Yemen

In the ice

“Between your experiences of living both in your homeland and your host country, you experience psychological and existential difficulties, so when do you have the peace of mind to conform?”

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Yemen

September 11 2018. #26 2018.

Yemen at ground zero

“Since the uprising, Yemen has become a place where you cannot live if you want to be free. This is particularly true for women but also for all who have dreams of another life.” The picture that writer Bushra al-Maqtari paints of Yemen today, is bleak. In The Dissident Blog, she explains what went wrong.

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Yemen

September 10 2014. #14 2014.

Can you tell me more about your expectations for your country?

During the so-called “Arab Spring” in 2011, we followed the uprisings, demonstrations and optimism through the anti-government blogs of Afrah Nasser (Yemen) and Lina Ben Mhenni (Tunisia). Three years later they are exchanging emails of their stories about developments in their respective countries, exclusively for The Dissident Blog.

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Yemen
Tunisia

September 10 2014. #14 2014.

Who dares to speak in Yemen?

The Yemeni journalist and blogger Afrah Nasser is today one of the Middle East's important voices. She has been named as one of the 10 most important bloggers in the Middle East by CNN. Ever since the demonstrations in Yemen started in January, she has criticized the regime on her blog.

Country: 
Yemen
Key person(s): 
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani
Samia al-Aghbari

July 7 2011. #1 2011.

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