Do all Yemenis enjoy equal rights as citizens?
There’s no equal citizenship anywhere in the Arab world. There is discrimination by profession or religion and by economic or social status. People’s rights depend on how they are seen by society. We have marginalized those whom we consider inferior, and we have only given them the rights that in our minds they deserve. Is there equal citizenship between men and women? The condescension with which men look at women translates into fewer rights for women. There is not equal citizenship. Do parties suffer from some of the same problems seen in the government? If so, can they make a difference? In the Arab world, parties call for democracy whether they are opposition or government, but do the parties truly practice democracy? They call for freedom and building institutions, but do not practice what they preach. Political parties and civil society organizations should become a model for our ideal state. For now, opposition parties and government parties to a certain extent are two sides of
