Faranak Amidi
speaker
1,355 appearances
14 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 29 Aug
Faranak Amidi’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yemen has faced decades of economic hardship and war, but the Qat industry is thriving.
Qat is a stimulant.
It is estimated to consume one-third of Yemen's groundwater and occupy much of the country's agricultural land.
Dalia Haydar of BBC Arabic has been looking into Yemen's relationship to Qat and the problem it can cause.
And Yemen has a historical relationship with this plant.
Has it been used for a very long time?
And does a culture exist around the usage of it?
What is the atmosphere like in a Qat salon?
Is it like a pub, for instance?
And I assume it's only men who can enter these salons or maybe in the private homes.
Would you see women sitting and chewing the ghat?
Are things changing or evolving in any way today?
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