The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday March 25th, 2023
Yemen: Positive Action Still Needed by Rene Wadlow
5 March is the anniversary date of the start of 28 days on continued bombing of Yemen in 2015 by the Saudi-Arabia-led coalition (Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Sudan, United Arab Emirates helped by arms and “intelligence” by the U.S.A. and the U.K.). The aggression by the Saudi coalition turned what had been an internal struggle for power going on from the “Arab Spring” of 2011 into a war with regional dimensions which brought Iran into the picture. The role of Iran has been exaggerated both by the Iranian government itself and by those hostile to Iran. Nevertheless, the Iranian role is real.
Since the Association of World Citizens (AWC) had been following possible constitutional developments in Yemen after the 2011 change of government, a couple of days after the 25 March 2015 bombing, the Association of World Citizens sent to government Missions to the United Nations an AWC Appeal for four steps of conflict resolution and negotiations in good faith:
1) An immediate ceasefire ending all foreign military attacks;
2) Humanitarian assistance, especially important for hard-to-reach zones;
3) A broad national dialogue;
4)
Through this dialogue, the establishment of an inclusive unity
government open to constitutional changes to facilitate better the wide
geographic- tribal structure of the State.
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Smile #poem by Dr. Lawrence Nannery
“Smile at me, baby. Show those teeth of yours.
I love those teeth, so beautiful, so regular.
When you flash them at me I feel so loved.”
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A fistful of cactus #51 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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