Levi Marhabi

Levi Marhabi
ليفي مرحابي
Born
Levi Salem Musa Marhabi

c. 1987 (age approx. 39)
Kitaf wa Al Boqe'e District, North Yemen
Other namesLibi Marhabi, Libby Salem Marhaby

Levi Salem Musa Marhabi (Arabic: ليفي سالم موسى مرحبي, born c. 1987) is a Yemenite Orthodox Jew and reportedly the last Jew living in Yemen. He was imprisoned by Houthi militants in 2016 for allegedly assisting in smuggling a Torah scroll out of the country. Held in a prison in Sanaa, Marhabi has received harsh treatment from his detainers, with an emergence of reports of torture and deteriorating health conditions. In 2019, a Yemeni court ordered his release; however, the Houthis continued to detain him. As of September 2024, per the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, he is in solitary confinement and in poor health.

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