Feuds between rival clans divide many areas of the country. Way of life. Most people of Yemen make a living as farmers or herders. Farmers grow crops in the highland valleys and scattered oases. Herders raise sheep in the drier regions.
Many people make a living by doing craftwork.
These workers produce handicrafts in small, one-room shops. On the coasts and on Socotra Island, many people live by fishing. The men spear fish near the shore from dugout canoes called sambugs, or net them in deeper water from single-sail dhows. Many of Yemen's young men leave the country to seek work. Most of them are employed in Saudi Arabia or other countries of the Arabian Peninsula.