Apr 12, 2019Yemen in Focus: Who killed Sanaa's schoolchildren?The most prominent of stories to stream out of Yemen this week was the devastating killing of 14 schoolchildren in the capital on Sunday,...
Apr 5, 2019Yemen in Focus: Saudi-coalition recruits child soldiers for border protectionPossibly the most important and daunting of news to seep out of Yemen this week – though it fails to apply as a shock – is the recruitmen...
Feb 2, 2019Detained in Dubai: UAE no longer safe for touristsBeyond the sun, sea and skyscrapers, most tourists are oblivious to the UAE's continued detention of foreigners arrested for behaviour de...
Oct 25, 2018Saudi Arabia’s audacious sense of impunity was created by usSaudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman [MbS] rose to power in June 2017 to the sounds of western praise, ambitious slogans of ho...
May 20, 2018Unearthing Socotra's past, preserving Yemen's futureFor many, Ella al-Shamahi is an unfamiliar name, but the 34-year-old British Arab of Yemeni descent has just landed her own television se...
Apr 5, 2018How 'Port of Mokha' founder reclaimed coffee for Yemen's farmersAt just 24-years-old and without much knowledge on coffee, Yemeni-American Mokhtar al-Khanshali risked his life to empower coffee farmers in
Dec 13, 2017Dubai's Modest Fashion Week 'excludes' Black Muslim bloggersDozens of prominent, influential Black Muslim beauty and fashion bloggers have utilised their platforms in recent days to denounce the la...
Dec 4, 2017How Saleh's Yemen gamble cost him his lifeAfter thirty years of dancing on the heads of snakes, one was bound to bite Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh back. On this his...
Sep 21, 2017Muslim blogger Dina Tokio responds perfectly to Islamophobic abuseDina Torkia is one of the most popular Muslim "hijabi" fashion bloggers and YouTubers. With more than 650,000 YouTube subscribers and a w...
Aug 28, 2017#FreeHisham: Calls to free 'silenced' Yemeni political commentator increaseMore than 17 days have passed since a popular Yemeni political analyst was abducted by Houthi rebels outside his home, and little is know...
Aug 12, 2017France's phantom values: 'Freedom and equality'Full body swimsuits, regularly worn by practising Muslim women across the world, have now been banned on the beaches of a French Riviera ...
Jul 12, 2017Food Review: Yemeni chefs bring Aden’s seashore to SheffieldAl-Diyafa @ 35 Walker St, Sheffield, S3 8GZ. Three course meal for three with tea £19. "What do you want to eat today?" a Yemeni mother a...
Jun 20, 2017Attacks by Muslims 'receive 4.5 times more media coverage' than those by non-Muslims"Terror attacks" carried out by non-Muslims in the United States receive considerably less media coverage than those committed by Muslims...
Jun 19, 2017This London Imam protected a suspect in a mosque terror attackThe Imam of the Muslim Welfare House, who protected the suspect that rammed his van into Muslims returning home after late night prayers ...
May 25, 2017Student creates 800-page 'Muslims Condemn' database after attacksFor many Muslims in the West, the aftermath of a terrorist attack is usually a daunting experience. Some Islamophobes, clearly pumped wit...
May 17, 2017Abducted: 300 days in Houthi prisonIt's a humid August day in Yemen's besieged Taiz, when Dr Abdulkader al-Guneid, a physician and the former mayor of the city, is suddenly...
May 10, 2017Yemen's 'third government' emerges in southern YemenThousands of protesters gathered in the southern coastal city of Aden last week, declaring a renewed leadership within the southern seces...
Apr 28, 2017What does $1bn in aid really mean for Yemen?In September 2014, Yemen’s Houthi rebels allied with the country’s former leader in an attempt to take on the new transitional government...
Apr 26, 2017Over 16,000 Yemenis 'abducted by Houthis' since 2015More than 16,000 people have been abducted by Houthi rebels since the group seized control of the Yemeni capital in 2014, a new report su...
Apr 25, 2017#StarvingForHumanity: Syrian refugees launch hunger strike in Greek campTwelve Syrian refugees launched a hunger strike in a camp on a Greek island on Friday, in an attempt to place pressure on authorities who...