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Apr 14
2012
“Loyalty to Abyan” – Friday Prayer on 60-meter Road, April 13th, 2012

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"Loyalty to Abyan" - Friday Prayer on 60-meter Road, April 13th, 2012

Every Friday, the opposition organizes the noon prayer on 60-Meter Road outside the University of Science and Technology Hospital. The number of participants various widely depending on the political situation. Friday, April 13th is one of the lighter days with festival-like atmosphere. Even the soldiers were relaxed enough to pose for pictures with kids. The day was named Friday of “Loyalty to Abyan”, the province that has seen the heaviest fighting between the Yemeni army and militants calling themselves Ansar al-Sharia – Partisans of Sharia Law.

Mar 24
2012
My 2 cents on Yemen and its revolution

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Ever since the conflict began in January 2011, anti-government protesters have occupied the area in front of the main gate of Sana’a University. Traditionally, the Liberation Square (Maidan Al Tahrir) has been THE place to gather and protest but it was occupied by government supporters, so protesters, mostly university students in the beginning, settled on occupying the ring road in front of the university. They named the place Change Square, but it really is a big intersection surrounded by businesses and residential buildings.