Tag Archives: Yemen

Armies of the Obsolete

Light and infrared targeting devices for games. (Photo by Rob Stradling | website) Al Qaeda technicians have apparently pioneered the use of electronics in old SEGA game cartridges for bomb detonators. A smaller precedent than the use of the airliner … Continue reading

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To Have and Withhold

The National Women’s Committee of the Yemeni government is finally calling for an end to child brides. Their proposal is to reset the minimum marriage age at 18. The official legal age for marriage is 15 in Yemen, but loopholes … Continue reading

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Pondering Feminism in Sana’a

Over at Jezebel, my friend Moe scored a great interview with Sarah, an American woman who relocated to Yemen to work at a newspaper there. No talking in the street, no laughing…what if you just went into the middle of … Continue reading

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