Sana'a Bazaar During Ramadan
DMTX. Images taken at Sana'a bazaar during Ramadan, shortly following two car bomb attacks on the US Embassy. Sana'a, Yemen. 17/09/2008.
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Images taken at Sana'a bazaar during Ramadan, shortly following two car bomb attacks on the US Embassy. Sana'a, Yemen. 17/09/2008.
The US Embassy in Sana'a was attacked by two car bombs during Ramadan in September, 2008. I heard the explosion from my old city hotel and watched the smoke rise from its roof. I spent the day of the attack and days after exploring Sana'a bazaar, testing the limits of Yemeni hospitality. Like many other Muslims, Yemenis do a much better job of separating Americans from our government than we do separating them from theirs. As an American woman alone in the bazaar during a tense period, I experienced nothing but hospitality and openness from shoppers and stallholders, who were paying much more attention to their Iftar preparations than to geopolitics.
The day after the attack, a full color, 8x10 photo of me in a headscarf appeared on the cover of the national paper under the headline "Yemen is safe for Tourists."
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- id:216339
- date:17 September 2008
- dimensions:12.32 x 8.21 in. (3696 x 2464 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:26.33 MB
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DMTX. Images taken at Sana'a bazaar during Ramadan, shortly following two car bomb attacks on the US Embassy. Sana'a, Yemen. 17/09/2008.
Details
- id:216339
- date:17 September 2008
- dimensions:12.32 x 8.21 in. (3696 x 2464 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:26.33 MB
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