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The British, chemical weapons and piccalilli evidence

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:29:00 +0300

Will the UK disclose evidence that shows whether chemical weapons were used in Syria? That may...

A storm filled dusk in Sana’a this evening.

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:50:00 +0300

A storm filled dusk in Sana’a this evening.

Nearly every day Yemen tests my patience. But then every day I...

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:00:00 +0300

Nearly every day Yemen tests my patience. But then every day I get to watch this from my roof. Suddenly, it all seems worth while.

The neighbour’s donkey having a morning roll on the...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:00:00 +0300

The neighbour’s donkey having a morning roll on the ‘football pitch’ that was once a garden when there was water in Old Sana’a.

Football. It’s a dirty game. Especially when it creates a...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:30:00 +0300

Football. It’s a dirty game. Especially when it creates a dust storm in Old Sana’a

Read in full in today’s Times here and here

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:26:00 +0300

Read in full in today’s Times here and here

'Unpopular' Committees in Abyan

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:51:00 +0300

Following the first of three trips to Abyan earlier this year I raised concerns over the issue of...

Australian boys fundraising for Saleem

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:12:00 +0300

Last Saturday Glenn Grandy from Melbourne, Australia emailed me. His son, Jylon, had read about...

A picture I took on Thursday of Yemeni soldiers walking...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:07:00 +0300

A picture I took on Thursday of Yemeni soldiers walking alongside protesters after they’d stepped aside and allowed them through the security cordon outside the US Embassy in Sana’a on September 13.

Was the security lapse at the US embassy in Sana’a a move by Yemen’s former president to show America who still calls the shots?

No more tears

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:34:00 +0300

As journalists we’re not supposed to get too attached to the subjects of our reporting, let...

A taste of the Yemeni oud from a night not long ago in...

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:15:00 +0300

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.

One man's determination represents Yemen in London

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:00:00 +0300

Representing Yemen in the London Olympics, Ali Khousrof probably has one of the most remarkable...

Yemen’s children caught in food crisis ‘The crisis...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:47:00 +0300

Yemen’s children caught in food crisis

‘The crisis is testing the West’s commitment to Yemen, whose leaders have been fighting an al-Qaeda faction here in cooperation with the U.S. military. Al-Qaeda has tried to win the loyalties of villagers by providing them food and improving living conditions.’

Read the full story at USA Today

Little sympathy for crucified ‘spy’ as Islamists...

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:22:00 +0300

Little sympathy for crucified ‘spy’ as Islamists flee town The Times, June 20th 2012

Reporting on my second trip to Abyan this year.

Read the full story here (£)

For one day only...

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:19:00 +0300

The Times paywall is down today, for 24 hours only, in celebration of The Queen’s...

The lost land of Abyan

Thu, 31 May 2012 12:23:00 +0300

Overlooking the province of Abyan: Lawder, Ja’ar, Zinjibar, Shaqra and all the way to the Arabian...

Photo

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:10:02 +0300

An amazing picture from AFP accompanying my piece from southern...

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:51:46 +0300

An amazing picture from AFP accompanying my piece from southern Yemen in today’s USA Today.

I said something the other day about there being nothing more...

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:52:00 +0300

I said something the other day about there being nothing more beautiful than waking to the morning sun filtering through a qamariya. Someone responded, wanting to know what that looked like. Well, here is what I wake up to every morning.

They can take away the electricity, but they can’t take away the sun and the beauty of Old Sana’a.

Why would I want to live anywhere else?

Al Jazeera’s media programme, the Listening Post, looks at...

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:29:19 +0300

Al Jazeera’s media programme, the Listening Post, looks at Obama’s role in the continued imprisonment of Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye:

The dangers of reporting the ‘war on terror’