Conflict & Justice
PRI's The World
February 08, 2017
The Trump administration claimed success following a raid on an al-Qaeda camp in Yemen. Yemenis see it as a failure because of civilian deaths, especially the killing of an 8-year-old girl who was an American citizen.
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Arts, Culture & Media
A mother, daughter, and her doll challenge conservative taboos in Yemen
PRI's The World
October 01, 2013
Yemeni photographer Boushra Almutawakel talks about the challenges she faced to become a photographer and also to show her work in Yemen.
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Development & Education
A daughter of immigrants tests how far a Yemeni woman can go
PRI's The World
October 28, 2013
A Yemeni woman, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, is trying to break cultural barriers — without breaking cultural ties important to her family.
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Conflict & Justice
Iran and Saudi Arabia ratchet up long-simmering tensions over religious schism
PRI's The World
January 04, 2016
Tensions in the Persian Gulf are high after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cleric. Iran sees itself as the champion of Shiite Islam and is furious with the Saudi action. Saudi Arabia has retaliated by cutting off relations.
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Conflict & Justice
It's hard getting out of Yemen — and even harder to get help if you live there
PRI's The World
April 09, 2015
Updated
International efforts to evacuate foreign nationals from Yemen have taken center stage in the news, but efforts to get aid into the country have proven at least as complicated as attempts to get foreign citizens out.
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Conflict & Justice
The US-backed Saudi war in Yemen could leave ‘an entire generation crippled by hunger’
GlobalPost
October 25, 2016
Nineteen months after fighting broke out between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels — with support from much richer nations that are taking sides — Yemen is facing a humanitarian disaster.
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Politics
Why the 'Yemen model' may not work in Iraq — or Yemen
PRI's The World
June 25, 2014
Last week President Barack Obama looked for a template for solving the problems in Iraq and Syria, and he pointed to Yemen, where the US is partnering with the government to combat al-Qaeda. But scholar Gregory Johnsen says that model may not work in Iraq — and may not work even in Yemen.
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Conflict & Justice
Yemenis are terrorized by a weapon made in America, sold to the Saudis
PRI's The World
July 17, 2015
A sophisticated cluster bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen is manufactured in the United States. Human rights organizations — and several members of Congress — are raising new questions about the weapon's use.
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Conflict & Justice
US senator to Saudis: Stop bombing civilians in Yemen
PRI's The World
March 16, 2016
A senator from Connecticut is raising big questions about America’s unwavering support for Saudi Arabia. His comments come as the Saudis and their Arab allies begin a second year at war in Yemen. Fighting there in the past year has killed more than 3,000 civilians, many with US-made weapons.
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Conflict & Justice
Yemenis believe any war crimes investigation will be one-sided
PRI's The World
October 02, 2015
Yemenis have been suffering for months under repeated Saudi bombings, and hundreds of civilians have been killed. That's led to calls for a human rights investigation, but Yemenis believe any investigation will be one-sided.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Why don't you see the Sunni-Shia divide in the US?
PRI's The World
June 23, 2014
Drive by the Yusuf Mosque in Boston on a Friday afternoon, prayer day, and you'll see men and women from across the Muslim world, from Indonesia to Iraq to North Africa, in a wide variety of dress. And none of them care which Islamic sect anyone is from.