A view through a window overlooks the historic skyline of the Old City of Sana’a, where traditional tower houses and mosque minarets define one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban centers in the world. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, the district is known for its distinctive rammed-earth architecture and dense urban fabric. The Old City of Sana’a, Yemen, December 23, 2016. (Photo: Amira Al-Sharif)
Photographed from inside a moving minibus, a Toyota pickup carrying armed Houthi fighters drives along a street in the Old City of Sana’a. The image, captured in passing, reflects the routine presence of armed groups in the historic district. The Old City of Sana’a, Yemen, January 4, 2017. (Photo: Amira Al-Sharif)
Toxic smoke billows from an Emirati-military-controlled landfill in the Buraiqeh district, west of Aden. Hundreds of impoverished Yemenis who live in the desert area must endure the site’s toxic fumes, as well as Emirati-imposed curfews and other restrictions on their freedom of movement. Prior to the establishment of a military base in the vicinity, the landfill often served as a dependable and hassle-free source of income and food for many locals. Buraiqeh, Yemen, March 9, 2017. (Photo: Amira Al-Sharif)
A man visits his brother’s gravesite in a cemetery that, at the time, held only those killed during the 2011 uprising in the Yemeni capital. The cemetery became a symbol of the human cost of the revolution. Sana’a, Yemen, November 6, 2011. (Photo: Amira Al-Sharif)
A young man carries his elderly, disabled grandmother in a wheelbarrow, typically used to transport soil, cement, or rubble, reflecting the lack of mobility aids and medical infrastructure after years of conflict. Poverty and damaged services affect daily life in Hodeidah, northern Yemen, January 29, 2018. (Photo: Amira Al-Sharif)
Farmers tend to a qat field in Omran, northwest of Sana’a, using chemical fertilizers to accelerate plant growth, despite limited awareness of potential health risks. Omran, Yemen, March 8, 2012. (Photo: Amira Al-Sharif)
A Houthi leader holds a rifle while reciting poetry during a graduation ceremony at Hodeidah University’s College of Education in Zabid, northern Yemen, as the male graduates wear long strands of Arabian jasmine around their necks. Hodeidah, Yemen, April 7, 2018. (Photo: Amira Al-Sharif)
A young boy sells kerosene at a market in the historic Crater district of Aden, southern Yemen, in January 22, 2017. (Photo: Amira Al-Sharif)
A group of young children dressed in new clothes pose for a portrait on the first day of Eid al-Fitr as one boy points a water gun at the camera and a girl carries her baby sister on her waist. Jabal Al-Nar, Hodeidah, northern Yemen, October 26, 2012. (Photo: Amira Al-Sharif)
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