Posts filed under ‘Out of focus verite’
Get on the bus!
The following videos were shot from the minibuses I take to get around Aden.
My neighborhood
Here are a few videos of my neighborhood, Khormaksar (خورمكسر).
More soon inshallah.
Unification
This is a monument commemorating the unification of North and South Yemen. Many southerners, Adenis in particular, dislike the north. After unification, the more politically powerful (and populous) Northerners took over Aden’s port and began to send the majority of the profits to Sana’a. People have told me that Important government and economic positions were taken from Adenis and given to Northerners.
The president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is from the north and is widely reviled here in Aden.
This monument is adjacent to a wide swath of brick sidewalk that is used for pro-Government parades. A large painting of Saleh is hung above the whitewashed stone bleachers that look over the area.
Beyond the parade grounds is a neighborhood of embassies, delapidated houses, crumbling structures and a few new constructions. It is also where I work.
Walking to the Aden Mall
Walking into the main entrance of the Aden Mall.
Welcome to My Room
This is a video tour of my room.
