Al-Hajjarah village in the Haraz Mountains

The village Al-Hajjarah was built on top of a mountain to make it easy to defend against invaders.


From: Middle East » Yemen

Yemeni  Flag 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 governm... [read more]
Blog: Yemen part IV - The south and the west
Date: January 8th 2007

Yemen part IV - The south and the west

First I'd like to write a little about the habit of chewing khat. Khat is in most countries in the World considered a drug and consequently illegal. In countries where it is legal however, for instance in Yemen but also in Ethiopia for instance, it is used by a very high percentage of the population. Th ... read more







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