After the attempted bombing of Northwest flight 253 in December, Yemen again became the focus of US and international counterterrorism policy. A flurry of media reports in January gave the world a glimpse of this fragile country, sliding disastrously towards collapse.
Published April 30, 2010
Haley Sweetland Edwards, for the Pulitzer Center
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"It's the world's worst place to be a woman, and a breeding ground for terrorism; yet Yemen still exhibits real charm. Pull up a chair as we cover gingerbread architecture, daggers as an investment strategy, and why two scoops of strawberry ice cream are no match for a woman's veil."...
This Article was featured in the May-June 2010 issue of Mental_Floss.
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One of the first things you notice wandering around anywhere in Yemen is the kids. They are everywhere.
On May 3, as the United Nations marked World Press Freedom day, Reporters Without Borders released a list of the world’s worst “predators of press freedom.”
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Haley Sweetland Edwards is a former staff reporter for the Seattle Times. Her freelance reporting has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times online, Global...
