Sana'a
May 06, 2009
The Next Afghanistan?
I am sweating through my abaya as I drive to meet the sheik. It is a hot afternoon in Sana'a, and the sun beats down through an arid blue sky. Wispy pink and blue plastic bags that earlier held an afternoon's worth of the narcotic qat leaf float over the congested streets like kites, and children run up to cars paused at intersections, hawking everything from full flatware sets to the tiny perfume samples one might rip from an ad in a fashion magazine. READ MORE >>
January 01, 1970
The War in Yemen
This article was originally published on January 26th, 1963. READ MORE >>
