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Tag: Yemen

20 February, 2023 • Saliha Haddad

Yemen War Survivors Speak in What Have You Left Behind?

Saliha Haddad reviews the English translation of Bushra al-Maqtari's book of oral histories on those who survived the war in Yemen.

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6 February, 2023 • Jenine Abboushi

Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

In her Sudden Journeys column for February, Jenine Abboushi unfurls the Jordanian desert and mountains in the Wadi Feynan.

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15 October, 2022 • Nadia Al-Sakkaf

Yemen’s Feminist Trailblazer Flees Death Threats for a New Life in the UK

Facing death threats from the Houthis, minister of education Nadia Al-Sakkaf, editor in chief of the Yemen Times, flees Yemen.

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15 August, 2022 • Ali al-Muqri

“Fatima and The Handsome Jew”—Ali Al-Muqri

In "The Handsome Jew" the novelist from Yemen recounts a powerful yet tragic tale of forbidden love.

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15 July, 2022 • Farah Abdessamad

War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”

Farah Abdessamad considers generations of survivors in Yemen's first experimental film.

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8 November, 2021 • Marian Janssen

The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

Marian Janssen, biographer of a forthcoming volume on the flamboyant American poet Carolyn Kizer, reviews the new memoir by former prisoner Mansoor Adayfi.

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1 November, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Victims of Discrimination Never Forget in The Forgotten Ones

TMR reviews a film on discrimination in Israel and the original Jews of the Middle East and North Africa. The Forgotten Ones screened in October’s annual CINEMED festival in Montpellier and screens in the DOC NYC Fest on 11/09 (press screening), 11/14 and 11/15. More info.

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15 October, 2021 • Sarah Mirk

Guantánamo Voices: True Accounts From the World’s Most Infamous Prison

Excerpt from Guantánamo Voices: True Accounts From the World’s Most Infamous Prison A graphic novel, edited by Sarah Mirk, with an introduction by Omar El Akkad Abrams ComicArts (June 2020)… Continue reading Guantánamo Voices: True Accounts From the World’s Most Infamous Prison

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14 May, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

The Murals of Yemen’s Haifa Subay

Yemen street artist, activist and mother Haifa Subay speaks to Farah Abdessamad about the state of the country and her work.

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7 March, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

In Yemen, Women are the Heroes

International aid worker and writer Farah Abdessamad has been traveling to Yemen for work since 2014. This is the first time she has written about her experiences there publicly.

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14 February, 2021 • Mischa Geracoulis

The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later

Mischa Geracoulis remembers Zahra's Paradise along with the Arab awakenings, George Floyd, Covid-19 and Groundhog Day.

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1 October, 2018 • Jordan Elgrably

A Humanitarian Catastrophe: Understanding the War in Yemen

Why is it that Americans know so little about Yemen, why has the country seemed so off the radar to us?

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6 September, 2018 • TMR

Refugee from the War in Yemen

For those who know little about Yemen, sometimes learning about distant disaster through a human story is the best way to come to grips with it.

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6 September, 2018 • Jordan Elgrably

Fleeing oppression, Yemen—born Tasleem Mulhall Finds Herself in Art & Feminism

Yemen is where London-based artist and activist Tasleem Mulhall spent the first 15 years of her life and her roots remain firmly planted there. As she avows, “The culture and… Continue reading Fleeing oppression, Yemen—born Tasleem Mulhall Finds Herself in Art & Feminism

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