As war rages, Yemeni girls find strength in kickboxing


  • World
  • Thursday, 10 Sep 2020

Martial arts trainer Seham Amer practices self-defense moves with a trainee at a house in Sanaa, Yemen September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Nusaibah Almuaalemi

SANAA (Reuters) - At the centre of Yemen's capital Sanaa, a city battered by years of war and months of pandemic, a row of young girls in red, white and black white uniforms pummel punching bags and practice self defence.

In the corner a mother looks on in pride as a female instructor shows her daughter how to thwart an assailant with a gun.

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