Despite conflict, demand for qat still strong in Yemen

[Sally]

I imagine after a busy day of fighting, you need something to relax.

Despite conflict, demand for qat still strong in Yemen

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  A dealer displays qat as he waits for customers at his car outside a market in Sanaa on Tuesday. (Reuters)
  

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Published — Thursday 16 April 2015

Last update 15 April 2015 11:36 pm

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ADEN: Civil war may be tearing Yemen apart but every afternoon combatants set aside the struggle for the country’s future to stuff their cheeks with wads of the narcotic green leaf, qat.
The national pastime of chewing qat is one of the few certainties in a nation jolted by airstrikes and street fighting.
From lunchtime to sunset prayers, shelling inevitably dies down and fighters from both sides put aside their Kalashnikovs to enjoy the buzz.
Craving for the mild stimulant has kept the qat trade going strong in an economy otherwise devastated by war.

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Despite conflict demand for qat still strong in Yemen Arab News?

 

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I imagine after a busy day of fighting, you need something to relax.

Despite conflict, demand for qat still strong in Yemen

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  A dealer displays qat as he waits for customers at his car outside a market in Sanaa on Tuesday. (Reuters)

AGENCIES

Published — Thursday 16 April 2015

Last update 15 April 2015 11:36 pm

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A A
ADEN: Civil war may be tearing Yemen apart but every afternoon combatants set aside the struggle for the country’s future to stuff their cheeks with wads of the narcotic green leaf, qat.
The national pastime of chewing qat is one of the few certainties in a nation jolted by airstrikes and street fighting.
From lunchtime to sunset prayers, shelling inevitably dies down and fighters from both sides put aside their Kalashnikovs to enjoy the buzz.
Craving for the mild stimulant has kept the qat trade going strong in an economy otherwise devastated by war.

Continue reading at:
Despite conflict demand for qat still strong in Yemen Arab News?

not about to change any time soon.