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Coffee could be a unifying force in Yemen and act as an important mediation tool which brings people from separate parts of the political divide together, a leading Yemeni coffee exporter believes. Faris Sheibani the CEO of London-based Qima Coffee pointed out that everyone in Yemen from Sadaa in the north to Yafa in the south celebrates their coffee culture. “Coffee grows throughout the landscape of Yemen and can act as a unifying force,” Faris toldThe New Arab. “The flip side of that coin is that as you operate from different areas in Yemen you sometimes face pressure from the different grou…