Yemen

In Memoriam

I never met General Colin Powell. But I experienced his support for me personally one day in January of 2001, early in the week he took up his responsibilities as Secretary of State. I was in Sana’a, Yemen, that day, three months after the USS Cole had been hit by terrorists off the cost ofContinue reading “In Memoriam”

Y is for Ten in Yemen

In Yemen, a child under the age of five dies of preventable causes every ten minutes. It wasn’t always so, and it doesn’t need to be so. It’s one of the biggest challenges in the Middle East. For more information about children in Yemen from the time I spent there, see this post on anContinue reading “Y is for Ten in Yemen”

Y is for Yemen

“YE 97 Ponte di Shahara” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Luca Bruno Photographer There is only one rule when driving in Yemen–basic rule #1–whoever is in front has the right-of-way. Rear-view and side-view mirrors are optional. Most Western men just can’t give up the driving habits of home, choosing instead to be driven crazy by the behavior of everyContinue reading “Y is for Yemen”