Demoralized by the failure of the 1977 Bread Intifada, and faced with an escalating witch-hunt campaign and purges by Sadat’s regime against leftists in the universities and civil service, thousands of Egyptian communists and radical nationalists left the country and sought refuge in Libya, Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait (yeah, believe it or not, Kuwait received tons [...]

“Stereotype” is a word that usually bears negative connotation, but few stereotypes about people from a nation or a race are positive. In my brief experience of staying in West Oakland, virtually all Yemenis I dealt with confirm the stereotypes held in the Arab World about their hospitality, generosity and kindness…
Mohsen, a Yemeni immigrant who [...]

From AP…
Critics of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh could receive up to 15 years in prison under a proposed law introduced by the government and sent to parliament on Sunday.
Under the draft law, “agitators” could also face a death penalty if their anti-government incitement causes deaths during protests.
Yemeni newspapers said the draft law also [...]

The Yemen Observer reports that militants who took part in the strikes on oil facilities in Marib and Hadhramout in September used Google Earth in planning the attack.