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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Houthis Anger Yemenis by Turning School Books into Commercial Commodity

A picture shared on social media platforms of a Houthi selling point in Sanaa for school books (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Houthis turning a government institution for printing school textbooks into a black market has spurred widespread anger among human rights activists, teachers and parents in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and other areas run by the group.

A few days ago, the Houthis’ self-proclaimed Ministry of Education turned the book printing establishment under its control into a black market to trade educational curricula.

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