Taiz, Yemen – In the besieged city of Taiz, Yousef Farhan’s family has run out of choices at mealtime.

“The whole day, we either eat rice or beans, whether in the morning or in the evening,” the 39-year-old father of four told Al Jazeera.

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Shelling forced the family from their home years ago, and they have lived in a school in Taiz’s Wadi al-Qadi zone ever since.

Farhan used to sell cucumbers from a small cart in front of the school, earning between 4,000 and 5,000 Yemeni riyals (roughly $2.50 to $3.20) a day.…