A taste of the Yemeni oud from a night not long ago in Sana’a’s Old City.
As a lover and former singer of Irish folk music the tradition and history of passing on stories via song has always been something of a fascination, probably originating from growing up with an opera singing parent. But listening to, if not fully understanding, Yemen’s version in an ancient Old City tower house is particularly special.
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Iona Craig is a freelance journalist based in Sana'a, Yemen and The Times of London Yemen Correspondent. She also writes for USA Today, The Sunday Times and regularly contributes to The National (UAE) and Index on Censorship.
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A collection of Iona's reporting from Yemen's southern province of Abyan
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For more coverage of the case of Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye currently being held in a Sana'a prison at the request of the United States. You can sign the petition here in English.
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