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Blogs in December 2016

Black Mamba Boy 4th December 2016

Jama is a young Somali boy living in Aden with his mother. After her death, Jama goes in search of his father in Sudan & gets caught up in war & further travels. A very moving & enthralling account...

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced 28th March 2015

(copied from Amazon.co.uk) “I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.” Nujood Ali’s childhood...

The Abrupt Physics of Dying 15th February 2015

Claymore Straker is trying to forget a violent past. Working as an oil company engineer in the wilds of Yemen, he is hijacked at gunpoint by Islamic terrorists. Clay has a choice: help uncover the cause of a mysterious...

Salmon fishing in the Yemen 1st January 1970

Dr Alfred Jones is a fisheries scientist, and works at a civil service office where life isn’t easy – added to which his wife is more interested in the bank balance than him. When he is urged to take...

Sold 1st January 1970

Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana and...