All photos were taken by Yemeni photographer Amira Al-Sharif, some of which were included in Erin Blakemore's article "In Yemen's war, a photographer finds points of light in the darkness," (published May 21, 2019, for the National Geographic), while other photos were included in Olivier Laurent's article "Love and war: Searching for glimmers of hope in Yemen" (published May 31, 2019, for The Washington Post).
ABOUT YEMEN
Bordered by the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea, Yemen is geographically located in the Middle East between its neighboring countries Oman and Saudi Arabia.
According to The World Bank, Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as it endured four years of escalating conflict, and is considered by the United Nations to be the worst humanitarian and health crisis in the world. Ongoing fighting has devastated the country’s economy, destroyed critical infrastructure, and led to chronic food insecurity verging on famine. The unrest in Yemen is not a single conflict but is instead a mosaic of multifaceted regional, local, and international power struggles that are the legacy of recent and long-past events.
For a more extensive analysis on Yemen, visit The World Factbook published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and more of the country's demographics can be found in the DATA tab.
The following map was produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. More maps of Yemen can be found at https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/yemen.html.