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The Saleh Compound
Beit al-Ahmar, Sanhan, Sanaa Governorate, Yemen
Outskirts of a friend’s village, Amran Province
A Quick Note on Demonstrations in Yemen
This is what it looked like when Yemenis gathered to demonstrate for political change, a better future, and the end of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33 year rule. Week after week, the crowds stretched on in both directions. Does quite a lot to put the numbers at Thursday and Friday’s anti-film protests into perspective.
Market, Beit al-Faqih
Injured police cadet, Sanaa
Salafism, Swedish Fish and Said
Birthday shipment from my parents.
Yemeni Motel Art
Painting decorating the hallway of the hotel where i staying in Aden, which is arguably the hottest city on earth.
The Changing face of Yemeni Media?
The front page of Al-Thawra, Yemen’s top state-run newspaper on Jan 25th, (coincidentally) the one year anniversary of the start of protests against Mubarak. Reads “Basindowa visits Change Square,” photo shows Mohamed Salem Basindowa, longtime opposition politician and Prime Minister since late last year and Yemeni Nobel Laureate/activist Tawakkol Karman. There have been a lot of shake-ups in state media since the signing of the GCC Deal, but it was still rather jarring to see such a headline on a what was once a staunchly pro-Saleh newspaper.
Graffiti, Heliopolis, Cairo
This can’t be viral advertising for Blackwater (now Academi, formerly Xe services) lurking amidst revolution-related graffiti, can it?
