The intangible changes taking place in Yemeni society can be studied through the lens of photographer Abdul Rahman Al Ghabri, also a famous Yemeni director and father of an artistic family. All of his sons are artists and filmmakers. One of them, Ameen, was nominated for an Academy Award for his film "Karama Has No Walls."

Al-Monitor selected a collection of his best photographs taken at various stages of his career and asked him about the memories behind them, the circumstances of their shooting and how different they are from the current situation, looking for a deeper understanding of the changes in Yemeni society over the past four decades.

Ever since the fall of the capital in September to the Houthi militia Ansar Allah, the sight of a child with a Kalashnikov rifle in the streets of Sanaa has become common. What has become strange and rare is the sight of a boy or a young man wearing a jasmine headband in Sanaa or any other city in Yemen. Jasmine has always been associated with women. During the last decade, it has become disgraceful for men to wear jasmine headpieces, with the exception of graduation celebrations, weddings and some other events. Otherwise, when a young man wears a jasmine headband, he is perceived as a criminal, homosexual or effeminate.