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Green water of Hababa and glimpses of Yemeni Jewish past

The most essential commodity in a semi arid region is water and that was what made Hababa so special. It […]

April 29, 2020

At the time of my Yemen visit, special permits were required to visit any place in and it the country […]

April 28, 2020

At the time of my visits, power cuts were a part and parcel of Yemeni life. In fact one of […]

April 27, 2020

The post landing formalities at Sanaa airport were very smooth. The single immigration window for non Yemeni passport holders was […]

April 26, 2020

At the time of my visit in 2016, Yemen was in the news for all the wrong reasons. The situation […]

April 25, 2020

20.1.16 Hadibo 1800 Hrs I am back in Hadibo and my body has given up. I had never thought that […]

April 24, 2020

My last few days in Socotra Yemen were spent holed up in my Taj Socotra Hotel room. I alternated between […]

April 23, 2020

I left Qalanciya with a heavy heart. Our destination was the Moumi Plateau. Qalanciya was such a perfect place. We […]

April 22, 2020

Abdullah’s cave in Qalanciya was something out of Arabian Nights and I marveled at his incredible local life. Remnants of […]

April 21, 2020

The amber hunter of Detwa Lagoon! My Qalanciya days can be broadly divided into two parts: the unbelievable beauty of […]

April 20, 2020