Stories about Yemen from August, 2007
Bahrain: Getting Into Gear and Going All the Way…
Our topics range from the highbrow to the lowlife this week, with an exhortation to read more books from across the Arab world, a child’s misunderstanding of a word in a cartoon, and an encounter with a prostitute. A new blogger has just arrived in Bahrain, and another blogger has just returned from a holiday in Iran – where he experienced rather more than he had bargained on during a taxi ride... Read Ayesha Saldanha's take on Bahraini blogs for more.
Yemen: Hadhramout's History
Omar Barsawad from Yemen links to an article which celebrates Hadhramout's history.
Yemen: Shiites,Gaddafi and Saudi Arabia
Yemen's Shiites (Shiayan Yaman) is an Iranian blog covering events in Yemen.The blogger says[Fa] Muammar Gaddafi,the leader of Libya, proposed his help to Malak al-Huthi, Shiite rebel leader,in order to...
Yemen: Bin Ghanim R.I.P
Yemeni Omar Barsawad mourns the death of a national leader – Dr Faraj Bin Ghanim.
Arabisto: Where Arab Americans Make a Difference
Arabisto is an Arab American blog where Arab Americans make a difference. This week I speak to founder Nadia Gergis who tells us about the site, why and how it started and the future it holds for them.
