Living In Yemen On The Edge

30/11/2023

Coinciding with the holding of the Conference of Parties (COP28), hosted by the UAE from November 30 to December 12, 2023, during which issues related to climate change will be discussed and given that this conference is an international decision-making authority supervised directly
by the UN, Yemen Tourism Promotion Board (YTPB) renew their condemnation and denunciation of the irresponsible
frivolities that the UAE is doing on the Yemeni island of Socotra as it is negatively affects the climate, environment, and the unique biodiversity of this virgin island, which is totally against the goals sought by this global conference.

On the day of this important environmental event, we believe that it is our duty to draw the world’s attention
to the unique biodiversity of the archipelago of islands, which has faced multiple violations by the
UAE since the beginning of 2016, primarily the destruction of its ecosystem, starting by overfishing in
an illegal trading operations, construction of concrete buildings on natural reserves shores which increased
waste that threatens the biodiversity of the archipelago, spoiling the unique flora of Socotra Island by
cutting down rare trees, in addition to bulldozing coral reefs, stealing rare fauna and flora species that have
been endemic to Socotra Island since the ancient ages and transporting them to UAE in a repopulating
attempt to create their own fake environment and biodiversity.

Moreover, the UAE intervention in Socotra
Island has led to the collapse of public services and the disruption of the local authority council, which was
paralyzed and no longer able to carry out their tasks in protecting this island and preserving it against such
tampering with its environmental, natural and cultural aspects by which the UAE seeks to destroy it and
steal its unique species that are threatened with extinction, in full view of the international community with
no reaction in this regard.
The tampering that the UAE has done, and is still doing, with Socotra Island is considered a blatant
challenge to international norms and conventions, and a violation of the virgin nature and biodiversity that is
unique to Socotra Island

(full letter below, ,letter in Arabic on the page of Save Socotra

30/07/2023

''The poem you hear is read by : a reflection on the inarticulate nature of war. Dedicated to the children living in Yemen.''

These are the words of composer and musician Taeko Kunishima' who used art to spread awareness on - yet another- war.
We join Taeko's words: Never forget Yemen and keep its children alive in your hearts.

''Through the dust comes the sight of birds flying high
What do they know?
What do they think they can really see?
A call from a window.
A noise in a street.
But far echoes.
Through the roof comes the sight of flight's lost might
What do they know?
How can they think none can really see?
A fall from a window.
A noise on a street.
Just far echoes.
Only dreaming of daylight, now sleeping, lives don't torture them.
Now nearly starved, eating all apart from hope.
Through the loss comes a fight to make things right
All say they know.
None to say that death’s not like dreams
No longer a window
No longer a street
Just war's echoes''

from the album Dictionary Land

15/06/2023

First flights operated by national carrier Yemenia, starting next Friday, from Sanaa International Airport to Jeddah in order to facilitate hajj pilgrimage

لتسهيل وصول الحجاج .. "اليمنية" تدشن اول رحلاتها لنقل حجاج بيت الله الحرام من مطار صنعاء إلى مطار جدة ابتداء من السبت القادم.

اكد المدير التجاري للخطوط الجوية اليمنية الأستاذ محسن علي حيدرة، أن اليمنية سوف تقوم بتدشين أول رحلاتها لنقل الحجاح من مطار صنعاء الدولي إلى مطار جدة والمدينة المنورة لتسهيل وتخفيف عناء سفرهم لأداء فريضة الحج ابتداءا من يوم السبت القادم الموافق 17 يونيو .

وأوضح حيدرة، أن رئيس مجلس الإدارة الكابتن ناصر محمود محمد، قد وجه باتخاذ الإجراءات اللازمة بهذا الشأن وبرمجة الرحلات، بالتنسيق والتفاهم مع التحالف العربي ممثلا بالمملكـة العربية السعودية، وفقا لعدد الحجاج القادمين من صنعاء إلى كلا من المدينة المنورة وجدة خلال الفترة المتبقية من موسم الحج.

15/06/2023

Written by Yemen's Nesmah Mansoor, the article explores the iter of the country's still second political force- Al Islah (Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood) - from the Yemeni revolution to exile.

Entretien avec Mustafa Naji Aljabzi, ancien diplomate yéménite et chercheur dans le domaine des études sociales.