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CHILDREN OF YEMEN
autumn 2025
in the Heart of Yemen: Then and Now
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After the first steps of Children of Yemen were shared on this website, almost three years of silence followed.
During that time, the war in Yemen intensified. The Houthis gained more control, violence spread, and daily life for millions became even more fragile. At the same time, in my personal life, there were circumstances that made it difficult to continue publishing …
autumn 2022
Interview with Saeed Al-Gariri
by Anke Manschot
“I love the Netherlands. The Land of Freedom”
In 2014, writer, poet, and professor Saeed Al-Gariri fled from Yemen to the Netherlands. Amsterdam became his new residence. He is no longer a professor but writing and poetry is still his great passion. The war in his homeland is very dear to his heart.
summer 2022
Drawings from a refugee camp, see the page:
CHILDREN’S DRAWINGS FROM MARIB
It was hot this summer in the army tent in Aardenburg (see the report of the Biënnale Aardenburg, in the link). It was even hotter in the Marib tent camps that had been set up since the war broke out in Yemen (8 years ago).
spring 2022
art projects & exhibitions 22|23
MALAYSIA
This summer an art project will be started in which Yemeni children who now live in a refugee camp in Marib will participate, by initiative of Hesham Ameen (born Jemen, residence Selangor, Malaysia 2011).
EXHIBITION 2022|23