package company drive-by

Mini bus drives by the Sana'a DHL office.

Bus rider 1: Look that's the DHL office, the one from the package.

Bus rider 2: No, no, it was UPS.

Bus rider 1: Oh yeah, but no it wasn't UPS. What was it? What was it called? [Puts head in hands]

Bus rider 2: UPS

Bus rider 1: No, what was it called? ... (inaudible) Someone in the embassy in the US told me that people don't value Yemenis anymore. That's it, now a Yemeni is a terrorist.

sana'ani wedding (the men's version)

The groom's grandmother holds the lace curtain open just wide enough to peek down at the men's wedding celebrations across the street. Her left eye, inches next to mine, twinkles with excitement. Down the mafraj at the next window, more women from the family lean over cushions, whispering, to get a glimpse too.

carrying the shopping home

a parked car is a good car

saving the bag from the flood

Amid all the cars ploughing through rainwater to work on Sunday morning, one municipality worker stood on a mission. There was a bag of something. And he was going to save it.