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Bus Ride
I’ve been thinking a lot about Sana’a, and my friends that are living there now, in this time of turmoil, fuel shortages, and uncertainty. The photos I see of the city on the news are surreal to me- I...
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The Voiceless Ones
The “protests” here in Yemen have been going on for about five months now. Five long months of lives disrupted, work neglected, schools closed, periodic violence, and shortages of fuel, food, and...
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From the Front
Last night I spoke with my eldest son, who lives in a village in the northern part of Yemen. I asked him how he and his family were doing, and he answered, “Fine, everything’s fine.” He then went on to...
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Ali Abdullah Saalih finally signed an agreement to step down before his appointed term is up, in order that elections can be held in a few months, insh’Allaah. Some people are lauding this as the end...
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The Journey Back Part 1
Alhamdulillah, we have been back in the States for two weeks now. I have found that I’m not the same person I was when I left here almost ten years ago; and yet my heart aches at such sounds as the...
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The Journey Back Part 2
Around 3 a.m. I finally gave up on sleep and sat up, snugging the blankets around my legs to keep warm. Sukhailah and Hudhaifah were awake as well, so Khalil went and came back with a hot cup of tea-...
View ArticleUnexpected Grace: New Post at One Woman’s Day
As Muslims, we don’t celebrate birthdays- no cakes, presents, parties. But that doesn’t mean that the birth of each child isn’t special. On the contrary, I remember the day (or night, more often than...
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Police and Prayer
The knock comes in the middle of the day. Not an ordinary knock; rather, a loud, insistent pounding at the door accompanied with the gruff voice of the man who guards our building, raised and excited....
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Following Truth
People often ask us why we moved to Yemen over ten years ago now. The answer was simple. Having found the truth, we wanted to follow it, and in order to follow it, we had to gain knowledge. Yemen, with...
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Days of Remembering
These days are days of remembering. As I work each night on my Yemeni Journey book, it seems impossible to write my past without living it again, at least a little. At least feel the sting of tears...
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