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Gee, a bomb just went off not far away from here in Sanaa, what the hell was...
I was sitting at a café called the Coffee Trader this morning, congratulating my wife for her success in getting her final papers into the examiners, when suddenly a big detonation occured and in great...
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Yemen; The day after the great tragedy
“Let us kidnap you. Our government, or yours, will pay the ransom. You take half, we take half. You will get a nice vacation in our village. What do you think?” This suggestion was followed by a big...
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Expedition Yemen By Camel; I am Mikael´s new Expedition partner
I think that probably the most important important aspect of a successful Expedition is having the right partner. I have had both really good and really bad. Best is if you can choose yourself. So that...
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An insight into Tribal Yemen, part 2; Expedition Yemen By Camel
”They didn´t target you” , the Sheikh of a Northern province laughed and continued chuckling: ”The shooter hid in the minerat of the mosque and managed to injure two people before we surrounded the...
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Expedition Yemen By Camel; Frustrations and understanding
“We are muslims and we have no fears for the future” , Mohammed said during the interview and continued; “God is great”. Minutes before, off camera, he had told us about his worries for his childrens...
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Expedition Yemen By Camel; Closure and summary
Yemen changed my life! For the better! There´s no doubt at all. Siberia ruined it. The 2004 Expedition was so overwhelming, that I didn´t want to return home. It is never easy coming back, no matter...
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Appeal from Kais Ahmed Al Kalisi, famous from the doc The Reluctant...
Kais is a very charismatic Yemeni who became slightly famous from a documentary called The Reluctant Revolutionary, which I have questioned strongly here, and I met him in Sanaa. Almost as quick as I...
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Call for help! Friends Abducted In Yemen
Ever since I saw this video I haven´t been able to relax a second. I come back almost every hour of the day to check here if any developments have occurred, but in general there´s very little movement...
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Yemen; The Crossing of Al Mahra
“I have to get out of this heat!” Tanya screamed. “I can’t stand it! I will die out here!” My thermometer showed that it was 50 degrees Celsius. Our throats were sore, dry and hurting. Sweat was...
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Learning From Your Mistakes; It Is Ok To Fail
The legendary Shane Winser at The Royal Geographical Society´s Expedition Advisory Board honored me by asking if I could lecture at the Explore Weekend 2013. “Absolutely, I said, but about what?” “Can...
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Civil War in Sanaa; A report from Haykal Bafana
Being in the capital of a country on the verge of an all-out civil war is a strange experience. The last 3 days in Sana’a, up to 20 protesters have been shot dead & many others injured while...
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Yemen: I was Targeted For Assassination And Had To Flee The Country I Love
I had to evacuate from Yemen in March 2014. I was targeted for assassination by a group most likely affiliated to al Qaeda. The assailants scaled the wall of a neighbors house. The guards there...
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The Yemen Crisis Keeps Me Sleepless
It was one of the scariest moments in my life. I was playing with my than 1 year old daughter Eva at a play park just off YCMES when hell broke loose. The loud sound was just terrifying and I was...
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Yemen: An involuntary adventurer By Tanya Holm
One of the first issues which irritated me as regards to what I was reading about the war in Yemen, was the reporting from the foreign press and journalists located in Sanaa. Only drama, only misery...
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Yemen: Watch the Price Of Bread, Watch It Closely By Kyle Anthony Foster
Shots rang out in the night, three short bursts, -pop-pop-pop- and then silence. I sat up in bed and edged myself toward the window, just peeking around the corner of the window so as not to expose...
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Eyes That Speak: Lifting The Veil Of Yemen
Eyes That Speak: Lifting the Veil of Yemen By Tricia Nellessen Lifting the veil of Yemen…. The day after Christmas 2009, I was surprised to find dozens of messages on my phone. How nice, I thought....
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Yemen Film shown and discussed in Berlin
Mikael, It was great. The room was full, we even had to bring more seats and fill the room, and even after that some people was sitting on the floor and behind The discussion after the movie was also...
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A Letter From Yemen
My dear friend, How are you? We hope that you and your family are in good health. How is life going ? we hope that you are doing fine. I think the recent news of the Saudi war against Yemen which...
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Yemen: My Friends In War
This morning was the same as any. The family woke up by the alarm and as usual it took us almost an hour to do breakfast, get the girls ready and wake up. Then we set off to school through a quite...
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Looking Back: The first visit to Yemen 2009
Expedition By Camel. From Oman to Mauretania. At least 3 years. The time is 2009. I was beginning to get things together. A documentary team. Great contacts who would help me in Oman, both with the...
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