Yemen Before the Storm These photos were taken in 1999 before the bombing of the USS Cole Battleship in the port of Aden in Yemen, as well as before the tragedy at the World Trade Center in New York. Yemen at this time was a beautiful and welcoming place.

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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A Yemeni villager surveys his homeland, the ancient fortress above that once protected the valley and his village below, glowing in the last beams of the sun to penetrate the narrow gorge.Within a few years his long-time president will be ousted and US drone strikes will threaten this tranquil landscape.

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Dawn break on the mountaintop village of Shihara, bringing a welcome warmth to the ancient stone houses and the people inside.

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Yemen Before the Storm These photos were taken in 1999 before the bombing of the USS Cole Battleship in the port of Aden in Yemen, as well as before the tragedy at the World Trade Center in New York. Yemen at this time was a beautiful and welcoming place.

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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