Yemen, a country located at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Africa, has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and is facing the world’s worst famine crisis, with 80 percent of Yemen’s population in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. Around 24 million people and around 12 million…...
Yemen: The World’s Worst Cholera Crisis
What is cholera Cholera is an infectious disease that could lead to severe dehydration, watery diarrhoea and even death if left untreated. It is caused by eating contaminated food or drinking water which contain bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. The illness is mostly common in places where war, poor sanitation and…...
War-Struck Yemen
Families in need are Suffering the Merciless Winter CONFLICT AND DROUGHT As the world’s ‘worst humanitarian crisis’ festers, the local dynamics of the conflict remain overshadowed. Yemen was already the Arab world’s poorest country and nearly four years of brutal warfare more than three-quarters of the country’s population is in…...
Struggle for Education in Yemen
A Whole Generation of Children Deprived from Education. CONFLICT IN YEMEN – WAR ON EDUCATION After 3 years of intensifying conflict, the education system in Yemen has been completely destroyed. War and conflict have a devastating effect on the prospects of a better education. Education should be a birth right…...
What is behind the story of Qurbani?
Origin of the word ‘Qurbani’ ‘Qurbani’ originates from the word ‘Qurban’ which comes from the word ‘Qurb’ meaning ‘closeness’. The Prophet Ibrahim (AS) in his willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail, demonstrated his closeness to Allah (SWT) and in doing so represented true Islam or submission to Allah (SWT). Story…...
Kidney patients struggle as Yemeni health crisis worsens
After 37 months of conflict in Yemen, the country remains in the grip of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with more than 20 million people in need of assistance and 16 million lacking access to health services. The situation in Yemen The situation in Yemen has been described as extremely…...
