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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nasser al-Sakkaf in Taiz and William Christou

Children forced to give up school for work as fighting upends daily life in Yemen

Displaced women and children walk across sandy ground near tents at a camp in Yemen
Women and children walk at camp for internally displaced people in Yemen. Photograph: Reuters

In the mornings, 13-year-old Muneer Farie went to school, and in the afternoons he helped his father feed the livestock. He took his studies seriously, dreaming of becoming the first teacher in his family of farmers.

As fighting approached his village in al-Wazeyah district in Taiz, Yemen, two weeks ago, Muneer’s focus started to drift from his lessons. The classroom echoed with the distant sounds of explosions and gunfire. His home was suddenly on the frontline of renewed fighting between the Iran-aligned Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government.

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