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Background: North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen. Three years later, the southern government adopted a Marxist orientation. The massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis from the south to the north contributed to two decades of hostility between the states. The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued. In 2000, Saudi Arabia and Yemen agreed to a delimitation of their border.

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By not the harlot
December 12th 2008

Googbye Oman, Hello Yemen Middle East » Yemen » Sana'a

A BOB OR TWO. Pleasant day snorkelling with the divers from Crowne Plaza. Two young German children who were absolutely delightful -willing chatty and friendly. We went by Mirbat -yet again, then off road to beautiful Eagle Cove. There were stingrays, turtles and the usual tropical fish. Relaxing sitting under the shelter the fishermen had built. I had arranged for Hafiz who I met last night to help me load the photos on to the blog. As I walked out of the hotel a smart Lexus slowly drove towards me in the dark. The occupants turned out to be Hafiz [View Full Entry]

By gypsy_teacher
December 10th 2008

Rounding up Yemen Middle East » Yemen

The Red Sea sunset

After spending a little over a week in Yemen, I must admit I was beginning to miss McDonalds. While a lot of the food was quite good in Yemen, types of food and other parts of the West was on my mind from time to time. However, having another 5 days in Yemen, there were still many more chances to see and enjoy more. With this attitude, I rounded up the end of this trip and saw more of the unique parts of this country. Rounding up our time in the mountains, we stopped by the small town of Al Khutayb. [View Full Entry]

By gypsy_teacher
December 9th 2008

Getting to the heart of Yemen Middle East » Yemen

Taking in the Yemen viewpoint

At this time of the trip I was getting settled into the differences of lifestyles. With this, going deeper into the traditional areas of the country afforded me the chance to gain a better of sense of what Yemen is really about. For the next 3-4 days, I explored the various towns of Kawkaban, Shibam, Al Tawila and Al Hajjarh. I must admit that I struggled to decide which pictures to post to attempt to show the beauty of the areas. Walking through towns that have been looked over from the modern day, meeting people that are connected to the land, [View Full Entry]

By gypsy_teacher
December 7th 2008

Northern Yemen, bring your own AK Middle East » Yemen

Welcome to Yemen!

Well, Sanaa has been nice, but I began to ask the locals, "What else is there besides this historical and peaceful city?" The response, "How about some quiet and beautiful mountain towns?" What they really meant, "Care for some adventure and a chance to go where no American has gone before?" Either way, sure, sounds like a good use of time to me! Thus, a road trip through Yemen ensues. It is much easier though if you simply hire a driver and guide. It can be a bit pricey, but having people to share the car with can reduce the costs. [View Full Entry]

By gypsy_teacher
December 5th 2008

The historic city of Sanaa Middle East » Yemen » Sana'a

Faces of Yemen

At this point in time, I have been living in the Middle East for around a year and a half. After some consideration, a good friend and I decided that it was time to see more of the traditional side of the region. Yes, Dubai is in the Middle East, but no, it does not accurately reflect what the culture of the area is. As for Yemen, there is nothing but traditional culture. First and foremost, I think it is important to mention that Sanaa, the capitol city of Yemen, was very safe and the people were very pleasant. Traveling north [View Full Entry]

By AnAmericanInYemen
February 1st 2008

do you practice? Middle East » Yemen » Sana'a

After narrowly escaping from the "Palace Sayun Hotel", we arrived in the capitol of the Hadrawmat province, al-Mukallah. The only thing Eric and I had ever heard about Mukallah was that it smelled horrible because its main exports are fish, and refrigeration is not very popular in Yemen. We stopped there just so that we could have a break between Sayun and Bir Ali, so we weren't hoping for much besides a clean hotel room. That was probably our first mistake. Holding on to any expectations about the future is a pretty fruitless endeavour in Yemen, which is why you hear [View Full Entry]

By AnAmericanInYemen
January 26th 2008

so so sorry Middle East » Yemen » Sana'a

Back by popular demand and an end to laziness, here is my first blog post of the new year. So so much has happened to me in the last 42 days (that's what my blog counter tells me anyway). I'm going to try and back track a bit. So, after I last posted we had a long long break from school and I decided to travel to East Yemen with some friends. The trip was absolutely amazing because I got to see the other side of Yemen. The Hadromat area has had a distinct culture and history that goes back more [View Full Entry]

By AnAmericanInYemen
December 16th 2007

' Middle East » Yemen » Sana'a

Ugh, words are hard [View Full Entry]

By AnAmericanInYemen
December 15th 2007

Ma Selama Middle East » Yemen » Sana'a

Al-Hamduallah. See you later fat boy: once I switch to a class devoid of retards and you move out, I won't have to see you every fucking day. If I'm willing to invest some effort I might never have to see you again! You can be right about everything all the time, and I can have conversations instead of continuous debates with people. The only thing that makes me sad is that I won't be able to see you do so poorly on the simplest of tests; but the recompense will be so much better. [View Full Entry]

By AnAmericanInYemen
December 13th 2007

Roots Middle East » Yemen » Sana'a

The trilateral root system and the ten verb patterns in Arabic are the coolest thing ever. It's like the language was explicitly designed to have defineate and consistent patterns for creating meaning. If you figure out the root of a word there's a simple system for transforming the root into any part of speech, and you can create a very particular meaning with only one word, whereas in English it would take several or even a whole sentence. Learning the patterns was so cool, because then you can start to form relationships between word you already know: figuring out why the [View Full Entry]

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