A Look Into The Culture Of Yemen

Culture is defined as a whole basis of knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, and customs that define a person or group of persons. Culture differs is so many ways and that culture is what defines each of person as an individual. This concept comes from the cultural that was taught and developed from after birth and through our adolescent years. Our culture is the foundation of who we are. It identifies the lifestyle and pursuits that are practiced in the group of people we interact with in our society. Culture beliefs, values, and practices are learned from birth.

Yemen is a middle eastern country that is mostly a hot and arid desert, with some high mountainous areas. The Yemini population is predominantly Arab with Sunni and Shi’a Muslim religious beliefs. The country has a population of 26 million with a geographical size of 204,000 square miles. The country is situated between Oman and Saudi Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden. (nationsonline, n.d.) Yemen is a country whose roots date back tens of thousands of years. What was once a very powerful and prosperous country in it’s early years, is now a war torn political and economic disaster. Peace and stability, is nowhere in sight for this Arab nation, the political conflict and corruption has resulted in an

The government is in shambles, but the effort to regain control of the country is underway and moving in the right direction. The wide variety of crops that are grown, a limited amount is actually sold for a profit and the majority of their budgeting comes from the different international and foreign programs. Yemeni’s, however, are a proud and religious group and have many of the same social segregation, customs and courtesies as other Arab countries. Due to the unrest of the militias and “terrorist” groups within the country, their military is unable to effectively grow, train and receive the more updated equipment other countries are lucky to

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is the largest arid country (Al-Ibrahim, 1991). The country covers some 80 percent of the Arabian Peninsula (Al-Hamzi, 1992). The area of Saudi Arabia is 2.25 million square kilometers, equivalent (1.4) million square miles (Batayneh, 2012). The total number population in Saudi Arabia is 25.7 million (Al-Shayaa et al., 2012). Saudi Arabia climate is broiling in the summer and chilly in the winter, and Saudi Arabia does not have well-defined season. In addition, Saudi Arabia is waterless country, and it does not have rivers or lakes (Al-Shayaa et al., 2012).

Family, heritage, ethnicity, beliefs, values, knowledge, experiences, attitudes, religion, education, roles, language, and cuisine are all items encompassing culture. Culture is what influences your outlook on life itself as well as behaviors and rituals. Culture is the way different groups of people do things. While some cultures have overlapping cultural behaviors or aspects, most cultures vary significantly. Culture, for the most part, is something you are born into, your innate programming, however, it some aspects can be changed or evolved. "Only part of culture is conscious" (Spector, 2013).

Culture is defined as “The ideas, attitudes, customs, beliefs, values and social behaviour of a particular group of people or society that are passed on from generation to generation” (Brentnall, A., n.d.).

Planes were carrying medical supplies, and was allowed to land in the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday but this is the first shipment of food aid to be let in. The ship carried 5,500 tonnes of flour has docked in Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah. It's the first commercial ship to enter the port since a Saudi-led coalition imposed an air, land and sea blockade in a bid to halt the flow of weapons into Yemen. As of Wednesday, 29 vessels, with 300,000 tonnes of food and 192,000 tonnes of fuel, had been blocked. While the U.N. ships carrying $10 million of health and nutrition supplies and 25,000 tonnes of wheat were waiting to berth at Hodeidah, according to another U.N.

Culture is described as the symbols that individuals, groups and societies use to make decision of daily life and to assure their values. Culture is a model of basic assumptions invented, discovered or developed by a given organization as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaption and internal combination, which has worked well enough to think correctly and, so to instruct to new comers as the valid way to observe, consider and feel in relation to these problems. Culture consists of manner, mind-set, values, rituals, religious belief, law (written and unwritten), arts, ideas, custom, belief, ceremonies, social institutions, myths and legends, individual identity and behavior. Cultural pattern classifies are used to describe the dominant beliefs and values. Culture has been called the way of life for an entire society. It is a group or community living together and sharing a set of norms. Culture and society are coexistent. One does not or cannot exist without the other. Culture and society may have some common elements but the two are not the same; they are not identical.

Many interests that have contributed to Yemen’s extreme famine and poverty are subtle and almost does not seem like issues, however, these interests show the derailment of Yemen on a political level with religious, social, cultural and, economic issues intertwined. Yemen is

In the Middle Eastern country of Yemen, a battle is being fought leaving much destruction to infrastructure and hundreds of lives lost. Actually it is not so much of a battle as it is a total, one-sided bombardment of this country. This is an attempt from a U.N. sponsored, Saudi led coalition that is trying to persuade Houthi rebels into thinking reasonably and diplomatically by bombing them back into the Stone Age. In order to fully understand what brought the U.N. to a point of agreement on engagement of this operation, it is important to understand the recent history of Yemen and the events leading up to this conflict. Equally important is the geographic location of Yemen, the main actors fighting over this country and who directly

The Yemen Civil war began in 2015 as a result of a failed transition of power in 2011. Since the collapse of the government, violence, famine, and disease have plagued Yemen. However, amongst all the turmoil a small beacon of hope seems to be emerging within Marib according to Ben Hubbard’s article, “As Yemen Crumbles, One Town Is an Island of Relative Calm”. The article attempts to demonstrate “the potential for development in Yemen when basic security can be provided”. In short, basic security is a necessity for progress. While not yet ideal, as Marib’s lack of sufficient security prevented Hubbard from “roaming freely”, Marib has nevertheless been able to attract 73,000 people who were displaced in other parts of Yemen over the past few

This paper will cover the region of Yemen. This paper will discuss the events leading to the exiling of the internationally recognized government of Yemen and the effects of that takeover. This current turmoil in Yemen has again gained the attention of the international community not only because who is involved, but also the destruction it is causing. This paper will also cover the second and third order effects of the threat, and regional actions that have taken place in Yemen. The information used to make this paper was gathered from a pool of news sources and online articles.

Shakespeare plays carry a lot of references to how things were in his time. The characters, the plot, the settings, the play as a whole played a great role in showcasing the society of that day it’s culture and traditions. Those traditions and culture are weird or odd to people in some regions nowadays. However, some other cultures feel quite close to the traditions and customs in other regions. The Arab world is famous for holding on to it’s traditions and customs. The Arab culture affects all the individuals living in it, even the non-Arabs. Even individuals from different religions or family backgrounds living in one community in the Arab World can also share the same traditions and cultures. This paper will talk about the traditions, customs and culture of the Arab World –mainly the Gulf Arab, Kuwait—and how it is related to the themes and events of some of Shakespeare’s plays

We wonder, what are the implications of the fall of Sanaa on Gulf security in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular? Yemen has geographical limits equal to 1485 km,

The militant groups discovered their opportunistic moment to spread during the Arab Spring movement to the political transition in Yemen. The protests and international support against Saleh’s corrupt and ineffective regime resulted in his deposition. Despite being granted immunity, tensions between the “loyals” of Saleh, the