Category: Reports
May 7, 2008 - 6:23:23 AM
The United States is now accepting applications for its prestigious Fulbright Program. Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program is offered yearly to foreign students as a two-year program for Master’s Degree programs in the United States. The Yemen Observer recently sat down with Ryan Gliha, Public Affairs Officer of the United States Embassy in Sana’a to discuss the Fulbright Program offered by the United States Embassy and the privileges it has.
May 7, 2008 - 5:59:49 AM
Apr 29, 2008 - 3:04:13 AM
The number of people living among poverty level is expected to rise due to the price hikes in food commodity, according to a report conducted by the World Bank. Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world and belongs to the Least Developed Countries.
Apr 29, 2008 - 2:50:38 AM
The Public Authority of Books, in collaboration with the British Council in Sana’a and Yemeni Publishers Union, held an honoring party for Nashwan al-Maghafi, the winner of the International Young Publishing Entrepreneur Award 2008 (IYPE) in London.
Apr 22, 2008 - 8:34:05 AM
Soul for Development, a woman and child development organization is to launch a four day training course in Marib. The course is supported by the American Middle East partnership initiative and is within the organization’s activity to build Marib NGOs’ institutional capacity.
Apr 22, 2008 - 8:30:56 AM
The increase of the orphan rate in the Islamic world is a great concern for the authorities and institutions responsible for orphan care, said the CSSW General Manager, Dr. Mohammed al-Qubati.
Apr 22, 2008 - 1:47:16 AM
The Ceremony for the Production Sharing Agreements involving the winning companies took place at midday, 13th April 2008. Mr. Khalid M. Bahah, the Minister of Oil and Minerals, chaired the signature process with representatives from the five successful companies attending.
Apr 19, 2008 - 1:12:29 AM
Remarkably cheap hotels have suddenly been appearing in Sana’a. These hotels are attracting a great turnout among Yemenis by providing television channels showing pornography.
Apr 19, 2008 - 1:02:07 AM
Some intellectuals are still dominant regarding women’s affairs, denying them their legally established individual freedoms. In feminist affairs, even learned men forget their modern knowledge and retreat into old customs which consider the woman as a creature of service and pleasure.
Apr 19, 2008 - 12:36:05 AM
Ibn al-Amir basic school in Sana’a old city held a party last Thursday to honor its distinguished teachers and students.
The students of Ibn al-Amir school chanted a number of the traditional Sana’ani songs and performed a number of short plays and comedy sketches.
Apr 12, 2008 - 12:13:00 AM
Yemen has been ranked number 131 out of 179 countries around the world and 14 out of 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa regarding counteracting corruption. According to an international report, Yemen has shown signs of improvement in the quality of regulating laws.
Apr 12, 2008 - 12:06:43 AM
Cancer is one of the greatest global threats to life. According to statistics from bodies such as the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization, one of the most serious cancer diseases that threaten Yemen is breast cancer.
Apr 1, 2008 - 2:08:08 AM
Yemeni religious scholars and Muslim nations condemned the offensive anti-Quran film that was launched on Internet websites March 27, 2008. The film, entitled Fitna, was made by Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Dutch parliament, and accuses the Quran of inciting violence.
Mar 29, 2008 - 12:56:05 AM
The Arab Information Ministers held a meeting during the gathering of the Arab League in Cairo on February 12, where many questions were raised concerning an initiative regarding censorship of satellite channels.
Mar 25, 2008 - 7:37:27 AM
The mediator in the case of the kidnapping of the 2 al-Komaim children has said that the kidnappers threatened if they were attacked by interior ministry security forces, they would kill the children.
Mar 25, 2008 - 7:24:34 AM
A delegation of Yemeni youth, consisting of 130 members from Yemeni universities and youth associations, has recently returned from the 2nd Afro Arab Youth Council in Uganda called ‘The Worldly Paradise’.
Mar 22, 2008 - 4:07:37 AM
Price increases are a nightmare for the poor not only in Yemen but all over the world. Prices are increasing every day. Rising costs of wheat and its production during the current year will increase the number of poor people by 6 percent, according to a report issued by the International Bank.
Mar 22, 2008 - 3:58:39 AM
Huthifa is his new name since becoming a Muslim. He has an interesting story of which he is very proud about how he embraced Islam. One day, his teacher ordered him and his classmates to write a report about any religion they chose.
Mar 18, 2008 - 6:36:18 AM
As part of the government’s initiative to improve the health care situation in Yemen, the second of five training courses planned for different governorates around the country on National Health Accounts was held in Amran province to analyze health expenditures in the region.
Mar 15, 2008 - 3:08:14 AM
Relations between the Muslim world and the West plummeted after the infamous Danish cartoons depicted Muslims and Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Now a Dutch politician has announced a recently released film containing insults to the Holy Quran and Muslims.