Hyderabad, Jan. 21 -- Ayesha Begum, a Hyderabadi married to a Yemeni citizen and a mother of four, has been waiting for over seven months for a new passport, delaying her reunion with her family.

Ayesha married Yemeni national Mohammed Abdul Rahman Mohammed Ahmed on May 31, 1998. She moved to the Middle-Eastern country on an Indian passport, valid till October 22, 2014.

Following the 2014 outbreak of the Yemen civil war between Houthis and Yemeni government led by then-president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and subsequent worsening humanitarian crises, Indian nationals were asked to evacuate. Ayesha was among those who left. Like many others, she was issued a temporary passport by the Indian Embassy in Riyadh on January 15, 2025.

She returned...