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Naseh Shaker

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Sanaa, Yemen
Covers:  Covering the humanitarian catastrophe, children under shelling, and military battles.
Freelance multimedia journalist with several int'l media outlets based in Sanaa, the capital city of Yemen. Views are my own. Email me: nasehshaker81@gmail.com

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The forgotten: Living with HIV in war-ravaged Yemen

The forgotten: Living with HIV in war-ravaged Yemen

Al Jazeera English — Most Yemenis living with HIV/AIDS face stigma and discrimination, even from their own families.

Will Baha'is be released from Yemeni prisons as ordered?

Will Baha'is be released from Yemeni prisons as ordered?

Al-Monitor — At the end of March, Houthi leaders ordered the release of all Baha'is currently detained in Yemeni prisons, including their leader, but there have been no signs of progress in that direction in the ensuing weeks.

When life gives you locusts: Yemenis turn a plague into dinner during Ramadan

When life gives you locusts: Yemenis turn a plague into dinner during Ramadan

Middle East Eye

Entisar Al-Hammadi 'punished for challenging social norms'

Entisar Al-Hammadi 'punished for challenging social norms'

The New Arab — The New Arab Meets: The family and acquaintances of Yemeni model and actress Entisar Al-Hammadi, kidnapped by Houthi authorities as part of a concerted effort to prevent her creative expression. From her brother, we learn more about her detainment.

Yemen's War: Children Paying the Price

Yemen's War: Children Paying the Price

Voice of America (VOA) — With crippled education and health care systems, country's children are trapped in a world of violence, hunger and disease, aid organizations say

When Home Is Not an Option: African Refugees in Yemen

When Home Is Not an Option: African Refugees in Yemen

Voice of America (VOA) — Yemen hosts the world's second-largest Somali refugee population, and the pandemic has wiped out the resources to help them

Yemen's COVID-19 Fight: 'We've Only Just Begun'

Yemen's COVID-19 Fight: 'We've Only Just Begun'

Voice of America (VOA) — Officials say the virus is likely more widespread than reported amid the world's worst humanitarian disaster

WHO warns Yemen of pending 'explosion' of COVID-19 cases

WHO warns Yemen of pending 'explosion' of COVID-19 cases

Al-Monitor — Yemen's rival governments are doing what they can to prepare for the arrival of the coronavirus, but the country's long civil war has taken its toll on resources and people.

Houthis under fire for arresting wedding singer in Yemeni capital

Houthis under fire for arresting wedding singer in Yemeni capital

Al-Monitor — There are calls in Sanaa to form a union to defend the rights of singers, amid ongoing abuses and arrests targeting them by the Houthi rebel authorities.

5 killed by stray bullets from soccer celebration in war-ravaged Yemen

5 killed by stray bullets from soccer celebration in war-ravaged Yemen

Al-Monitor — Yemen's winning West Asian Junior Cup 2021 has brought rare joy to all Yemenis, but the joy is mixed with sorrow at civilian casualties from celebratory stray bullets.

A very long engagement, Yemeni-style

A very long engagement, Yemeni-style

Al-Monitor — A young medical student in Yemen is using social media to force the release of her fiance detained three years ago.

How war-torn Yemen prepares for Eid

How war-torn Yemen prepares for Eid

Al-Monitor — As Sanaanis prepare for Eid al-Adha, they buy a small pot of henna for girls and a traditional knife for boys; meat and new clothes are beyond the means of most.

Deadly school bus airstrike haunts Yemenis 1 year later

Deadly school bus airstrike haunts Yemenis 1 year later

Al-Monitor — Younis Qatabri was severely injured in the school bus bombing in August 2018 in Yemen, and a year later he remains in pain and cannot walk unaided.

Jambiyas and henna: War does not stop Yemeni preparations for Eid

Jambiyas and henna: War does not stop Yemeni preparations for Eid

Al Jazeera English — A uneasy truce has brought relative quiet to Yemen, but people are still struggling to afford their Eid traditions.

The Yemen war's latest casualty is the press

The Yemen war's latest casualty is the press

TRT World — The last surviving English paper in Yemen, the Yemen Observer, printed its final issue this year while only a handful of Arabic papers remain.

Border battle: Behind the lines of the Houthi war on Saudi-Yemen frontier

Border battle: Behind the lines of the Houthi war on Saudi-Yemen frontier

Middle East Eye — On rocky hillsides overlooking the Saudi city of Najran, Houthi fighters are waging an attritional campaign, even as nearby towns and roads are being pounded by air strikes