This piece about Saudi fauna ends with a plush tiger on a rock but begins in a small hall in Najran, a spacious, seemingly prosperous city in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. Najran once belonged to Yemen and was a famous caravan city.
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A swimming pool for the coffee farmer, so he will keep growing coffee for us
A new generation of coffee farmers grow quality coffees that yield enough profit to keep growing coffee for the world. Some may even get a swimming pool out of it. ‘To show others that for progress you don’t necessarily have to migrate to the city. That you can perhaps achieve a better life more easily right here.’
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Exactly one hundred years ago, the Tanomah Massacre took place, say the Houthis. Indeed, this happened, says the expert
Houthis have been ruling North-Yemen for eight years, in a curious mix of monarchy and papacy, topped with a hint of Guevara. Today they commemorate the Tanomah massacre. Tanomah is an idyllic town high in the Saudi mountains, ewhere xactly a century ago a Saudi militia slaughtered thousands of Yemeni pilgrims. Often used in propaganda, nonetheless the truth.
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By ‘helping’ to avert an oil disaster, the Houthi’s apply to transition from pariah to recognized country
By confronting the Houthi regime in North Yemen with accomplished facts, the UN is trying to prevent a disastrous oil spill in the Red Sea. Everything is ready in Djibouti, after a crossing to Yemen this week the operation can begin. The only one who can disrupt the plan is the Houthi regime itself. In the short term, the stars are not unfavorable.
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