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Apart from its attractions, nature, history and people, Yemen is special for one other habit: chewing qat. Impossible to ignore, it is one of the major national pastimes and takes a large part of the afternoon.
Then, for the rest of the afternoon, the men stick a few leaves in their mouth, chew on it for a while, and as soon as the fluids of the leaves have been sucked out, the remains of the leaves will be put in one of the cheeks and new leaves will be introduced to chew on. Apparently, everyone has his favourite cheek to store qat in; basically, it is chewing either left or right side. This can go on for hours, and consequently, one of the cheeks of Yemeni men grow bigger and bigger, until it reaches incredible dimensions. Until visiting Yemen, I never realized that cheeks were so elastic.
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