Abubakr Al-Shamahi is a British–Yemeni freelance journalist. He holds an MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from SOAS, University of London. Abubakr tweets at @abubakrabdullah. His blog can be found at www.alshamahi.com

Sectarianism Intrudes

[caption id="attachment_55236509" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Yemeni Shi’ite boy attends a march during Ashoura celebrations in Sana’a on 24…

Sanctioning You-Know-Who

[caption id="attachment_55248896" align="alignnone" width="620"] Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh (L) and Yemen's Minister of…

Two of One, Six of the Other

[caption id="attachment_55248380" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemen's President Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (C) shows the book of the national dialogue…

Yemen's Absent Angry Young

[caption id="attachment_55247856" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni youth march during a parade commemorating the second anniversary of the…

All Talk at Yemen’s National Dialogue

[caption id="attachment_55247586" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (C) speaks during a session of Yemen's…

Yemen's Deadly New Normal

[caption id="attachment_55247249" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni mourners stand next to the coffin of late Yemeni parliament member…

Keeping Yemen's Lights On

[caption id="attachment_55246513" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni students study for final exams under candlelight amid disruption of…

Showdown in Sana'a

[caption id="attachment_55245739" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni boy scouts look at a portrait of Yemen's President Hadi as they rest during a…

The Dead and the Disappeared

[caption id="attachment_55245160" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Yemeni protesters, one of them holding a picture of a martyr killed during last…

C'est La Vie in Sana'a

[caption id="attachment_55244330" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A Yemeni soldier searches a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the US…