A wave of arrests in January has intensified the climate of fear - one person from the World Food Programme who was detained ...

"The structure and the diverse finds strengthen the understanding that the Negev was much more than an international transit route—it was also a vibrant meeting point of merchants and cultures." The ...

“Day-to-day life in a conflict zone like Yemen is tough. That’s why we need women to step up. Women are the hope in this life.” When war began in Yemen, Nada and her mother were forced to ...

“The men [in Yemen] were out and about, traveling, working as merchants and that sort of thing, and also as jewelry artisans, and the women filled the traditional role as homemakers,” she explain ...

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Yemen’s pregnant women face brutal sandstorms, living in shelters torn apart by the wind, with no medical care, no clean ...

should have the choice to cover their faces or leave them exposed—“but most women in Yemen are not given the choice.” Al Abdeli is unmarried and unapologetic. “My relatives say ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

No women were included in negotiating teams for conflicts in Ethiopia, Myanmar, the Balkans, Sudan, or Yemen. Only in Colombia did women approach parity in both the government and rebel ...

A lasting peace is still possible in Yemen but requires commitment, courage, and action from all sides, the UN Special Envoy ...