As Houthi militants took full control of Yemen’s capital, Sana, Mona El-Naggar traveled there to cover the unrest and observe how the political crisis affected everyday life in the Arab world’s poorest country.
As Houthi militants took full control of Yemen’s capital, Sana, Mona El-Naggar traveled there to cover the unrest and observe how the political crisis affected everyday life in the Arab world’s poo...
A group of Yemeni men who regularly chew khat leaves, a popular narcotic, invited The Times reporter Mona El-Naggar into their session. El-Naggar was reporting on the political crisis in the countr...
During a political convention in Yemen, a few dozen women joined thousands of men to debate the future of the country, but did not speak. One activist describes her role in public life.
As his dreams crashed into Egypt’s social and political turmoil, Islam Yaken left his friends, family and a life of guilty pleasures for religious extremism, jihad and the Islamic State.
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