| YEMEN: Too many kids out of school in Hodeidah Governorate - report |
 HODEIDAH, 19 November 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Nearly half of children in rural areas of the western Yemeni governorate of Hodeidah, have no access to basic education, according to a new report by the Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection (SOCP) and the Yemen News Agency.
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In Brief: Nine million Afghans living on less than a dollar a day - survey |  KABUL, 5 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - The average per capita monthly expenditure of nine million Afghans is less than 66 US cents a day, and millions of other Afghans spend about $42 a month, according to a summary of Afghanistan’s new National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA).
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LEBANON: Solar power helps schools, hospitals |  AKKAR, 29 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - In Lebanon’s remote northeastern district of Akkar, teachers and pupils at the Rajam Issa public school are hoping this winter will be the first when the lights stay on. “Electricity is the lifeline of the school,” said head teacher Ibrahim Salame, complaining of frequent and prolonged power cuts.
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EGYPT: Pig cull hits livelihoods |  CAIRO, 26 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - The Egyptian government's May 2009 decision to cull the country's entire pig population - ostensibly to stem the spread of H1N1 influenza - has hit the livelihoods of 70,000 former pig farmers and unofficial rubbish collectors and their families in the Cairo area, according to local NGO Association for the Protection of the Environment.
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In Brief: Travel restrictions hit Gaza students |  TEL AVIV, 22 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Some 838 students formally offered places and/or enrolled at foreign universities are unable to leave Gaza, according to the Palestinian interior ministry and Gisha, an NGO campaigning for freedom of movement.
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IRAQ: Swine flu panic shuts down 2,000 schools |  BAGHDAD, 22 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Panic over the possible spread of H1N1 influenza has prompted the closure of more than 2,000 schools in Iraq, according to officials.
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EGYPT: Swine flu risk for Cairo’s overcrowded schools |  CAIRO, 22 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - The Egyptian ministries of health and education have ordered all schools in Cairo to halve the number of children in each class to mitigate the possible spread of H1N1 influenza - no small challenge in this overcrowded city of 20 million.
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YEMEN: Learning without chairs |  HARADH, 20 October 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Fatma Abdullah’s daughters Salma, aged 9, and Khadija, 11, are going to school for the first time in their lives in al-Mazraq camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haradh District, Hajjah Governorate, northern Yemen.
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OPT: Gaza schoolchildren lack basic equipment |  GAZA CITY, 9 September 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Some 1,200 students at al-Karmel High School for boys in Gaza City returned to class on 25 August without history and English textbooks, or notebooks and pens - all unavailable on the local market.
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YEMEN: Children bear brunt of Saada conflict |  SANAA, 7 September 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Living with a host family in the capital Sanaa, Hamid al-Dhahiri never thinks about returning to his home village in Saada Province where fighting between the army and Houthi rebels claimed the lives of his wife and two of his six children on 14 August.
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