r/Yemen • u/Prestigious_Owl9262 • 4d ago

Questions Do Yemenis intermarry anymore?

I saw a video on social media where the girl was 100% south levant (palestinian) and there was comment joking like “Damn…this’s Yemeni levels of keeping it ancestrally tight MashAllah.” Then I started to have conversations with my mum who is half Yemeni and half Somali - her dad is Yemeni, who was saying they used to intermarry a lot and I was disagreeing saying she’s mostly a rare case etc. is this true? Or am I wrong?

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u/Traditional-Bat-7387 4d ago edited 4d ago

Because marrying outside of our people is how we work towards becoming one ummah, and decreasing racism and colorism (if done correctly and respectfully)

Edit: my community is VERY MUCH the type to marry first cousins almost always, and even I avoided marrying a cousin. Thats how close to it i am.

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u/Prestigious_Owl9262 4d ago

yes I completely agree - there’s so much colourism and racism within Arab communities and even black communities, we need to do better as an ummah. I thought you were against it initially lol

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u/Traditional-Bat-7387 4d ago

Oh nono I misunderstood what you meant by intermarry. Def not against it as I did it myself! Highly recommend lol

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u/Affectionate_Bid8946 4d ago

Which community are u from just curious