Extraordinary photograph from the suq of a merchant, holding a mouse that roars louder for Yemen’s future than the images of the Presidents on the surrounding walls. (via tabsir)
Yemen slammed over ‘rogue’ apostrophe
SANA’A: Global Grammar chiefs have sensationally slammed authorities in Yemen after they failed to back down on the spelling on the country’s capital.
After months of tireless negotiations, the Yemeni government yesterday issued a statement in which they refused to remove the apostrophe from the name Sana’a.
“We shall not and will not be bullied into changing the name of our historical capital,” the statement read.
In response, the UN Bureau For The Globalisation of Spelling and Pronunciation gave a press conference in which they described the move as “reckless” and “irresponsible”.
“Only when Yemen removes this preposterous rogue apostrophe from Sana’a will their country ever be able to join the global community,” said Michael Mississippi, head of the Bureau.
“It just looks idiotic, especially if someone was to write about something that the city possessed and had to add an extra apostrophe, such as Sana’a’s waterworks, Sana’a’s education system or Sana’a’s ridiculous name,” he continued.
irresponsible
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Yemen on Twitter: 20 PEOPLE TO FOLLOW
Follow them all, great descriptions by @afrahnasser of each tweep here.
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VOICES: 5 things you should know about Yemen
In a country of 24 million there are many voices. Here are just some, trying to explain their country from the capital of Sanaa. The artist:
Hend Nasiri is an artist and a human rights crusader. She started painting in 2006 but her colourful art took on new meaning when her country went to war. She worries her bright drawings are not symbolic of her country’s future.
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Military Committee to Remove Pro-Former Regime Tents from Inside Sanaa
The military committee will start Thursday supervising the removal of the tents which were pitched last year by the loyalists of Yemen’s ex-president in a reaction to the popular uprising against the former regime, Saba reported.
The tents were pitched in some areas in downtown the capital Sanaa including the Althawra stadium, the Sabeen and Tahreer Squares and Asser area.
Last week, the General People’s Congress, chaired by ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, decided to remove the tents. The party signed a power-transfer deal in November for half of the opposition-led power-sharing government.
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Painting by Qais Saleh Ahmed Aluan, founding member and vice-director of the Bait al-Fann (House of Art) in Yarim, Yemen (x)
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U.S. Relaxes Drone Rules: Obama Gives CIA, Military Greater Leeway in Use Against Militants in Yemen
“You don’t necessarily need to know the guy’s name. You don’t have to have a 10-sheet dossier on him. But you have to know the activities this person has been engaged in.”
How can you be a high level threat, if they don’t even know your name? This article is chock full of quotes from officials that know nothing about Yemen or the nature of fighting this sort of resistance.
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Open data vital for a new Yemen
Ask and you shall receive, Walid Al-Saqaf! Yesterday, the Yemeni parliament passed a right to information law (Ar.), making it only the 2nd Arab state to recognize the right of access to information.
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“I had to be with Yemen’s youth”
Ali Khousrof seems as unlikely a judo fighter as he is a revolutionary.
The 23-year-old, who represented his country at the Beijing Olympics four years ago, talks at length and with pride about the achievements of the Arab spring, despite the fact that his injury prevented him training for nearly eight months … But the fighter seems at peace with his decision to participate in the revolution despite the sacrifice it has meant to his chances of Olympic glory.
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A Blast from the Past! Current President Abdurabu Mansur Hadi, Disgraced ex-President Ali Saleh and Despised commander Ali Mohsin enjoying their post 1994 war enchanting moments! (via @imothanaYemen)
