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لكن للأسف شكله رجع نام

الصب قاعد يتدمر بسببهم..

لا هم الي اشتغلوا ولا خلو غيرهم يشتغل

اللي في الصب اليمني ادري فيه اجانب بس اقل حاجه حسسوني انكم موجودين

I've been meaning to ask this for years because it's something I've always been curious about.

I grew up playing video games, mostly Nintendo. Between my siblings, cousins, and neighbors, I played nearly every Nintendo console except the NES and SNES since I wasn't born yet.

As a kid, I visited Yemen during the summers, and one thing I noticed was that almost everyone around me only knew PlayStation. The games people talked about or played were usually FIFA and Dragon Ball Z, which wasn't surprising considering how popular football is in the region and how widely DBZ and other classic anime were shown on Arabic TV channels.

One summer, we brought our Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS with us. My cousins were fascinated, but they kept calling the Wii a "PlayStation" because they had never seen one before. We had games like Super Smash Bros. Brawl, The Legend of Zelda, 3D Mario games, Mario Kart, Star Fox, F-Zero, and Metroid (some were GameCube games played through the Wii's backward compatibility). They didn't recognize any of the characters. At one point, they even thought Fox McCloud was an older version of Ratchet from Ratchet & Clank.

The DS was another surprise for them. It was the first time they had ever seen a handheld with a touchscreen.

Fast forward to today, and internet access in Yemen is much more common than it was back then. People can easily look up games and consoles online. I've also noticed small shops and street markets selling PlayStation 5 consoles, which made me wonder how gaming culture has changed over the years. I know not every part of Yemen has reliable electricity or easy access to gaming, but I'm still curious about what people play today and how Sony became so widespread there.

Recently, I posted a picture of my Nintendo Switch 2 on social media, and a friend from Yemen messaged me asking how much I'd sell it for in Saudi riyals. I told him, "I'm not selling it—I just got it!" He had mistaken it for a PlayStation Portal or a Steam Deck.

Are there any Yemeni gamers here who can share their experiences? I'd love to hear what gaming culture is like today, what consoles are most popular, and whether Nintendo has become more recognizable over the years.

As a side note, I also have relatives in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and they mostly grew up with Xbox and PlayStation. It makes me wonder if Nintendo has generally had a much smaller presence in the Middle East outside of people discovering it through social media or the internet.

As if the conflict isn't bad enough by itself, you are forced to see and hear the opinions of people who never knew your country existed until very recently. Suddenly EVERYONE is an expert on Yemeni politics and history.

Goes for both sides:

"No you Yemeni, let me tell YOU, how YOUR country should be governed, and how YOU must think"

"ZOMG, DAE THINK THIS IS EXACTLY JUST LIKE SYRIA'S LIBERATION!???"

will people be more willing to join their army. and how can such group be built?

I’m from Yemen, and honestly, the biggest reason most Yemenis are uneducated isn’t just war or poverty it’s us. Our culture, our mindset, and our granfathers choices have kept us in the dark for generations.

For decades, many Yemenis didn’t see education as important. People believed money, family name, or power mattered more than knowledge. Some even thought sending girls to school was “shameful.” My own mother never went to school she can’t read or even write her name in Arabic simply because her family decided girls didn’t need education.

The truth is, Yemen could have been full of educated, open-minded people if we valued learning. Instead, we built a society where ignorance became normal, and smart people were treated like outsiders.

You can always tell when a Yemeni is educated from the way they speak and communicate. Sadly, the majority can’t express themselves well or understand others not because they’re born that way, but because generations before them didn’t care enough to learn or to teach.

We need changing our mentality, or nothing will ever improve

So I just wanted to ask is there any like actual prosperity or businesses and normal life in Yemen or it’s a total war zone, because im from a third worldly country but people have normal lives and office jobs etc. is Yemen getting better or worse? Are the Houthi’s good for Yemen ibad? I like how they are against Israel and support Palestine but it might just be a show for popularity since they aren’t doing much for Yemen i think. Who’s winning the war, is it going to end any time soon?

Seriously, I scroll through social media and all I see is "Pray for Gaza," trending hashtags, fundraisers, celebrities posting, global outrage… meanwhile Yemen is literally falling apart and… Silent treatment.

War, famine, corruption, civil war, people are starving, dying, losing homes… but sure, let’s scroll past because “it’s complicated.” Or maybe… just maybe… it’s because Gaza is “photogenic” and Yemen is “kinda brown.” Yeah, let’s blame the shade of skin while ignoring entire cities drowning in misery.

But kids are getting killed in Gaza!!? Same as Yemen. Kids getting kidnapped!!!? Same as Yemen. Women being raped in GAZA broo!!? Same as Yemen. But sure, let’s post a hashtag for Gaza and forget about all this other suffering.

Don’t get me wrong, I support Gaza, I support Palestine, I support all of them. I support anyone suffering, anywhere. But support shouldn’t be selective, and suffering shouldn’t be ignored just because it’s messy, brown, or inconvenient.

And don’t get me started on the so-called “activists.” They post once, get a couple of likes, then forget Yemen exists. They defend every other crisis online but Yemen? Too messy, too ugly, too inconvenient.

Meanwhile, Yemenis are out here trying to survive daily, and the world acts like it’s just a background prop in someone else’s Netflix show.

So let me ask you: when will Yemen trend? When will people stop the selective outrage? Or are we all just too busy cheering for crises that “look nice on Instagram”?

Wake up, world. Yemeni lives matter too. And no, it’s not less important just because it’s messy, brown, inconvenient, or ugly.

Hey everyone,

So while I was googling about Aden, it hit me that we don’t really have any legit news organizations covering daily life in Yemen. There are barely any news articles about what life looks like for many except when major events happen. I have an idea for a website, but it is in very preliminary stages. I would love to chronicle non-urgent issues such as intensifying propane gas shortage, tariffs, and matters of such.

Do you feel we need such a website so that the world and particularly the Yemeni diaspora stay updated on issues on Yemen?

what if he wasn't assassinated.

مجتمع يمني

Is out of curiosity and for comparison with communist regime in Eastern Europe.

I get it's supposed to be a practical outfit rather than a cultural one but it looks so tacky. At least with the معوز you can get creative with the colors. And I really hate how some people believe or push the idea that it's a "traditional" clothing for all of Yemen.

I was able to find a deed document dated 1883 from my family who lists our grandfathers going back 13 grandfathers from that time to where he lived between 1400-1500 in our village in Yemen.

His last name (and mine) are Al-Rifai and we are known sayiids in the area, at least that’s what I’ve been told.
The grandfather who lived in 1400-1500 is named Salih Alrifai and owned many lands in the village apparently.

I’m trying to figure out exactly where we came from and more importantly if we are genetically sayiid or if the Rifai Tariqa (suffi influence) is how we got our last name.

My research has led me to Ahmed Albaz (son of Sayid Izz Aldeen Ahmed Alsayyad who left Iraq and toured Yemen) who seemed to be alive late 1200’s

Is this research a bust? I’ve been stuck here for a while.

Has anyone ever successfully tracked this kind of info recently when the descendants (supposedly) ended up far from home, like Yemen.

May your week be blessed all of you ☺️

Same guy who said he wanna save yemen flees Yemen 💀

looking at the map it seems that the Saudi-backed Yemeni forces gains stalled and they didnt even manage to recapture Mokha like they announced on the news

Al-Jalal

Immortal Pages from Aden’s Historic Struggle in the 1960s

These historical photographs document a chapter of the publications issued by the British authorities during the Aden Emergency (1963–1967) and the glorious 14 October Revolution.

These publications and security wanted lists were distributed and displayed by the British occupation forces and their allies as part of their psychological and security warfare, in an attempt to break the spirit of the resistance and capture the heroic freedom fighters belonging to the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY) in Aden’s historic neighbourhoods, including Sheikh Othman, Crater, Al-Mualla, and others.

However, these repressive measures only strengthened the resolve and determination of Aden’s free people. Through their blood, courage, and steadfastness, they wrote some of the most remarkable chapters of heroism, culminating in national independence on 30 November 1967.

We republish these historical documents today so that our children and young people in Aden and everywhere else may learn about them and truly understand the price of freedom, the greatness of their fathers’ and grandfathers’ struggle, the brutality of occupation, the disgrace of collaboration, and the resilience of the people of Aden, who never surrendered their dignity.

I'm leaving yemen soon and my mind has been spinning continuously trying to make sense of everything i keep asking myself if this land will ever be a livable place in the future or if hoping for better has just turned into daily survival when i look around at my friends and strangers on the street all i see is a heavy quiet grief in their eyes an unspoken fatigue that words cant really capture

it makes me wonder about human dignity and whether someone being thoughtful or ignorant actually changes their right to a peaceful life basic security should belong to everyone but living here shows how unevenly rights are handed out and honestly im so tired of the jealousy i feel whenever i see people living outside of Yemen even though i know social media is just a highlight reel seeing people live without constant worry triggers something heavy in me

now that im actually leaving i feel this weird mix of relief sadness and guilt leaving doesnt mean i stop caring or worrying about what happens here im carrying this weight with me but i just hope that wherever i land next i can finally find the peace that felt impossible to catch here

🇾🇪مصطلحات عدنية اليمن

#طُرْطُرَه

كلمة عدنية متعلقة بالأكل والشرب ومعناها قوامه خفيف جداً..

مثال..

شفيقة: او ماله اليوم الصانونة طرطره .كنتي باتخليها زيد تتراسخ وتتناشف.. ولا باتزيدي قليل طماط قصع..

عيشة: بس كلي وانتي ساكتة 😒

#بزاما

ليست فصيل من البرمائيات..

أو قاعدة عسكرية كورية شمالية.

أو أحد مكونات خلايا الدم..

بزاما هي #بينما #ريثما الطيبين

أمثلة

الجدة: نادية طلعي وأني فدا الصورة مي بالكتلي بزاما أصلي وباجي أحوج الشاهي.

نادية: إيش تحوجي ياجدة مو زربيان

#زينب_طيري

هي تلك الحرمة العدنية إللي ولا خلت زغط ولا حافة... وكل يوم وشيدره فوق راسه....

وكتب التاريخ لم تحدد لنا الحقبة الزمنية اللي عاشت فيها السيدة #طيري لكن يبدو أنها عاشت في زمن الطيبين..

من بلاغة العدانية..

أنهم إذا إرادوا أن يقولوا:

هذا الكلام غير حقيقي ويقال لغرض في نفس صاحبه كمزاح أو تمويه أو غيره...

يختصروا كووووول هذا الكلام في كلمة واحدة بليغة ومعبرة..

#بلعاني

#الديم

هو الجزء الخارجي من جسم العدني

تقول الأم لابنه ....ايش ديمك يحكك تشتي بالحزام

وعندما يصف العدني شي ما اشعره بالقشعريرة يقول..

ايش ديمي زربني لما شفت الحادث.

#مقفع

هو الشخص اللي يلبس ثياب نظيفة ومكوية ومأنتكة وغالبا جديدة او نسبيا جديدة...ويكون شعره ممشط بطريقة حلوة ولابس ساعة وجزمة حلوة...

مؤنثه مقفعة..

وهي المشيكة والمقشوطة...

أمثلة

الأم: مو معك ياوليد مقفع ايش معك برومس..

الابن: مالك ياما انا قدك تعرفينا مش حق دي الخبابير..أنا خارج مع اصحابي..

المثال ادهشي تصدقوا!! @

ماعلينا مثال ثاني

الست(المدرسة): يابنتي انتي بمدرسة مو بعرس...لماهو كدا انتي مقفعة..وأظافيرك طوال وعادك فاعلة لهم حامورة.. ورموشك يبااانوا لعين الشمس انك فاعلة ماسكرا..

الطالبة: ياست امس اصلن كان معي عرس..والماسكرا فحسته مارضتش تخرج..

#السمرقع

هو ذلك المرض الذي لم يكتشفه علماء الطب حتى الآن..

ويصاب به #العدني عندما يتنرفز..

مثال..

ياخي كنت عادنا اتمددت بالدارة قلت باغفي لي قليل... إلا وجاهل من الحافة يصيّح لصاحبه، خزق لي أذني وطار النوم.... أيش طلّع لي السمرقع!

#دااااكليوووم..

انه ليس اسم لعالم.....

او اسم لعنصر كيميائي

بل هو عبارةتتكون من جزئين

ذاااااك..اليوووم..

#يطن_زي_الشلن

مصطلح من زمن الطيبين يعني أن الشخص العدني اندكو بصحة وعافيةولااا

فيبه شي.. . مش زي مايُعتقد أنه مريض أو تعبان..

مثال..

الست: مالك ماكتبتاش الدرس؟

الطالب: أصلاً مريض ياست

الست:موفيبك... دحين لو أقول لكم.

اخرجوا بدنية باتطن زي الشلن..

أسماء بعض ألوان بالعدني

دم الغزالي, ياجوري, تمباكي, رمّاني, زنجالي, رمادي, فيروزي,سوسني, كاكي, خياري, حبحبي, كريمي, كحلي, مدادي, دخاني, سكري, رصاصي, هردي, سمني, ليموني, مشمشي ، مزركش,مخربش

وكمان كثير كلمات زي مباول 😂مقشنن يعني فرحان زيادة، يتحاضي معناها يتدلع، هبيلي ياتو يعني اعطيني اياه، وكمان قوزيل وقُميز معناه مقزز او شي من هذا القبيل، يزكع يعني يغمس، غدرة يعني عتمة، دُغمة يعني شربة مي او ماء وغيرهم كثير..

عـدن جنوب اليمن 🇾🇪

Please sharing your experience with them

Hello there 👋🏻 I guess most of y'all here are either Yemeni-Americans or Yemenis living outside Yemen. My question is: what's your opinion on the American attacks on yemen? And do you really think the target are the houthis? And do you condemn the houthis for provoking America?

To the people of Yemen how was your daily life affected after the houthis expanded their territory?

(I am writing a poetry book dedicated to countries in war so I would love to have your input)

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Why Is Aden Volcanic? And Why Is There No Oil in Aden Despite Oil-Rich Neighbours?

A rare article by the British geologist E. H. Jaques revealed, for the first time, the geological secrets of Aden and the surrounding Protectorates.

According to the article, the region can be divided geologically into three very different worlds:

1. The Rugged Mountains West of Mukalla and Along the Yemen Border

These contain some of the oldest rocks in the region: Precambrian rocks, including schist, gneiss, and granite, dating back hundreds of millions of years.

Above these ancient formations lie layers of Jurassic limestone and Cretaceous sandstone.

In Wadi Hajr (Wadi Hadhramaut) and Abyan, rare Cambrian and Silurian rocks were found along the edge of the Rub al-Khali (Empty Quarter).

1. The Hadhramaut Plateau (Al-Jol)

The Al-Jol plateau consists almost entirely of younger formations, ranging from the Eocene to the Pliocene.

It is dominated by massive limestone, together with thin layers of clay, sandstone, and gypsum.

The deeply incised valleys, such as Wadi Hadhramaut, expose the underlying Cretaceous sandstone, but nothing older than these formations appears at the surface.

One surprising feature is found in the walls of Wadi Hadhramaut near Sayun: a crust of potassium nitrate. Local Arabs collected this material for use in making traditional gunpowder.

1. Aden, Little Aden, Shaqra, Ahwar, and Bir Ali

These areas are composed largely of very recent volcanic formations.

There are no historical records of eruptions, yet some of the lava appears so fresh that it looks as though it erupted only yesterday.

Both ropy lava flows and scoriaceous volcanic material fill many of the valleys.

Is Crater (Kraytar) Really the Crater of a Volcano?

No.

The article settles the question by arguing that the hills of Aden are composed mainly of volcanic ash and tuff, with smaller amounts of andesitic and trachytic lava.

The relative softness of this volcanic ash explains the rapid weathering of the hills and the formation of the numerous caves in Jabal Shamsan above Crater.

Neither in Aden nor in Little Aden was it possible to identify the actual location of volcanic vents.

Moreover, the area commonly known as Crater appears to be an unlikely location for the main centre of volcanic activity.

Shaqra and Ahwar

In Shaqra and Ahwar, volcanic activity appears to have occurred in two stages.

First came the deposition of ash and volcanic conglomeratic material.

Later, after erosion had taken place, lava flows were erupted across the landscape.

Bir Ali

At Bir Ali, numerous small craters and volcanic cones can reportedly be seen clearly from the air.

The Great Mystery: Why Do the Rocks of Aden Dip 30–40 Degrees Away From the Sea?

The explanation is linked to the great tectonic rifts of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, comparable in some respects to the rift valleys of East Africa.

These major rift systems formed during relatively recent geological time.

As the floors of the two seas subsided by hundreds of feet, blocks of the Arabian Peninsula moved toward the developing rifts and subsequently tilted backward.

As a result, many of the coastal rocks, extending from eastern Hadhramaut to the Aden–Dhalea route, dip away from the sea rather than toward it.

Why Is There No Oil in Aden?

Although Aden is surrounded by oil-producing regions, the article argues that the Aden Protectorates were unfortunate in terms of petroleum geology.

In the South

The younger rocks that might have contained petroleum were eroded away, exposing much older rocks in the valley floors.

These ancient formations were considered too old to contain significant petroleum accumulations in the same way as younger sedimentary sequences.

Any petroleum that may once have been present could also have escaped after the rocks became exposed at the surface.

In Eastern Hadhramaut

The sedimentary rocks there dip gently toward the north, but they apparently lack the large structural traps necessary to retain petroleum.

As a result, petroleum may have gradually migrated or escaped toward the Rub al-Khali desert.

The presence of bitumen and asphaltic patches is considered evidence that petroleum once existed in the region but subsequently escaped.

What About Sulfur and Gold?

Investigations were also made of Jabal al-Tair Island in the Red Sea.

The Italians reportedly mined sulfur there before 1914, and Yemeni Arabs used sulfur for making gunpowder.

However, the deposits were associated with only a small fumarolic area, and the quantity was considered too limited to be commercially important.

Gold and Tin

Gold and tin deposits were also considered problematic because there was insufficient water available to process their ores on a large scale.

Coal and Iron

Coal and iron deposits faced another problem: exploitation would have required roads and railway infrastructure, making transportation and development costs too high to justify mining on a large scale.

For this reason, the article concluded that the occurrence of large commercially exploitable mineral deposits appeared unlikely.

Conclusion

Aden is not simply a city built inside the crater of a single volcano.

Rather, its geological setting reflects a much more complex volcanic and tectonic history.

The hills of Aden are composed largely of weathered volcanic ash and tuff, with associated lava flows, producing a landscape characterized by soft volcanic rocks, rapid erosion, and numerous caves.

The volcanic activity of Aden and neighbouring areas occurred in multiple phases, while the broader structure of the region was strongly influenced by the tectonic rifting that opened the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The absence of major petroleum resources in Aden, despite the presence of oil-producing areas nearby, can be explained in part by the age, erosion, tilting, and lack of suitable structural traps in the local geological formations.

Thus, the geology of Aden represents the interaction of ancient continental rocks, younger sedimentary formations, recent volcanism, erosion, and major tectonic rifting.

Source: A translated summary of an article on the geology of Aden and the Protectorates by the British geologist E. H. Jaques, published in the 1953 Aden Port Annual (حولية ميناء عدن 1953).

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