In Yemen, the publishing industry continues to operate despite ongoing war, economic difficulties, and piracy. According to an investigation by Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the sector has become more complex due to a war lasting over ten years and a fragmented economy. Each stage of publishing—paper, printing, transportation, distribution, and payments—has become more difficult. The World Bank estimated in May 2026 that the Yemeni economy, already shrinking in 2025, would decline by 0.5% this year. The country's heavy reliance on imports also exposes it to price increases, supply disruptions, and rising transport costs. Publishing activity appears to have slowed due to the conflict and economic tensions, with fewer publications and authors turning to structures based outside the country. Obstacles include a lack of specialized printing presses, higher costs for paper and manufacturing, expensive shipping, inadequate distribution networks, challenges in collecting payments from certain sales points, limited electronic payment options, and complex financial transfers. For digital publishing, piracy and violations of intellectual property rights add further complications. Faced with these constraints, some Yemeni publishing houses have moved part of their operations abroad. Anawin Books is based in Aden, Cairo, and London. Its 2026 catalog includes A Voice from Yemen to the World: Memoirs of a Quarter Century in Human Rights and Politics, 2000-2025, by lawyer and activist Mohammed Ali Allaw. Another publication is History of Repression and Censorship of Theater in Yemen, by Mohammed Al-Karami, published in 2025 by Arweqah in Cairo. In 2026, Anawin Books published A Safe Island by novelist and screenwriter Sami Al-Shatibi, which follows a Yemeni who finds himself on the remote island of Sholan after fleeing his country. The crisis is not limited to production costs. The "Mapping of Public Book Policies" by the International Alliance of Independent Publishers indicates that many public Yemeni institutions that used to print or support books have stopped this activity due to the war. The Cultural Heritage and Development Fund used to finance all or part of certain publications before 2015, but these supports have since been interrupted, as have supports for translation. However, production has not disappeared. The critic and academic Qaid Ghailan has still published three books in 2026 in Sanaa, with the library Khaled Ben Al-Walid and Dar Al-Kutub Al-Yemeniya. In Yemen, books continue to appear, but in an ecosystem where public support, production, distribution, and payments have become as many points of fragility.