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How Yemen Chewed Itself Dry

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:53 pm
by thegoodshepherd
Basically, Yemen has used ALL of its water for the production of Khat, and now there is no water left.
Sana'a will have to abandoned by the 2020's because there will be no underground water left be then. +

When you farm Khat on your terraces instead of wheat and grapes
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http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ ... itself-dry

Re: How Yemen Chewed Itself Dry

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:55 pm
by Hodan94
Looooooooooooool.

Re: How Yemen Chewed Itself Dry

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:22 pm
by DANGIRL
I predict they'll be influx of yemenis coming to Somalia in the coming years.

Re: How Yemen Chewed Itself Dry

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:14 pm
by Jove
Why can't the Muslim clerics be useful once and declare khat worse than alcohol?