ben.ragsdale

The following videos were shot from the minibuses I take to get around Aden.

more about “Get on the bus! on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod

 

more about “still on the bus… on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod

 

more about “…still on the bus II“, posted with vodpod

more about “Up Up Up“, posted with vodpod

 

more about “Down Down Down“, posted with vodpod

 

more about “through Crater“, posted with vodpod

 

more about “through Seera on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod

The following videos were shot from the minibuses I take to get around Aden.

more about "Get on the bus! on Vimeo", posted with vodpod


more about "still on the bus… on Vimeo", posted with vodpod



more about “…still on the bus II“, posted with vodpod

more about "Up Up Up", posted with vodpod


more about "Down Down Down", posted with vodpod


more about "through Crater", posted with vodpod



more about “through Seera on Vimeo“, posted with vodp

Here are a few videos of my neighborhood, Khormaksar (خورمكسر).
More soon inshallah.

more about “Untitled on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod
 




more about “shabbbbbbat I“, posted with vodpod
 

more about “shabbbbbbat II on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod
 

more about “Shabbbbbat III“, posted with vodpod
 

more about “خور و معلا “, posted with vodpod
 
 

This is a monument commemorating the unification of North and South Yemen.  Many southerners, Adenis in particular, dislike the north. After unification, the more politically powerful (and populous) Northerners took over Aden’s port and began to send the majority of the profits to Sana’a. People have told me that Important government and economic positions were taken from Adenis and given to Northerners.
The president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is from the north and is widely reviled here in Aden.
This monument is adjacent to a wide swath of brick sidewalk that is used for pro-Government parades. A large painting of Saleh is hung above the whitewashed stone bleachers that look over the area.
Beyond the parade grounds is a neighborhood of embassies, delapidated houses, crumbling structures and a few new constructions. It is also where I work.



more about “Unification“, posted with vodpod
 
 
 

This was taken on the street beside the Aden Mall

This is a video tour of my room.

Again, at wits' end. Insha'allah, below you will see a shaky, verite-ish version of what I see when I leave my hotel home.

Ok, here's a video tour of my room that I pray will show up on this blog. I'm rapidly approaching my wits' end.

I’ve been trying like hell to get these damn videos on this blog. If a video does appear below this script, you will see what I see when I leave my hotel in Khormarksar, Aden. Well, you’ll see an impossibly shakey, prickly pixelated, in and out of focus, ameteur verite version of what I see when I leave my hotel home.
Hopefully.

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