r/Yemen

What is happening in Yemen in general is due to 3 reasons

1 We have people who believe that one must bully the weak instead of advising or helping them.

2 We have officials who think in terms of dominance and spoils, not in terms of the country's foundations.

3 We have a blind loyalty to the party, the tribe, and regionalism that is abhorrent, and falsehood, instead of saying "today my brother, tomorrow I am the opposite," must be used to gloat over him and become his support.

This is the reason for the overall destruction of Yemen. Tell me the reasons, whether in Arabic or English.

I was able to find a deed document dated 1883 from my family who lists our grandfathers going back 13 grandfathers from that time to where he lived between 1400-1500 in our village in Yemen.

His last name (and mine) are Al-Rifai and we are known sayiids in the area, at least that’s what I’ve been told.
The grandfather who lived in 1400-1500 is named Salih Alrifai and owned many lands in the village apparently.

I’m trying to figure out exactly where we came from and more importantly if we are genetically sayiid or if the Rifai Tariqa (suffi influence) is how we got our last name.

My research has led me to Ahmed Albaz (son of Sayid Izz Aldeen Ahmed Alsayyad who left Iraq and toured Yemen) who seemed to be alive late 1200’s

Is this research a bust? I’ve been stuck here for a while.

Has anyone ever successfully tracked this kind of info recently when the descendants (supposedly) ended up far from home, like Yemen.

اليمن اجمل دوله في العالم

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I'm Yemeni and come from a Yemeni family. All of my brothers got married the traditional Yemeni way. The thing is, I was only around 8–10 years old when they got married, so I never really understood how the whole process worked for them.

Now I'm 22 and I want to get married, but I honestly have no idea how to bring it up with my parents.

I'm living abroad, and my parents are also abroad, but we live in different places. None of us are currently in Yemen. I'm not sure if they're just putting off the whole marriage thing for me, because they've never brought it up or suggested any girl.

What's confusing me is that, from what I've seen, a lot of Yemeni families start suggesting marriage for their sons at a pretty young age. I'm 22 now, and my family hasn't even brought it up once. So I'm kinda lost and honestly don't know how to start the conversation without making it awkward.

Another problem is that I literally don't know any Yemeni girls personally. I've spent basically my whole life outside Yemen, so I don't really have a social circle where I'd meet a Yemeni girl for marriage.

There's one Yemeni girl I know online. We talk sometimes, but there's nothing romantic or inappropriate between us at all. It's literally just random conversations and politics. But I've noticed that our way of thinking is pretty similar, and I've started thinking that maybe I could ask for her hand in marriage.

The problem is… I have no idea how any of this works. I'm shy about bringing it up, and I'm honestly scared of getting rejected or making things awkward.

So, any Yemenis here — especially people who grew up abroad — what would you recommend? How did you bring up marriage with your parents? And if you were in my situation, would you approach the girl first or talk to your parents first?

Any advice would be appreciated.

I came from a very small and unknown Yemeni tribe . I don’t live in Yemen but I met a lot of other Yemenis . And the amount of hate I get for simply not having a known tribe is ridiculous. Why does it feel some people are evolving backwards. I really thought our generation would be more open about topics like this and wouldn’t care . But still to this day , it’s something I struggle with . And I wonder if someone had a similar experience.

I (24F) moved to Ibb, Yemen in 2023 from the US, where I was born n raised. Absolutely no regrets!!! It’s worth the move. Y’all are too into the western life. I love waking up to mountains and fresh coffee. I love the simple living. I love not having a fridge and making fresh food daily with fresh produce and fresh grains. You just need a stable income. Which if you are outside of Yemen, wasn’t your parent’s original goal to move back? Im extremely white washed and I’m living life here. I have my own steady income, its cheaper to live here by miles compared to the US. Not that I care about cost when it comes to anything, I like Yemen as home not vacation. I go to the US for vacation every summer. I rent a apartment for $150, groceries $200 a month, electric $30 that includes my water heater on🤣, water around the same. I have wifi and everything that I had in the US. You just have to really want to establish yourself somewhere if you REALLY wanna make the move, do the work. My mom moved after me, she has her own apartment. I don’t rely on anyone for my funds, I am recently married with a child, but I don’t rely on him for anything 😂. Im just living life.

You hear all the"terrorist" accusations but it's usually an operating government making the accusations and I read somewhere people sell sanctuary under houthis over the yemeni government. I'm just wondering from someone who knows first hand what is like over there. Personally as someone from America I'm in support of houthis standing up to us and Israel and the blockage of the red sea but like I said I have a superficial knowledge. Thanks!

Mine has to be تيس قال أحلبه (Tays gaal ihlubeh) when dealing with someone difficult. I used to keep a notebook and write down all these little sayings but I lost it! So trying to rebuild 😂

How much is the total asking price Yemeni women are looking for. This includes all the mehr, gold, and wedding. Is there any that are like under $20k? Or am I just delusional for thinking that?

Looking for answers primarily from the U.S, wouldn’t hurt to hear some responses from the ones in Yemen.

I’m (24F) diaspora from Aden/Yafaa, grew up in the US. I’ve never been able to visit Yemen and now that I’m an adult and have my own money to, I’d love to go with my mother to meet family.

She’s always telling me the Aden airports are closed. But seeing the posts here, I’m starting to think my mom just wants to avoid the hassle and her headache-inducing family lol.

I deserve to experience my country, but I shouldn’t do it alone. Jazakallah.

Hi all — hoping someone here has recent, first-hand experience with this.

My sister (traveling with her young son) is in Yemen and needs to apply for a UK Standard Visitor visa to come see our mother, who has limited mobility after a recent procedure. Since the UK’s own visa operations in Yemen are suspended, she has to travel to a third country to attend a VAC in person before she can even submit the UK application.

Trying to work out which third country is actually realistic right now, factoring in:

Ease of entry for Yemeni nationals (visa-on-arrival vs needing an advance visa/security approval)

Whether there’s a functioning UK VAC with reasonable appointment availability

Overall safety/travel advisory level

Specifically — is Saudi Arabia a viable option? Given proximity to Yemen, I’d assumed it might be simpler than other choices, but I don’t know current entry requirements for Yemeni nationals, or whether the UK VAC in Riyadh/Jeddah is actually accessible and running smoothly for this kind of application.

Do most Yemenis support iraq or kuwait

And do they support morroco or western sahara?

Much love just wanted to know Yemenis poverty on these two topics

Since 2021/2022, I've noticed a large uptick in content regarding and mentioning Yemeni's and our culture. There are both good and bad posts. Most of the good posts are usually clips of cities and beautiful places in Yemen, tourists traveling there, history posts, and food. I personally enjoy this type of content. But then, there is the bad...

I have also seen more and more posts where non-Yemenis will poke fun at us. I have seen a few posts with people holding their breath in one of their cheeks, trying to imitate Yemeni men while talking in a stereotypical accent. Then there are the videos with guys saying they want Yemeni wives. I saw one where a light-skin arab guy said he "needs to get a Yemeni wife" after he ate fahsa. And there was another one with someone who I think was a white-revert saying that he wants to get a Yemeni wife, so he calls his kids "ya-ginni!" Also, I was watching the show MO on Netflix, and I heard MO's brother tell his mom that he wants to marry a Yemeni wife.

Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with marrying outside of your race, but where did the sudden need for Yemeni wives come from? I feel like it's a borderline fetish, maybe because Yemeni's come off as more traditional and conservative than some other Arabs do. And the jokes about us don't make sense to me either. It feels like we have definitely become more trendy in recent years, but I also feel like we've been getting joked about more often as well. I think one of the main reasons for this is the houthis attacks in the Red Sea, which have unfortunately gotten them praise from Western liberals who don't know anything about our country's situation. What do you guys think?