Posts Tagged ‘kat

Warplanes and Ibn Battuta

A few hours ago I woke when the muezzin called for another day of fasting, accompanied by warplanes heading for the Saada [...]

Ramadan Karim

”Ramadan is the best time of the year!” said my teacher Rashad with passion and continued: “It is a time when you [...]

The general

”You have to speak up” , Abdullah Rahman shouted, ”I am almost deaf after spending so much time standing next to cannons!” [...]

Chewing kat – the national past time of Yemen

“You see, it shouldn´t be called chewing kat” , my new good friend Kyle said, “It should be called storing kat, which [...]

Salta, the Yemeni Sunday roast

“Hal andarah salta?” I asked the owner, Ahmed, and he nodded and said something like: “Mumtaz salta!” So I just walked into [...]