Yemen

The Civil War in Yemen Background: The Yemeni Civil War, in its complexity, is very difficult topic to fully comprehend. However, to gain an understanding how it all began is a slightly less confusing matter. With the Yemeni revolution in 2011, the then President for thirty-three years, Ali Abdullah Saleh and his Shia government were overthrown, instating Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi under a new democratic Sunni government. However, instability shook Yemen once again when Houthi forces performed a coup d’etat after announcement of Hadi’s resignation. The Houthis, “...a Shiite insurgency group that originated from northwestern Yemen 's Saada province.” (Taylor), placed Hadi under a house arrest. However, Hadi escaped and renounced his resignation shortly after, plunging the country of Yemen into civil war.…

LARISON, D. (2015). Whose War in Yemen?. American Conservative, 14(5), 19-21. The Middle East, in the recent past, has been a hot bed for war and suffering for millions. The power struggles that exist have fueled war and intervention from western nations, including the U.S. Terrorism has been outsourced due to ideology and religion which led to involvement from the outside entities. This article outlines one of the most recent struggles affecting, literally, millions more with extreme hardship. …

Women in less developed countries are more likely to experience victimization of domestic violence. Yemen is a Muslim country on the Arabian Peninsula (Ba-Obaid and Bijeveld, 2007). The greatest danger for women in Yemen is facing discrimination and violence. Violence against women is extremely common in Yemen. Women are perpetrated by the state, community and their families (Nasser, 2014). Women’s right are not protected. There are no specific laws that protect women in Yemen from violence. The…

Located on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, just below wealthy Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Yemen was formed after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. By World Bank standards, it is still considered a developing country, meaning compared to other countries, it has a low Human Development Index score; its government is often referred to as a “kleptocracy,” or a government that takes advantage of systemic corruption to extend their own personal wealth and political…

to a number of factors and dynamics. This paradigm was normative in the sense that authoritarian resilience was seen as a negative and in need of change (Lob 2015). Even though as authoritarian resilience was perceived to be negative there was no expectation that any time soon things could change. Instead scholars focused more and more on the ways authoritarian rulers were able to maintain their power. As such, scholars of the region were surprised with the events of the Arab Spring as well,…

aware of the civil wars in Syria and Yemen or have a general idea of what’s going on, as it is all over TV and internet. When people grew tired of their failing dictators they began protest. Peaceful protesting soon became violent when government officials attempted to suppress it. This eventually led to a full scale civil war. Two years into the war, it became an international issue when countries such as the U.S. and Russia began taking sides in the Syrian conflict, while Saudi Arabia led…

The Yemeni Culture The first time I went to Yemen, was when I was 15 years old. Living in America my whole life, Yemen was a new world to me. Even though it was my first time there, I felt at home, like its where I belong. But the kids there didn’t agree with me because I was a little different to them. I was American. I was American raised. I was compared to that one spoiled brat from school, even though I wasn’t any different from them, they still resented me. My first week was hard. I was…

Over 2/3rds of women in Saudi Arabia have been beaten or violated in some type of way by a male family member. The mistreatment of women is clear all over the world and is a problem all over in many societies no matter where you live, but in Saudi Arabia it is a part of daily life. Over 60% of the women in Saudi Arabia are being mistreated by their guardians, which in most cases is their husbands. In Saudi Arabia, a women cannot do anything outside of the house without the permission of her…

Literacy in Languages Literacy is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “the ability to read and write”. Many of us are blessed to be able to read and write. In Malcolm X’s article he considered being literate, as “In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life.” He explained the critical part of being a literate person, which is to free him self. Being a literate person is an essential skill to have in order to survive in this world. Learning a different language is a…

Yemen to California All who live in California today have a story of how they got here. Some families have been in California for many generations while some have only been here for a couple months. Some have come to California easily and others struggled to get here almost reaching their breaking points. Some immigrants were discriminated against and some were hated just because they were migrants. The point is that we all have our own story to tell of how we got to be where we are today.…