AsiaFeaturesHumanityLaw & OrderMiddle EastMigrationPoliticsSocietyWorld
From Mass Expulsion to Alleged Torture: How Saudi Arabia Is Targeting Yemeni Migrants
Abdessamad al-Muhammadi had fared much better than the majority of his fellow Yemenis who migrated to neighboring Saudi Arabia for work.
Over the course of 25 years, the 49-year-old had worked his way up in the oil-rich kingdom, starting at restaurants specializing in mandi, a favorite Yemeni dish of spiced meat and rice, until he managed to…
- Ahmad Algohbary
- DAWN
The popular restaurant brought him considerable wealth and made him a familiar presence in Sabya, where he lived with his wife and, eventually, eight children.
Abdessamad considered Saudi Arabia his home. But his fortunes abruptly changed in September, when…