait has come to an end in 1991, Yemen could bring back its relations in a normal diplomatic way following a long...
View ArticleDoes the Iranian espionage network break Yemen revered sovereignty?
(1) Bernard Lewis, a well-known American thinker, called for dismissing Iran through the consolidation of the Arab world Sunnis and as a matter of facing of an ideology with Iran.
View ArticleFatwa of Yemen 1994 Civil War
It seems as if the fatwa on the 1994 civil war is still pursuing Abdul-Wahab al-Dailami, the Sheikh who issued it back then. Repeatedly, he turned into denial and disbelief, but last week he used the...
View ArticleIs Yemen President waiting for the presidential palace to be stormed after...
“Whoever thinks that the country will calm down as long as the ousted president is still wreaking troubles on earth, must be lost in thought.
View ArticleYemen Capital and Court of Louis XVI
The capital, of which some parts are governed by the President, his statespersons, the elites, the media and embassies, are today in a state of misery and darkness like the court of Louis XVI after the...
View ArticleSecretary General of Yemen SP, Yassin Saeed Noman
In 1975, gunmen from the Lebanese Forces of the (Phalange) Party, which was led by Pierre Gemayel, had attempted the assassination of the revolutionary and nationalist known as Sa’ad, followed by the...
View ArticleYemen Dialogue Committee for Official Apologies?
In its first meeting, the National Dialogue Committee turns from a preparatory committee to a technical one where it approved an official apology to be made by the parties involved in the 94 civil war,...
View ArticleThe day the US Embassy in Yemen was looted
I live next to the bridge leading to the US Embassy. A number of windows of my house were shattered during an exchange of stone throwing between the protesters and the anti-riot police on Thursday...
View ArticleA Yemen-style transition of power would not work in Syria
The divergence of foreign interests in Syria and the regime’s brutality against its people makes such a transition unlikely Realizing that neither a full-scale military intervention nor Libya-style air...
View ArticleAre Yemenis good at thinking through ideas?
Thinking in the form of intensive and prolonged engagement on a particular issue that leads to insight has become a rare commodity in our time.
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