Saeed Abdul Qaher was walking with his cousins when they triggered a landmine. The severity of the teenager’s injuries meant that his left leg was amputated. Because of the pain and the medical care he received, Saeed was unable to study. While he says he is unable to walk long distances today, he is fighting to…
Aml Ahmed, a young Yemeni woman from Matar district in Taiz, was full of hope and happiness. She had a dream to complete her university education while she was preparing for her wedding. Like many young woman, Aml always dreamed of the day she would get married. It took one incident to shatter her dreams.…
This is Farah. Though her name means joy, landmines have left her no joy, but just a name. She recognised the pains of oppression and injustice at the age of ten. These pains have grown up with her to this very moment. At the age of eight, Farah knew that there was a coup in…
Ahmed Seif Mahyoub left his house to visit his parents in the village of Ekad, in Jabal Habashi District in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate, when he walked on a landmine. Ahmed’s legs were torn apart. In an interview with Project Masam, Ahmed said, “I was going to visit my family whom I hadn’t seen for a…
The lines on Fatima Qa’eid’s face are a witness to how difficult her life has been. In the midst of the war rocking her area, Fatima walked on a landmine on the road. It badly affected her back and one of her legs was amputated. Today, Fatima spends most of the day on her dilapidated…
In southwestern Yemen, Haj Abdullah left his house on a street leading to the Republican hospital in Taiz, when a Houthi landmine exploded just metres away from the healthcare complex. Following the incident, Haj Abdullah’s body was pierced by shrapnel and his leg had to be amputated. “When the mine first exploded I felt nothing,…
Jabal Habashi District, is the most landmine contaminated area in the Taiz countryside, as large areas of the district have been turned into minefields killing and injuring hundreds of its residents. Too many tragedies have taken place in Jabal Habashi because of landmines, which have been intensively planted near civilian houses, inside their farms, on the…
Landmines planted by the Houthi militia in Yemeni villages and towns are among the biggest threats facing Yemenis’ present and future because they are invisible and camouflaged, and have been randomly planted in large quantities – making Yemen one of the most landmine contaminated countries in the world. Landmines have caused uncountable deaths and injuries…
Young Mubarak and his friend were heading to the market to buy bread when a landmine detonated. The explosion killed his friend on the spot, left Mubarak without a lower leg and shrapnel littering his body. The young man told Project Masam: “I have become unable to practice many of the professions I used to…
A year has passed since 12-year old Mohammed lost his right leg in a mine explosion near his home in Al-Khouah village, Taiz governorate in northern Yemen. However, he has been in pay since. Mohammed told Project Masam: “My life became very difficult after I lost my leg in a mine explosion while I was…
