The people of Yemen have long-since been bogged down with an addiction to qat. A staple of Yemeni life, the plant can be seen rearing its ugly green head in swollen cheeks across the country as ...

Traditional weddings in Yemen are usually the scene of joyful faces, strings of lights and until recently, swollen cheeks full of qat. Chewed by millions of men and women every day, the green ...

TAIZ, Yemen - Before war came, Khalid Omar was only an occasional user of qat, sitting around with friends and chewing its narcotic leaves. First he lost his well-paid job with an oil company in ...

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Sales of qat have been blamed for causing traffic jams in the city (AFP) Authorities in south Yemen have banned the sale of the mild narcotic qat on working days, allowing it into the city of Aden ...

Also, the report uncovers how the Yemen Houthis have “laundered” some ... He noted that, “they chew the qat plant, which adds a narcotic high to their violent and extreme ideology and ...

About 40 percent of Yemen’s dwindling water resources go to qat irrigation. Ever since the river that ran through al Kholani’s farm suddenly dried up, he has had to draw more than 10,000 ...

Oral cancer is diagnosed in people younger than 40 in these two regions and could be related to widespread chewing of qat leaves and tobacco ... Saudi Arabia and Yemen, according to studies.