society
Will Our Satirical Memes Become a Source for History Writing and Social Sciences?
Culture
October 16, 2019
Will Our Satirical Memes Become a Source for History Writing and Social Sciences?
Despite developments in the conceptualization and practices of freedom in media, we live in an era of misinformation…
Life on Facebook and the Dematerialization of Death in Yemen
Culture
September 26, 2019
Life on Facebook and the Dematerialization of Death in Yemen
The Internet came to Yemen in the mid-1990s. In its early years the service was exclusive, it came…
Photography Against the Apathetic Eye
Creative Visuals
September 20, 2019
Photography Against the Apathetic Eye
The attempts are endless. A photographer’s attempts are the ambition to preserve the life and vitality of a…
The Longing for Equal Citizenship:
Culture
August 28, 2019
The Longing for Equal Citizenship:
Equal O servants of Allah we are equal No one is born free while the other born…
Reem
Literature
August 24, 2019
Reem
The sun, at its peak over the dusty, barefoot boys playing on the street before lunch, felt like…
Ana Insan Madani with Abdulrahman Al-Ghabari
Highlights
July 16, 2019
Ana Insan Madani with Abdulrahman Al-Ghabari
Ana Insan Madani is a recurring column in al-Madaniya Magazine where we present prominent Yemeni figures from a…
Child Labor, Fear, and the Loss of a Generation in Yemen
Civil Society
June 8, 2019
Child Labor, Fear, and the Loss of a Generation in Yemen
“Any country, any society which does not care for its children is no nation at all.” Nelson Mandela…
May 22: Exhuming Memory
Op-ed
May 30, 2019
May 22: Exhuming Memory
Many are the moments in history that aspired to re-establish unity, some of which led to further divisions. The…
Silkworm: The Thoughts of a Cleaning Man
Literature
May 15, 2019
Silkworm: The Thoughts of a Cleaning Man
After an evening full of dust, rustling plastic bags, and other waste from passersby, I stand on the…
Under the Shadow of Sesbania and Qat
Civil Society
September 22, 2017
Under the Shadow of Sesbania and Qat
The difference between qat and sesbania is that sesbania spreads unsystematically and without human intervention.