Source: In These Times
by Sarah Lazare
“Most of Mohammed Mohsen’s neighbors live in a state of deprivation and hunger, reliant on the World Food Programme for daily survival. When he is able to get donations from individuals abroad, Mohsen delivers food baskets to his community in the Al-Jawf governorate in northeastern Yemen. In pictures he sent me from his most recent distribution two months ago, thin children — one wearing a flower print dress, another a yellow beanie — stand next to large white sacks of flour, sugar and rice and yellow jugs of cooking oil. When he makes these deliveries to families, he says, ‘they feel happy and joyful, especially the children, and they hope it will continue.’ But Mohsen, who requested I not use his full name to protect him from retaliation, is bracing for the situation to become exponentially more difficult.” (05/22/25)