The people of Yemen have long-since been bogged down with an addiction to qat. A staple of Yemeni life, the plant can be seen rearing its ugly green head in swollen cheeks across the country as ...
said fresh khat leaves were sold for “around £3 a bundle (250g)" during the 2000s and 2010s. It was often chewed by Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian men in group sessions at designated khat cafes ...
In a snub to tradition, youth have increasingly banned qat from their weddings entirely. In November 2012, a young Yemeni, Al-Bara Shaiban, decided to deviate from the norm by holding one of the ...