What a great relationship, the Netherlands is really to be commended.
http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1204&p=local&a=1
Showing posts with label Yemen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yemen. Show all posts
Monday, November 3, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Book recommendation: The Bin Ladens Steve Coll
I just purchased and have only started to read "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century" by Steve Coll (2008) NY: The Penguin Press.
Even though I am only thirty pages into it I am enjoying it and feel OK with recommending it so early.
It had a little bit of the Hollywood feel to the introduction, but that's the way most books are these days and redeems itself right away in the very colorful and authentic description of life in Yemen and Arabia in the beginning of the past century.
Even though I am only thirty pages into it I am enjoying it and feel OK with recommending it so early.
It had a little bit of the Hollywood feel to the introduction, but that's the way most books are these days and redeems itself right away in the very colorful and authentic description of life in Yemen and Arabia in the beginning of the past century.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
The Prophet's child marriage NOT justification
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/world/middleeast/29marriage.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
snip
“This is the first shout,” said Shada Nasser, a human rights lawyer who met Nujood, the 10-year-old, after she arrived at the courthouse to demand a divorce. Ms. Nasser decided instantly to take her case. “All other early marriage cases have been dealt with by tribal sheiks, and the girl never had any choice.”
But despite a rising tide of outrage, the fight against the practice is not easy. Hard-line Islamic conservatives, whose influence has grown enormously in the past two decades, defend it, pointing to the Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to a 9-year-old. Child marriage is deeply rooted in local custom here, and even enshrined in an old tribal expression: “Give me a girl of 8, and I can give you a guarantee” for a good marriage.
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It is an outrageous insult to the Prophet (PBUH) that raping ignorant louts who marry children, raping and beating them, should DARE compare themselves to the Prophet (PBUH) and how he treated his wives.
I would think that such men, their tribes and their families would cover their heads in shame over THAT. First of all, the Prophet (PBUH) married someone of a correct age for many years and treated her with glory. He did not "start out" with a child bride. Second, the Prophet had the mercy and justice of God within him. He never treated anyone, not even the poorest servent or his worst enemy, the way the "men" in this article treat these children, stripping and raping them as tiny youngsters. It is disgusting to me and to God that anyone should even say the words of the Prophet (PBUH) on their stinking breath as justification for their cruel, disgusting, ignorant and infidel ways.
God bless the good judges who acted so promptly, and those who fight this cursed behavior.
snip
“This is the first shout,” said Shada Nasser, a human rights lawyer who met Nujood, the 10-year-old, after she arrived at the courthouse to demand a divorce. Ms. Nasser decided instantly to take her case. “All other early marriage cases have been dealt with by tribal sheiks, and the girl never had any choice.”
But despite a rising tide of outrage, the fight against the practice is not easy. Hard-line Islamic conservatives, whose influence has grown enormously in the past two decades, defend it, pointing to the Prophet Muhammad’s marriage to a 9-year-old. Child marriage is deeply rooted in local custom here, and even enshrined in an old tribal expression: “Give me a girl of 8, and I can give you a guarantee” for a good marriage.
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It is an outrageous insult to the Prophet (PBUH) that raping ignorant louts who marry children, raping and beating them, should DARE compare themselves to the Prophet (PBUH) and how he treated his wives.
I would think that such men, their tribes and their families would cover their heads in shame over THAT. First of all, the Prophet (PBUH) married someone of a correct age for many years and treated her with glory. He did not "start out" with a child bride. Second, the Prophet had the mercy and justice of God within him. He never treated anyone, not even the poorest servent or his worst enemy, the way the "men" in this article treat these children, stripping and raping them as tiny youngsters. It is disgusting to me and to God that anyone should even say the words of the Prophet (PBUH) on their stinking breath as justification for their cruel, disgusting, ignorant and infidel ways.
God bless the good judges who acted so promptly, and those who fight this cursed behavior.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Yemen poorest new/expectant moms to get help
This is a very interesting read, both because of the desperate need, but also to see the alliance of agencies, officials and volunteers involved in making this happen.
http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1164&p=local&a=4
Impoverished Sana’a mothers to receive low-cost medical care
Yemen Times Staff
SANA’A, June 14 — A new project focusing on expectant and new mothers will provide services to more than 40,000 women in the poorest districts of Sana’a.Last week, a $6.23 million grant was approved for the Queen of Sheba Motherhood Project, an initiative introduced and sponsored by the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid, with the World Bank acting as administrator. In this new program, the Global Partnership will subsidize 90 percent of the care costs for each mother, according to a World Bank statement released last week.
Only around a quarter of births in Yemen are facilitated by a skilled birth attendant and one in every 39 women die in childbirth. A number of programs, including initiatives by the German Technical Corporation, known as GTZ, and the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, have increased funding and training for safe motherhood projects in light of the country’s dire needs.
The United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA, estimates that 84 percent of women throughout Yemen give birth at home. Those women who experience complications during childbirth sometimes refuse to be taken to hospitals due to lack of female staff; consequently, many Yemeni women die needlessly during childbirth. According to the UNFPA, an estimated 75 percent of maternal mortalities in Yemen are preventable. With the help of two private medical companies, the Saudi-Yemen Healthcare Company and Al-Mawarid Company for Educational and Health Services, the project will improve pre- and post-natal maternal care.
Expectant mothers will receive checkups and birthing assistance at satellite clinics, while the two companies' affiliated hospitals will provide critical care for those patients who need it. The program also aims to provide Sana’a mothers skilled birthing attendants, something the country desperately lacks.
Both the Saudi-Yemeni Healthcare Company and Al-Mawarid Company for Educational Services will have to pay for the services out of pocket and will only be reimbursed by the Global Partnership after having provided the promised care.A local non-governmental organization, SOUL for the Development of Women and Children, will help get the word out to Sana’a’s poorer neighborhoods that mothers there are eligible to receive these prenatal and post-natal benefits.
The Queen of Sheba Safe Motherhood Project is a four-year community-based outreach program, according to the International Monetary Fund, a division of the World Bank.
http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1164&p=local&a=4
Impoverished Sana’a mothers to receive low-cost medical care
Yemen Times Staff
SANA’A, June 14 — A new project focusing on expectant and new mothers will provide services to more than 40,000 women in the poorest districts of Sana’a.Last week, a $6.23 million grant was approved for the Queen of Sheba Motherhood Project, an initiative introduced and sponsored by the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid, with the World Bank acting as administrator. In this new program, the Global Partnership will subsidize 90 percent of the care costs for each mother, according to a World Bank statement released last week.
Only around a quarter of births in Yemen are facilitated by a skilled birth attendant and one in every 39 women die in childbirth. A number of programs, including initiatives by the German Technical Corporation, known as GTZ, and the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, have increased funding and training for safe motherhood projects in light of the country’s dire needs.
The United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA, estimates that 84 percent of women throughout Yemen give birth at home. Those women who experience complications during childbirth sometimes refuse to be taken to hospitals due to lack of female staff; consequently, many Yemeni women die needlessly during childbirth. According to the UNFPA, an estimated 75 percent of maternal mortalities in Yemen are preventable. With the help of two private medical companies, the Saudi-Yemen Healthcare Company and Al-Mawarid Company for Educational and Health Services, the project will improve pre- and post-natal maternal care.
Expectant mothers will receive checkups and birthing assistance at satellite clinics, while the two companies' affiliated hospitals will provide critical care for those patients who need it. The program also aims to provide Sana’a mothers skilled birthing attendants, something the country desperately lacks.
Both the Saudi-Yemeni Healthcare Company and Al-Mawarid Company for Educational Services will have to pay for the services out of pocket and will only be reimbursed by the Global Partnership after having provided the promised care.A local non-governmental organization, SOUL for the Development of Women and Children, will help get the word out to Sana’a’s poorer neighborhoods that mothers there are eligible to receive these prenatal and post-natal benefits.
The Queen of Sheba Safe Motherhood Project is a four-year community-based outreach program, according to the International Monetary Fund, a division of the World Bank.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Red Sea volcano erupts, interesting image
The photograph of the Yemen volcano eruption shows two flames shooting upward from the cone of the volcano. Jabal al-Tair means Bird's Mountain? Interesting. Reminds me of the coming of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2: 2-3
And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
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After this happened the Virgin Mary, the Apostles and the disciples were able to speak each other's languages and also of foreigners gathered outside. It's also a reminder that the Holy Spirit comes as a fire when necessary, and not just as a docile dove.
How interesting... the Red Sea remembered for the flight of the Jews from Egypt, Christian symbolism of the Holy Spirit, and an Islamic country. The three Abrahamic religions.
Acts 2: 2-3
And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them.
***
After this happened the Virgin Mary, the Apostles and the disciples were able to speak each other's languages and also of foreigners gathered outside. It's also a reminder that the Holy Spirit comes as a fire when necessary, and not just as a docile dove.
How interesting... the Red Sea remembered for the flight of the Jews from Egypt, Christian symbolism of the Holy Spirit, and an Islamic country. The three Abrahamic religions.
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