Yemeni student expelled from school for refusing to chant Houthi slogan
AL-MUKALLA: A high school in Houthi-held Sanaa has expelled a student for refusing to recite the militia’s slogan, the student’s father said, a decision that has sparked outrage in Yemen and prompted an overwhelming show of support for the family.
Farouq Jaber claimed that the principal of an unnamed high school in Sanaa expelled his daughter Taghred for refusing to chant the Houthi slogan before morning lines, even though she was an excellent student.
![Yemeni pupils celebrate the first day of the new academic year at a school in Taiz on Aug. 8, 2022. Students in Houthi-occupied areas are, however, constrained by militia intimidation. (File/AFP)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2022/09/05/3426206-1644888767.jpg)