food (clothes) and shelter (the struggle continues)

so before gaza there was yemen? no that's the wrong way round isn't it?

'yemen has been suffering from a famine since 2016 as a result of the civil war. more than 50,000 children in yemen died from starvation in 2017. numerous commentators have condemned the saudi-led coalition's military campaign, including its blockade of yemen, as genocide... the UN estimated that by the end of 2021, the war in yemen would have caused over 377,000 deaths, and roughly 70% of deaths were children under age 5.' - wikipedia, accessed 15/01/24. 

stop me if you've heard this one before. the bombing publicises the history of the war in yemen which, in some ways, resembles the war on gaza. just in case anyone thought gaza was a one-off and that the global community was going to do anything about it. 

and ahem. who arms the saudis? we do. we do. 

and who is bombing yemen now that the saudi's aren't? we are. we are. 

the west covers itself in glory (once again). 

anyway. so 2020(4) the struggle continues. 

freya stark visited yemen. she was keen to explore the hadhramaut or central region as detailed in three books, the southern gates of arabia: a journey in the hadhramaut (1936), seen in the hadhramaut (1938) and a winter in arabia (1940). it also features in one of the volumes of her autobiography  the coast of incense. autobiography 1933–1939 (1953) (which is where horsemouth read it first). 

last night he read some more of freya's earlier adventures in persia - in luristan, the lurs have a terrible reputation as thieves. 

it's a frosty morning but there is sunshine. in texas there was snow (hell there was a blizzard) - horsemouth was chatting with mike heidt last night, old friends, the possibility of meeting up in april. a friend has retired (well done).