05 July 2011

Yemen's Stories Are Getting Worse and Worse


A friend of a friend of a friend (and that is really how things work in Yemen) shared this video on refugees who have escaped the fighting in the Yemeni province of Abyan.

No one seems to know who is doing what to whom - some people talk about "foreigners" who infiltrated the area, for example. The situation is very confusing, but through it all, my heart goes out to these people. Some years ago we visited the region of Abyan. While it was rural and conservative, the people were still very kind. I can't imagine their feelings now of uncertainty, fear and loss.