{"id":13092,"date":"2022-09-28T23:58:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T22:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/?p=13092"},"modified":"2022-10-26T15:42:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T14:42:02","slug":"when-you-see-the-horizon-it-looks-like-black-the-hidden-price-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-war-on-the-welsh-yemeni-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/when-you-see-the-horizon-it-looks-like-black-the-hidden-price-of-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-war-on-the-welsh-yemeni-community\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen you see the horizon, it looks like black\u201d: the hidden price of war and the cost-of-living crisis for Welsh-Yemenis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As people around the country struggle to pay for essentials, some members of the Welsh-Yemeni community struggle to support family in war-torn Yemen. But how are price increases and war impacting on their identity?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Khaled Alshameri was making his trip from Cardiff to see his family in his home of Yemen. Sitting in Cairo airport, Khaled\u2019s flight had a three-hour delay. What may have sounded frustrating was simply a small bit of added time compared to the four-day long trip home. Likewise, sitting in an airport was far more comfortable than the series of military checkpoints he would soon be navigating through. He was finally visiting his country after eight years abroad. However, \u2018home\u2019 was now in the midst of a warzone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yemeni civil war began in 2015 and still ravages the country today. The conflict has made travelling to and from Yemen a dangerous, expensive and exhausting challenge for British-Yemenis and their families. \u201cBeing away from the family for years, cannot see them or they cannot travel to you, this is emotional enough, you know, this is putting a lot of pressure on ourselves,\u201d says Khaled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yemen\u2019s civil war began in 2014, between government forces, backed by a Saudi and Emirate coalition, and Shia rebel forces, known as The Houthi Movement. in 2021 the UN estimated the number of deaths to reach over 377,000 people, 70% of those were children with most deaths associated with indirect causes such as hunger and disease. The conflict has reportedly caused Yemen, which is the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula, to stand on the brink of famine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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