مذكرات جارالله عمر

The Memoirs of Jarallah Omar

How could he support one-party rule in the South while fighting to overthrow it in the North? He opposed both war and secession — both sides called him traitor, then assassinated him.

ظفار: شهادة من زمن الثورة – مقدمة الطبعة الثانية

Dhofar: Testimony from the Time of Revolution - Second Edition Preface

In the preface to the second edition of "Dhofar," the author returns to the region decades later, witnessing its transformations and meeting former comrades who assert their revolution prompted official attention, hoping to keep its memory alive.

فوّاز طرابلسي: حضور سايكس ـ بيكو فاعل في الثقافة السياسية العربية

Fawwaz Traboulsi: Sykes-Picot Remains Active in Arab Political Culture

Al-Quds Al-Arabi

Sykes-Picot became predetermined fate whitewashing rulers—but current borders don't even match its map.

قراءة في كتاب«جنوب اليمن في حكم اليسار- شهادة شخصية»

A Reading of the Book "South Yemen Under Leftist Rule - A Personal Testimony"

As-Safir

A critical review praises the book "South Yemen Under Left Rule," which objectively analyzes the leftist governance experience in the South, free from dogmatism, highlighting its grim conflicts and national achievements.

فواز طرابلسي يتذكّر الترويكا في “اليمن الديمقراطي” (4-4)

Fawwaz Traboulsi Remembers the Troika in "Democratic Yemen" (4/4)

Al-Araby al-Jadeed

In a paradox revealing the limits of Communist internationalism, the Soviets did not object to Salmin's removal but opposed Abd al-Fattah's presidency because he was a 'northerner,' amidst internal conflicts that led to the liquidation of comrades.

فواز طرابلسي يتذكّر الترويكا في “اليمن الديمقراطي” (3-4)

Fawwaz Traboulsi Remembers the Troika in "Democratic Yemen" (3/4)

Al-Araby al-Jadeed

From al-Hamdi's assassination in Sana'a to Salmin's end in Aden, chapters of Yemen's bloody conflicts unfold, where internal divisions reached the point of readiness for battle, and a personal letter survives to bear witness to that era.

فواز طرابلسي يتذكّر الترويكا في “اليمن الديمقراطي” (2-4)

Fawwaz Traboulsi Remembers the Troika in "Democratic Yemen" (2/4)

Al-Araby al-Jadeed

After the left took power in "Democratic Yemen," the conflict within the ruling troika exposed the contradiction between the ideological drive towards Marxism and one-party rule, and Salmin's pragmatism in facing economic realities.

فواز طرابلسي يتذكّر الترويكا في “اليمن الديمقراطي” (1-4)

Fawwaz Traboulsi Remembers the Troika in "Democratic Yemen" (1/4)

Al-Araby al-Jadeed

The author recounts his personal experience with leftist rule in Democratic Yemen, revealing the dynamics and internal contradictions of the ruling 'troika,' including the conflict between the city and the countryside.

اليمن في عين العاصفة

Yemen in the Eye of the Storm

Bidayat

The richest Arab states bomb the poorest — the Gulf Initiative destroyed Yemen by pardoning the dictator. Camp David summit: an arms fair, not a diplomatic forum.

Socotra l’ensorcelleuse fait son entrée dans la modernité

Enchanting Socotra Enters Modernity

Socotra lagged behind the continents millions of years ago and still hesitates—between enchantment, history, oil, and tourism, the island enters modernity while needing a single doctor.

مؤتمر الحوار الوطني اليمني: البداية المبتورة

The Yemeni National Dialogue Conference: A Truncated Beginning

As-Safir

Yemen's National Dialogue Conference is a major step, but it is fundamentally truncated by the immunity granted to the former president and the marginalization of revolutionary youth and the Southern Movement.

الثورة اليمنية في العام الثالث

The Yemeni Revolution in Its Third Year

As-Safir

The Yemeni revolution enters its third year with a faltering national dialogue and a paralyzed transition, as old regime structures maintain control and the Gulf-American initiative transforms into a counter-revolution.

سنة اولى ثورة: درس اول

First Year of Revolution: First Lesson

As-Safir

Democracy in our countries is revolution — all counter-revolutionary forces share one goal: clearing the streets. Life is provocative!

الدم اليمني في ذكرى الوحدة والانفصال

Yemeni Blood on the Anniversary of Unity and Secession

As-Safir

Yemen commemorates its unity anniversary with blood and separation, after a short-lived unity experiment marred by discrimination, necessitating today a popular referendum on the form of governance, especially in the South.

هل الوحدة ممكنة دون مركزية؟ حالة اليمن

Is Unity Possible Without Centralism? The Case of Yemen

As-Safir

Centralism doesn't equal strength — the strongest states are federal, and Arab dictatorships never won against Israel.

شيء فاسد في يمن المبادرة الخليجية

Something Rotten in the Yemen of the Gulf Initiative

As-Safir

Immunity for Saleh's 34 years, for his aides, for defectors — the US ambassador calls a peaceful march "provocative" for moving between cities.

سيدة الصخور الظفارية

Our Lady of the Dhofari Rocks

As-Safir

From Dhofar, what remains is not the slogan but the image: an unnamed woman on the rocks becoming an icon of revolution, poverty, and veiled hope.

Yemen Elections

On the eve of unified Yemen's first elections: will the regime combine the best of both experiences or return to one-man rule? Education reform faces demands to restore Sharia as the sole source of legislation.

اليمن: الثورة مستمرة

Yemen: The Revolution Continues

As-Safir

He "relinquished" power but stayed president and got immunity before leaving — the GCC initiative rescues the regime, not the revolution.

اليمن على مفترق الطرق

Yemen at the Crossroads

As-Safir

Saleh answered millions with "ballot boxes" under his constitution — nothing remains but a transitional council and a people demanding a contract worthy of their sacrifices.

اليمن: حتى لا تخلف القبيلةُ… القبيلة

Yemen: Lest the Tribe Succeed... the Tribe

As-Safir

As Saleh's rule collapses, Yemen faces the risk of its revolution becoming a mere tribal power struggle, replacing one ruler with another from the same family instead of achieving the people's will.

عشرينية الوحدة اليمنية: عندما تصير الوحدوية شريكة الانفصالية 

The Twentieth Anniversary of Yemeni Unity: When Unionism Becomes a Partner of Separatism

As-Safir

Twenty years and the flaw is the authoritarian system — the choice: democracy or separation. Federalism is the minimum, but it needs a southern referendum.

عشرينية الوحدة اليمنية: عنـدما تصيـر الوحدوية شـريكـة الانفـصـاليـة

The Twentieth Anniversary of Yemeni Unity: When Unionism Becomes a Partner of Separatism

As-Safir

Unity turned from hope into domination—the choice: democracy or regression to secession. A southern referendum has become necessary.

ما بين اليمن والسودان – لا يظهر دوماً للعيان 

Between Yemen and Sudan - What Is Not Always Visible

As-Safir

Two rulers by coup, allied with Islamists then purged them, invited al-Qaeda—everything they share serves a single goal: staying in power.