Tag Archives: sanaa
Things In Yemen Continue to Go to Crap
As I learned in my translation class a few days ago, when we were asked to translate the English al-Jazeera article into Arabic, there was a terrorist attack on the US embassy in Sana’a Yemen. The Washington Post and NY Times … Continue reading
Settling into Sana’a
Yemen feels much more like a real place now, instead of a strange state of being I’m itching to get out of (good thing). I had a feeling it was something similar to the immediate, desperate homesickness you get … Continue reading
Marhaba min Yemen!
I just took my first shower with hot water since Doha. It has perhaps been my happiest time in Sana’a so far. Which sounds pretty negative, I know, but after a few nights of very, very cold water, feeling clean … Continue reading