• Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
    Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
  • Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
    Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
  • Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
    Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
  • Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
    Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
  • Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
    Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
  • Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
    Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
  • Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief
    Yemeni twins arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Courtesy KSRelief

Saudi Arabia flies in conjoined twins for possible separation surgery


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Yemeni conjoined twins Yusuf and Yassin Abdulrahman arrived at King Salman Air Base in Riyadh on Monday night for possible separation surgery.

The twins and their parents were flown in from the city of Mukalla in Yemen’s Hadramawt governorate under the directive of Saudi King Salman.

The twins, who are joined at the head, were immediately taken to King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital at the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs to start the process of separation.

Medical tests will determine if the surgery is possible. The announcement of their move to the Saudi hospital was made on April 19.

Mohammed Abdulrahman, father of the twins, expressed his gratitude to King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the chance of surgery and for paying the costs of travel, surgery and accommodation.

Dr  Abdullah Al Rabeeah, adviser to the Royal Court, supervisor general of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre and head of the conjoined twins surgical team, also thanked the kingdom’s leadership for the gesture, given the difficult circumstances in Yemen.

Yusuf and Yassin will be the 116th case to be evaluated for separation by the conjoined twins team.

So far, the country has successfully separated 48 pairs of twins from 21 countries.

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  • Unlike previous French demonstrations there was no trade union or organised movement involved 
  • Demonstrators responded to online petitions and flooded squares to block traffic
  • At its height there were almost 300,000 on the streets in support
  • Named after the high visibility jackets that drivers must keep in cars 
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Basquiat in Abu Dhabi

One of Basquiat’s paintings, the vibrant Cabra (1981–82), now hangs in Louvre Abu Dhabi temporarily, on loan from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. 

The latter museum is not open physically, but has assembled a collection and puts together a series of events called Talking Art, such as this discussion, moderated by writer Chaedria LaBouvier. 

It's something of a Basquiat season in Abu Dhabi at the moment. Last week, The Radiant Child, a documentary on Basquiat was shown at Manarat Al Saadiyat, and tonight (April 18) the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is throwing the re-creation of a party tonight, of the legendary Canal Zone party thrown in 1979, which epitomised the collaborative scene of the time. It was at Canal Zone that Basquiat met prominent members of the art world and moved from unknown graffiti artist into someone in the spotlight.  

“We’ve invited local resident arists, we’ll have spray cans at the ready,” says curator Maisa Al Qassemi of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. 

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi's Canal Zone Remix is at Manarat Al Saadiyat, Thursday April 18, from 8pm. Free entry to all. Basquiat's Cabra is on view at Louvre Abu Dhabi until October