of May each year. However, press, arts, freedom of thought, expression and creativity in Yemen are in their worst circumstances due to the ongoing conflict. These ^rdThe World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on the 3have  had a highly negative effect on freedom of expression despite Yemen had signed on international agreements that support and promote freedom of expression as they are important in development, creative productions, cultural and cognitive development.

Journalists, plastic artists, writers and media professionals have had bitter experiences including imprisonment, fleeing from Yemen and self-retroversion; thus leading to a slowdown in the development process and increasing bitterness of life on writers, knowledge producers and cultural actors in Yemen.

Part of The State of Culture in Yemen by Nabil Ahmed Alkhadher in Freedom Forum.