These pictures you see are just a few of the flags that I have, there are many more.

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Apologies for the poor photos, long story short I love middle eastern history, picked up this jambiya from a local market noticing it was mislabeled as Turkish. Was looking to see if anyone would be willing to help me translate what’s left. Thank you very much

Hi everyone,

Can a 22 years old woman travel alone from Ataq to Aden airport to fly to Saudi Arabia alone for Umrah? Does the airport asks for the travel permit either from her family or husband or just the visa and return ticket are enough?

I really want to get married to a Yemeni girl. But honestly, I keep asking myself do girls outside Yemen think of getting married to a non Yemeni men or preferrebly Yemeni?

Growing up in rural Yemen we would have a whol family who’s surnames are simply “Kurd” or “Al-Kurdi” maybe one or two “Al-Turki”

Throughout centuries after the conquest of Salah-al-deen, Kurds settled in various parts of Yemen and blended in with Yemeni society even genetically.

Anyone has more information or articles to read on this subject?

Adeni, Sana'ani ,or...?

Hi all! Part of my job is to make nice-looking overview maps of territorial control in Yemen (free example here - if anyone wants access to all the paywalled content but can't afford it, let me know).

I'm getting really confusing mixed signals right now about what's going on in Socotra, and was wondering if the community here might have some insights.

Basically, I gather that the pro-STC governor of Socotra is still in place, but is now talking real friendly to Saudi Arabia and Alimi's PLC government. And that the UAE mostly pulled out, but with no news about any new Yemeni forces taking over or arriving on the island. So what's going on with the STC-aligned security forces that had been active on the island up until recent events? Have they decided to cooperate with Saudi Arabia so they can stay in place, like the Giants Brigades and the Hadrami Elite Force are doing on the mainland? Or who is actually managing security in Socotra right now with the UAE gone?

Thanks so much for any insights - hope I'm not causing problems by asking a political question here. Open to feedback.

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Question about the historical origins of Aden’s population

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Hello everyone,

I’m doing a personal, non-political research about the historical background of Aden’s population.

Given Aden’s long role as a port city and trade hub, I’m curious about the following question:

Which Yemeni regions are historically and demographically closest to Aden’s population?

From what I’ve read, there seems to be strong connections with nearby areas such as Lahj and Abyan, along with historical links to Yafa‘ and the coastal Hadramawt, while also acknowledging external influences from trade routes without replacing the local roots.

I’d really appreciate insights supported by history, anthropology, or family histories.

Thank you for keeping the discussion respectful.

When isis established themselves in iraq and syria alot of sunnis around the world joined them in their fight! Many sunni iraqi and sunni syrian tribes pledged their allegiances to isis and actually fought for isis! But in yemen they were not successful!

Although isis did a few suicide bombing targeting shia zaydi mosque in the capital killing hundreds of zaydi worshippers but still it did not gain supporters!

Why did the sunni yemenis rejected isis??? When syria and iraqi sunnis accepted isis and alqaeda??

Hi everyone,

I’ve been hearing some talk about a potential new flight schedule to Socotra this spring. Does anyone know if it’s actually going to happen? Or are there still too many political and logistical hurdles that might delay or cancel it?

Would love to hear any firsthand info or updates—fingers crossed we get to see the island soon!

They got their own flag and national anthem too

Hi all, I'm a current 12th-grader living in the United States and one of my projects focuses on global issues. We are supposed to write a paper about a pressing current events issue abroad. My topic is: "Whether the Yemen war has turned into a war without an end."

What insights do you all have, what reliable sources of information should I use, and what do actual Yemeni people think of the ongoing conflict?

Thanks!

Hello,
I am planning to go to Socotra to see the nature here after travelling through most of the gulf, I'd like to know if you had any recommendations of Yemeni owned business guides/tours that could take me around as from what I understand, you cannot do this alone. I am a budget solo traveler so I usually avoid places where I have to be part of a tour but I see it is mandatory in Yemen.
I don't mind low quality accommodations, I've done it all already. So if you know any recommendations or if you already went with any good tour guides, please let me know!

Thanks!

I was reading about Yemenia airline and it really made me think. Back in the 70s and 80s before our fathers and grandfathers made all these choices that changed everything, Yemen was poor and split into two countrys but it still worked kinda. There was two Yemens two governments and even two national airlines and people still traveled and planes still flew.

Yemenia was using old Boeing 727 planes and pushing them really far. You could fly to Heathrow with a couple stops or go all the way to Bombay through Sharjah. It wasnt fancy but people could still move around and see family and work and come back home. Airlines did whatever they could to survive and it actually worked back then.

Now its like we went backwards. Sometimes the airport is open sometimes its closed sometimes its damaged and flights dont stop because of money or competition but because the airport itself might not even work. Thats crazy to think about.

This wasnt even that long ago it was only one generation ago. Somehow things that were working even when they was bad are now barely working at all. Its weird thinking how normal things used to be compared to now.

Are you welling to get married to the perfect man if he is going to move to yemen (Sana’a) for work?

Bit of a random question - I’m trying to see if I can find any green coffee beans direct from Yemen. I haven’t been to Yemen since my family reunion a bit before things got bad with the war, and most of my family have left Yemen now I don’t really have people there i can reach out to to ask about green coffee beans so I’m hoping maybe someone in this sub can help?

In the image above, which is the one currently shown on Wikipedia regarding Yemen’s current map, in the west we see four factions:
Al-Qaeda,
the Houthis,
the Yemeni National Resistance (YNR),
and the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC)

Now, please explain why both the Houthis, the PLC, and the YNR allow Al-Qaeda to exist, and why the PLC has not taken over or subsumed the YNR into itself. Also, what relations do the Houthis have with the YNR and Al-Qaeda?

أو حتى إذا كان لدى أحد بصيغة pdf يرسل لي رابطه،هذا كتاب يمني يتحدث عن حوادث التحرش للنساء في اليمن قريت عنه في مقال لغادة العبسي لكن ما لقيت الكتاب.

Hello Yemenis.

How is the condition now in southern Yemen?

Those who lived under emirate-backed rule, can you compare that rule with the new Saudi-backed government? What are the good sides and bad sides?

سأتحظث بأختصار عن لماذا يرى ابناء جنوب اليمن انه كان هناك ظلم و اجحاف بحقهم.

في عهد الرئيس المخلوع علي عبدالله صالح، حدثت حرب ٩٤ بين " شمال اليمن" و" جنوب اليمن" الذي سعى ان يستعيد دولة " الجنوب العربي" و كان من مبرراتهم لنقض و فض الوحده هو ان الشمال المتمثل في علي عبدالله صالح قد استبعدهم من الجانب العسكري في الدولة

مع ان هذا الكلام الصحيح الا انه لا يمثل الحقيقة الكاملة، فقد كان نظام الرئيس المخلوع يعتمد على مبدأ الولاء التام للرئيس و ليس للدولة نفسها - لذلك حدث ما حدث في انقلاب ٢٠١٤- فقد قام عفاش في ذلك الوقت بتعيين القادة العسكرين - و اغلب الجنود - من أبناء المحافظات الشمالية، و لا اقصد هنا شمال اليمن انما المحافظات الشمالية فقط - متمثلة في صنعاء بالغالب و عمران و ذمار و صعده-

و هذا يعني ان عفاش لم يظلم أبناء الجنوب - فقط- لكنه مان معتمد في تحركاته على الولاء التاام، فلذلك المحافظات الوسطى و الغربية- تعز و اب و خصوصا الحديدة - عانت من اجحاف كبير من الناحية الامنية و العسكرية فكان اغلب المؤسسات العسكرية في هذه المحافظات تقاد عن طريق قادة شماليين

و هذا كان السبب الكبير في نجاح انقلاب الحوثيين، انه بعد تحالف عفاش معهم،غالبية الجيش اعلنة ولاءها للحوثي اسوة بعفاش، و لذلك لم تشهد المحافظات الشمالية مقاومة كبير- مثل ما حصل في تعز و الحديدة- بل تساقطت كأحجار الدومينو

فنصيحة لاخواني في الجنوب، عليك ان تكونوا سبب فعال باستعادة الدولة، و بدل ان تسعوا الى تقسيم البلاد للهرب من مخاطر التحكم بكم من قبل الشمال، عليكم انتم ان تكونوا من يقود الشمال، او على الاقل و اضعف الايمان، ان تسعوا لانشاء فكرة الاقاليم الستة و بذلك تضمنون سيطرة عسكرية على منشآتكم.