Diaries of Yemen's women: a traveller's account
In this travel account, the author describes Yemen as a country facing separatist factions, Al-Qaeda operations, unpredictable revolts and severe poverty. In her view, its future seems bleak.
Yet she calls travelling in Yemen perhaps one of the most fascinating experiences of her life. Above all, she had the chance to get to know her Yemeni counterparts: women fully covered in black veils.
She sets out to learn who these women are beneath their dark garments.