Partially hidden under the Dokki bridge is a little restaurant where a multitude of quiet individuals gather to scoop vegetable and meat tagines with malahwah bread. Prices are kept low as it is one of the few places where Yemenis, many of whom are refugees or students, can afford to have a little taste of home. These ones, Yemenis who easily find their compatriots in Cairo’s Roda island or in Mohandessein, are perhaps considered the lucky ones; many are not in their shoes. Many are stranded, afraid and lost in Egypt’s megacity- this is the disheartening situation of around 10,000 migrant Yemenis living in Egypt today. As the air raids and explosions engulf their country back home, they are desperately trying to make a living while yearning for the moment of return. Egypt is one of the few countries that allow Yemenis in, with Saudi Arabia taking in the largest amount of two million Yemenis out of six to eight million expats. Being the poorest nation in the Arabian Peninsula, most Yemenis struggle to flee to Europe and the United States, so they resort to countries in Africa. Nevertheless, their…
