Blogs in January 2023

Like Nowhere Else 5th January 2023

When Vivien Quish arrives in the mystical city of Sana’a, she hopes to redeem her ruined dream of being a great traveller. The last thing she expects is to become embroiled in a passionate affair. And the last thing...

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Suslov’s Daughter 18th May 2020

As a young man growing up under communism in South Yemen, Imran finds himself drawn to Hawiya, the daughter of a high-ranking official in the ruling Marxist party. He departs Aden, the seaport city of his childhood, to study...

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Without Mercy 18th May 2020

Providing an account of her battle with an abusive man and with bureaucracy, this is the story of a woman’s fight against a violent and tyrannical relationship, and her struggle to reclaim her two daughters, sold into marriage in...

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The Open Arms of the Sea 18th May 2020

Fleeing the guilts of his youth, Lieutenant Leslie Deacon has escaped to hide in the army and the vast rock deserts of a scorched and war-ravaged Aden . Adoo rebels hurl grenades from the shadows and a hard-pressed British...

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Behind the Veils of Yemen 18th May 2020

Compelling memoir of an American woman and her family moving to Yemen, learning to live in the Islamic culture, and offering hope to Muslim women.

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