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Yemen: Ministry of Dreams

Yemen’s Ministry of Information is tucked away in the streets behind Liberation Square. The Arabic word for information is elam. It looks simple enough, but there’s an ‘ayn’ letter squeezed in there and I just can’t get the pronunciation right – which leads to some frustrating and surreal moments with taxi drivers. It seems I’ve been asking to go to the Ministry of Dreams (ahlam) instead.