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Yemen

Luai Ahmed speaks at a Malka Productions event on Oct. 27 in San Francisco. (Courtesy Malka Productions)
Posted inBay Area

UPDATED: Gay Muslim speaker canceled at Bay Area schools over his pro-Israel views

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 5, 2025November 7, 2025

Updated Nov. 7 Four Bay Area high schools are facing backlash after canceling or postponing appearances by Yemeni-born, pro-Israel advocate and writer Luai Ahmed. Ahmed, who now lives in Sweden, […]

People drive past an anti-Israel billboard featuring the shape of a traditional Yemeni dagger made of map pins and sentences reading "All targets are within reach" in Hebrew and "All targets are available, now Yemeni missiles" in Persian, in Tehran's Palestine square on May 5, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Israel strikes Iran: How we got here — and what happens next

by Ron Kampeas June 12, 2025June 12, 2025
Both men are seated in the Oval Office. Trump gestures at Netanyahu as he speaks.
Posted inWorld

U.S. announces truce with Houthis without telling Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 7, 2025May 7, 2025
Tamar Bloch in the Beit Dakira museum, part of a JIMENA-sponsored virtual trip to Morocco.
(Screenshot/JIMENA)
Posted inTravel

Cure your travel blues with virtual trips to Morocco, Tunisia and beyond

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2021April 28, 2021
Rabbi Youssef Moussa (left) and his brother Salem sit in an apartment in Sanaa, Yemen, Nov. 10, 2009, after fleeing conflict in the northern part of the country. (Photo/JTA-Marwan Naamani-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized, World

Yemen’s Jewish population, once over 50,000, drops to below 10

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 1, 2021
Justin Hefter (left) and Mohammed Al Samawi in Corona Heights Park in San Francisco, 2015.
(Photo/Courtesy of Justin Hefter)
Posted inNews

How an S.F. techie helped rescue a Yemeni activist via social media

by Rob Gloster August 28, 2018September 4, 2018

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