Author: Eric Hansen


Eric Hansen (ekhansen@ix.netcom.com) is the author of Motoring with Mohammed – Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea (Vintage Departures).He has worked as a photojournalist in Yemen over the past three decades and is a frequent contributor to Saudi Aramco World.

Posts by Eric Hansen

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Sana’a Rising – “a Venice built on sand.”

In mid-February 1978, on my first morning in Sana‘a, I woke up before first light. Illuminated by the flame of a single bedside candle, the undulating overhead ceiling beams, plastered in white gypsum,…

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