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Yemeni children deserve a better education
All the talk about children and the problems they face has increased in recent years. We see and read about many workshops and training courses for people to deal with children’s problems whether they are...
Freedom of information is a key element of democracy
Somali refugees need more care
When can woman win elections?
Together to stop punishment against newspaper and journalists
All the talk about children and the problems they face has increased in recent years. We see and read about many workshops and training courses for people to deal with children’s problems whether they are...
Freedom of information is a key element of democracy
Somali refugees need more care
When can woman win elections?
Together to stop punishment against newspaper and journalists
A Fresh Start for Iraq?
There's an odd thing about Baghdad: Iran is the only regional power with an embassy, while U.S. President George W. Bush's best Arab allies – Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia...
Omar al-Bashir: Politics and the Law
All the opposition groups in Darfur celebrated when the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced on 14 July that he was seeking the indictment of Sudan’s President Omar al...
Last exit for the holocene
The Holocene era is that blessed time of stable, warm climate (but not too hot) and unchanging sea levels in which human civilization was born and grew to its present...
Journalistic imperatives: saying what others mightn’t
The world of journalism, like any other profession, can be muddled with a plethora of distractions, self-interests and agendas that certainly do not serve the cause of a free press....
Amazing soft power
There is no shortage of opinions when it comes to the war in Iraq. The prolonged U.S. presence there has ignited a heated, national debate. Along with the pressing economic...
The Young Turks at a Century
The Ottoman Empire had already been in retreat for over a century when the Young Turk revolution broke out in July, 1908. Some of the Young Turks hoped to save...
Hamas and Israel: Strange Bedfellows
On June 19, Israel and the Islamist political/militia group Hamas began an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire after months of dithering. The terms (not officially revealed) apparently provide that Hamas will cease launching...
Peace Deals that Destabilize Afghanistan
Present and past peace negotiations between Pakistan and the Taliban in the country’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas have coincided with increased cross-border terrorist attacks in Afghanistan....
View from Dubai: madness of attacking Iran
History, language and culture might separate Iran from the rest of the Middle East. But physically and geographically, the Arab world and Iran are very close – closer than they...
Exile, Exclusion and Isolation
The horrors of World War II gave impetus to a quest for universal peace, justice and human dignity, with the United Nations at the fore. It is a disturbing commentary...
There's an odd thing about Baghdad: Iran is the only regional power with an embassy, while U.S. President George W. Bush's best Arab allies – Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia...
Omar al-Bashir: Politics and the Law
All the opposition groups in Darfur celebrated when the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced on 14 July that he was seeking the indictment of Sudan’s President Omar al...
Last exit for the holocene
The Holocene era is that blessed time of stable, warm climate (but not too hot) and unchanging sea levels in which human civilization was born and grew to its present...
Journalistic imperatives: saying what others mightn’t
The world of journalism, like any other profession, can be muddled with a plethora of distractions, self-interests and agendas that certainly do not serve the cause of a free press....
Amazing soft power
There is no shortage of opinions when it comes to the war in Iraq. The prolonged U.S. presence there has ignited a heated, national debate. Along with the pressing economic...
The Young Turks at a Century
The Ottoman Empire had already been in retreat for over a century when the Young Turk revolution broke out in July, 1908. Some of the Young Turks hoped to save...
Hamas and Israel: Strange Bedfellows
On June 19, Israel and the Islamist political/militia group Hamas began an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire after months of dithering. The terms (not officially revealed) apparently provide that Hamas will cease launching...
Peace Deals that Destabilize Afghanistan
Present and past peace negotiations between Pakistan and the Taliban in the country’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas have coincided with increased cross-border terrorist attacks in Afghanistan....
View from Dubai: madness of attacking Iran
History, language and culture might separate Iran from the rest of the Middle East. But physically and geographically, the Arab world and Iran are very close – closer than they...
Exile, Exclusion and Isolation
The horrors of World War II gave impetus to a quest for universal peace, justice and human dignity, with the United Nations at the fore. It is a disturbing commentary...
Yemeni man held by police for 3 weeks without charges
A twenty four-years-old man is being held in jail by police without giving his family permission to visit him. He was taken by the police when he discovered that they wanted him for questioning and...
SNACC completes investigations related to corruption
Farmers call for extra measures to fight green worms
Yemen to take part in International Congress of Psychology
All roads to Sa’adah open and safe, Minister
A twenty four-years-old man is being held in jail by police without giving his family permission to visit him. He was taken by the police when he discovered that they wanted him for questioning and...
SNACC completes investigations related to corruption
Farmers call for extra measures to fight green worms
Yemen to take part in International Congress of Psychology
All roads to Sa’adah open and safe, Minister
Yemen cultural capital of the Arabian Peninsula
UNESCO lists Socotra Archipelago as a World Heritage Site, giving Yemen the largest number of cultural and natural heritage sites in the Middle East. If one thinks of Arab heritage, Petra might spring to mind....
Dr. Abdul-Wahab El-Messiri: leading intellectual light of Islam and politics in Egypt
Interview with Mohammed al-Bakri, father of Bagram Prison detainee Amin al-Bakri
Indian Embassy School celebrates Library Week
Nissan, Tehama launch new model in Yemen
UNESCO lists Socotra Archipelago as a World Heritage Site, giving Yemen the largest number of cultural and natural heritage sites in the Middle East. If one thinks of Arab heritage, Petra might spring to mind....
Dr. Abdul-Wahab El-Messiri: leading intellectual light of Islam and politics in Egypt
Interview with Mohammed al-Bakri, father of Bagram Prison detainee Amin al-Bakri
Indian Embassy School celebrates Library Week
Nissan, Tehama launch new model in Yemen
Yemeni student honored by US president in New York
US President George W. Bush awarded on Wednesday a certificate of merit for the Yemeni student Raouf Abdul Salam al-Jumai for obtaining distinguished marks in the high school for the educational year 2007-2008....
The biggest ring to be given to the President Saleh
Lufthansa honors top travel agents in Yemen
Sheraton Gold Mohur Aden Charity Party for Disabled Children
Colorful cultural program for children
US President George W. Bush awarded on Wednesday a certificate of merit for the Yemeni student Raouf Abdul Salam al-Jumai for obtaining distinguished marks in the high school for the educational year 2007-2008....
The biggest ring to be given to the President Saleh
Lufthansa honors top travel agents in Yemen
Sheraton Gold Mohur Aden Charity Party for Disabled Children
Colorful cultural program for children
Balance of payment sets down $3,1 million deficit in 2007
The balance of payment set down $ 3,1 million deficit in 2007 in comparison to $1,446 million surplus in 2006.The ex-Central Bank’s assistant Deputy Minister for research and statistics and the economic expert, Hassan Qa’tabi,...
High records in building and ornamental – stones establishments sales to YR 23 billion
10 Arab and foreign investment projects cost YR 23 billion
Yemeni economy grows at 4.5 percent in 12 years
By mid year the social fund carries out 7,784 projects costing $ 730.4 million
The balance of payment set down $ 3,1 million deficit in 2007 in comparison to $1,446 million surplus in 2006.The ex-Central Bank’s assistant Deputy Minister for research and statistics and the economic expert, Hassan Qa’tabi,...
High records in building and ornamental – stones establishments sales to YR 23 billion
10 Arab and foreign investment projects cost YR 23 billion
Yemeni economy grows at 4.5 percent in 12 years
By mid year the social fund carries out 7,784 projects costing $ 730.4 million
Intellectual forum functions, al-Jawi the cultured, striver and humanitarian
Dr. Mohammed abu Baker al- Maflahi, Minister of Culture, inaugurated on the first Sunday of the month at ‘Bait al-Thaqafa’ gallery, the intellectual debate organized for two days by al-Thaqafa magazine, which is issued by...
Al-Dihaif, al-Razha, al-Sharh models of Yemeni folk dances
Al-Shaqaiq organizes Women Democratic Forum in Hodeida
Yemen Hotels Union holds its third board meeting
Yemen’s oral history (Part 2)
Dr. Mohammed abu Baker al- Maflahi, Minister of Culture, inaugurated on the first Sunday of the month at ‘Bait al-Thaqafa’ gallery, the intellectual debate organized for two days by al-Thaqafa magazine, which is issued by...
Al-Dihaif, al-Razha, al-Sharh models of Yemeni folk dances
Al-Shaqaiq organizes Women Democratic Forum in Hodeida
Yemen Hotels Union holds its third board meeting
Yemen’s oral history (Part 2)
Yemen renews water-strategy
The increase in the cost of food items might finally encourage Yemeni farmers to give priority to growing cereals, especially wheat. There is also a need for expansion in modern irrigation techniques with programs to...
50 percent fall in pesticide imports during 2008
Household filters can solve water pollution
Ferro-cement technique used to harvest rainwater
World Environment Day announces war on carbon emissions
The increase in the cost of food items might finally encourage Yemeni farmers to give priority to growing cereals, especially wheat. There is also a need for expansion in modern irrigation techniques with programs to...
50 percent fall in pesticide imports during 2008
Household filters can solve water pollution
Ferro-cement technique used to harvest rainwater
World Environment Day announces war on carbon emissions
Mediating the nuclear impasse
Iran's insistence on enriching uranium in defiance of three UN Security Council resolutions, combined with a bevy of antagonistic threats aimed at Israel's existence has created an explosive recipe that may well precipitate a horrifying...
Drugs threaten Yemen First drug addicts’ sanatorium in Yemen
Critical numbers of Yemenis are suffering from cancer
Medecins Sans Frontieres damns the refugee crisis
Raising AIDS awareness
Iran's insistence on enriching uranium in defiance of three UN Security Council resolutions, combined with a bevy of antagonistic threats aimed at Israel's existence has created an explosive recipe that may well precipitate a horrifying...
Drugs threaten Yemen First drug addicts’ sanatorium in Yemen
Critical numbers of Yemenis are suffering from cancer
Medecins Sans Frontieres damns the refugee crisis
Raising AIDS awareness
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