Afrah Nasser
Afrah Nasser is a Yemeni activist, blogger, and journalist/columnist writing about issues relating to Yemen. In May 2011, Afrah was forced to leave Yemen because of her political activities. She currently lives in Sweden.
- Yemen's Ministry of Corruption 15 Jun 2013*With the motto 'keep calm and corrupt everything', Yemen's government establishes for the first time ever in its history, and in any other country's history, Ministry of Corruption, last week. The decision didn't come as a surprise since Yemeni Government enjoys a long history in conducting corruption and it is almost regarded as th […]
- Threats against Yemeni political activists continue 13 Jun 2013Political activist, Summer Nasser is under serious threats after her car was targeted and unknown groups interrogated and threatened her. She just wrote on her Facebook page: "I wanted to share with you all a growing concern (that's continuing) at the moment. These passed few days, two cars with armed men have been asking about my being and going t […]
- The Naïve Art of Truth Chasing 11 Jun 2013"When the truth is lost in Yemen it’s usually when the answer to: What happened? becomes politically motivated and polarising. In my view then there’s only one way to find out who’s shooting who, who’s killed who and what really happened: To see it for yourself. This became my somewhat mad mantra in 2011: Believe no one. Trust no one’s account except th […]
- Demanding Release of Revolutionary Detainees 3 Jun 2013"Yemen's Human Rights Minister Hooria Mashhour joins a sit-in & hunger strike @ the central prison to #FreeDetainedRevYouth," - Noon Arabia […]
- Yemen's Electricity Power Map 3 Jun 2013-----> Rasha Jarhum […]
- Yemen Child Marriage 3 Jun 2013[…]
- Syrian women in Yemen begging 1 Jun 2013Family in Sanaa tell me of how young Syrian women fill traffic points; begging for money, and that there is a sheikh who marries off them to Yemeni men with small dowry money. Similar cases in different hosting neighbor Arab countries .. I remember seeing Iraqi women begging on Sanaa's streets in the wake of the Gulf war, 1991. Really heartbreaking! I w […]
- The Myth of the "Yemen Model" 1 Jun 2013Shortly following the internationally funded uncontested election in Yemen, a high-ranking western diplomat berated me for not voting. When I asked him, "would people in your country be happy with a one-person election?" He responded: "people in my country are not trying to kill each other!"While not all diplomats think this way, unfortun […]
- John McCain in Yemen 30 May 2013"John McCain has committed a major Yemeni fashion faux pas. This could strain US-Yemeni relations," - Jeremy Scahill. […]
- John McCain and Drones 27 May 2013"What is your feeling when John McCain gets irritated because you asked him about drones and after the session he walks down to you and say: Whatever you young guys think, America is the greatest nation on earth... waves his hand and leaves." -Baraa Shiban […]
