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Today, many Yemeni activist women believe that Shari'a can be interpreted to further include women in the social, political, economic, and cultural life of the country. [19] Many of the discriminatory policies restrict familial rights of women. Women in Yemen cannot marry a non-Yemeni without approval from both her family and the state. [5]
In 2013, then at age 10, al-Ahdal uploaded a 2.5 minute video to YouTube which quickly went viral. In the video, al-Ahdal accused her parents of trying to get her married in exchange for money. [6] The video was released with al-Ahdal speaking Arabic, but a YouTube user translated the video and uploaded it to YouTube with English captions.
The history of Yemeni theatre dates back at least a century, to the early 1900s. Both amateur and professional (government-sponsored) theatre troupes perform in the country's major urban centers.
An emaciated little girl lies motionless on a hospital bed and struggles to breathe. Hafsa Ahmed is about 2. About a dozen other children in the red-brick hospital in this southern Yemeni city are ...
In Yemen, women must obtain approval from a husband or father to get an exit visa to leave the country, and a woman may not take her children with her without their father's permission, regardless of whether or not the father has custody. [90] The ability of women to travel or move freely within Saudi Arabia is severely restricted.
More than 50,000 children in Yemen died from starvation during 2017. [1] [2] [3] [dubious – discuss] On 5 November 2017, the Saudi-led coalition began blocking all fuel shipments to Yemen, causing farmers to abandon modern equipment like tractors and forcing hospitals to function without generators. [70] [71]
Today, in Yemen, children born from mixed Akhdam and Yemeni parentage are called muwāldedīn, and are often still discriminated against in society. The social inequality of the Akhdam is also analysed by Anne Meneley from a gendered perspective.
The urban homayni style known in the capital of Yemen, Sanaani singing, is the most well-known today. Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices + [a] 2021 01718: The artistic practice of writing Arabic letters and words to convey grace and beauty. Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices + [b] 2022 01902