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عربي

The mother of orphans
 24/12/2008

Oloom Ahmad Haidara lives with her husband Fouad, their son Fuad, his wife and their five children, in the village of Hufra in the Al Dhuba district of Yemen. Oloom comes from one of the most marginalised groups in the country; Al Fia'a al Muhammasha, or Al Akhdam (the servants). The group is comprised of descendents of former Ethiopian slaves brought to Yemen hundreds of years ago and the group still suffers from significant discrimination today. Socially, economically and politically excluded, they belong to the poorest of Yemeni society.

 

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