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AL-OLFI: Reflections - Abu Gharib prison scandal & Yemen s salts of manhood 

Jump to full article: Yemen Times (ye), 2004-05-06
Author: Yahya Al-Olfi

Intro:

I would like to speak a bit about unhealthy habits practiced in Yemen and how our government represented by the Health Ministry does not exert any efforts whatsoever to address them . . .

So in order to be a normal Yemeni Man you have to chew Qat and consume tobacco and in order to increase the effect of tobacco, the rooms where chewing and smoking takes place have their windows closed.

I am truly surprised why in Yemen, people tend to imitate bad habits such as smoking and do not try to imitate positive behaviors such as hard work, honesty, transparency, perseverance, setting high goals and pursuing them, making the right choices, helping each other and most importantly to cease once and for all the ongoing pilferage of public funds in Authorities, Ministries and all governmental institutions without an exception.

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