Mapping the siege of Yemen’s Taiz, and the price families are paying

Taiz, Yemen – In the besieged city of Taiz, Yousef Farhan’s family has run out of choices at mealtime.“The whole day, we either eat rice or beans, whether in the morning or in the evening,” the 39-year-old father of four told Al Jazeera.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Mecca defence alliance members in Tehran to defuse Iran-US, Yemen tensionslist 2 of 4Egyptian parliament authorises military aid for Saudi Arabialist 3 of 4Israel heads to the polls as shift to the right dominates critical electionlist 4 of 4Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi missiles, drones aimed at kingdomend of listShelling forced the family from their home years ago, and they have lived in a school in the southwestern Yemeni city ever since.Farhan used to sell cucumbers from a small cart in front of the school, earning between 4,000 and 5,000 Yemeni riyals (roughly $2.50 to $3.20) a day. The money was never steady, but it bought a gas cylinder each month and, now and then, a meal with some variety.Then the siege closed the school, and his trade went with it. The family now cooks over firewood.“With the suspension of the school due to the shelling and the siege, my source of income stopped, an...