Ignored
The following is a submission from South Yemen Untold, who you can follow on Twitter at @Free_S_Y:
As I've talked to folks inside of Yemen we've discussed a goal of having a blog that doesn't actively take one side or the other, although, obviously, all of us have opinions and loyalties. In the end the political challenges that Yemenis face is part of their day to day life, so providing a platform to discuss their frustrations is not necessarily taking a stand on any side. In this case folks from what used to be South Yemen (and, truthfully, many of them even object to the term South Yemen because it implies a connection to the rest of Yemen that they don't feel) report that as ignored as Yemen is by the world media, southern Yemen is much more ignored. To convey their frustrations they sent along a Yemeni cartoon that shows a cameraman appearing to capture a massive demonstration in southern Yemen, but, of course, the camera is facing the wrong direction.
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| "Here goes: the media only tells one side of the story. We don't seem to matter though though what is happening now is largely about us." |
As I've talked to folks inside of Yemen we've discussed a goal of having a blog that doesn't actively take one side or the other, although, obviously, all of us have opinions and loyalties. In the end the political challenges that Yemenis face is part of their day to day life, so providing a platform to discuss their frustrations is not necessarily taking a stand on any side. In this case folks from what used to be South Yemen (and, truthfully, many of them even object to the term South Yemen because it implies a connection to the rest of Yemen that they don't feel) report that as ignored as Yemen is by the world media, southern Yemen is much more ignored. To convey their frustrations they sent along a Yemeni cartoon that shows a cameraman appearing to capture a massive demonstration in southern Yemen, but, of course, the camera is facing the wrong direction.
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