However, Sheryl, continues by sharing of signs of hope through the deepening and depressing images of civil war that she witnessed in Afghanistan in 1993:
--A poor Hazara worker and a highly respected Pashtun teacher walk home together to protect each other.
--Two female co-workers walk arm-in-arm, vowing friendship even as males in their different ethnic groups plot against each other.
--A young Uzbek man falls in love with a young Pashtun woman, and they plead for three years with their families for acceptance. Their persistence and love for each other wins and they are finally happily married.
--Two wealthy, elite young men find a friend in an older, working-class man, and the three, from different ethnic groups, drink tea and chat together for hours. "
The next day, after reading these words about Civil War in Afghanistan, I go to Mohammed, one of my Yemeni colleagues, and ask him about his family.
Mohammed says that they are currently in Sanaa now, but due to the bombing, no one can sleep at night. So, he is concerned. I ask about the rest of his family in the outer villages. Mohammed says that there is good news there. There is no fighting nor bombing going on in his village.
Mohammed adds that he is concerned for all Yemeni--whether they are from his tribe or not. I nod and wish the same. I think all Omanis wish the same for Yemen and Yemenis these days, too.
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