Currency as a Barrier to Travel

the drivers in the terminal were refusing to accept fares in new currency from passengers, a state of confusion and discontent began to surface. At that time, a Houthi security squad arrived and dispersed the citizens who intended to travel to Sana’a and other provinces.

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Blogs

As If It Were Not My Country

Since 2015, domestic travel became a cause of concern to Yemenis due to the ramifications of the war which divided the country into several enclaves, each controlled by a warring party. This made it difficult to move and travel between different parts of the country...

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Blogs

A Shortage of Money and Plenty of Sand

Haj Mohammed told us how he got stuck on Friday, 4th of September, 2020, on the frontiers of Ma’rib, beyond “Bab Al- Falaj” checkpoint, that was controlled by forces affiliated to the internationally recognized government. How did they stop him, not allowing him to continue his journey to Sana'a...

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Blogs

Yemen: How The War Lengthened Our Journeys

Here, we are trying through a series of blogs, to highlight this pattern of violations to expose only little of what the people have been going through for almost seven distressful years, via documenting the journey of Mwatana’s team members from their governorates all around Yemen to Sanaa.

Monday, June 21, 2021

Blogs

"How war lengthened the distance between our journeys"

No one knows the suffering of travelers in Taiz, except for those who tried this narrow ascending twisting road that makes people sick and dusty, let alone the longtime stops on narrow rocky places, due to the narrowness of the road, waiting the oncoming vehicles pass.

Monday, June 21, 2021

Blogs

Coffin of memories

Uncle Abdo cultivates his land, which he sees equivalent to the entire planet of Earth, with whatever he likes of fodder and dozens of palm trees. Besides, the revenues of cultivation seasons are enough to make Uncle Abdo imagine himself as an emperor on the throne of the kingdom of satisfaction.

Monday, June 14, 2021

Blogs

Dar Naji…A Story of Thirst

No one pays any attention to this village. The displaced people in this village have not been treated as IDPs, and the residents as a hosting community. It was not dealt with as an IDP camp, where necessary needs and WASH interventions should be provided.

Thursday, June 10, 2021

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