Though it is a front line in the battle against the Houthis, Marib city is bustling.
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There are a number of questions that should be asked about what assumptions lie behind questions asked of visibly Muslim westerners–not only in public life, but more generally in society, too.
A Yemeni scholar visited the city of Marib and found that, against all odds, people are using their resilience and ingenuity to survive the devastation of war.
Saudi Arabia has used a variety of means to neutralize domestic opposition to the war in Yemen.
Lebanon’s Mashrou‘ Leila is facing a backlash because its critics don’t like what the band stands for.
Haftar’s ability to frame coups as “wars on terror” ensures his international support, but masks a destructive manipulation of tribal dynamics.
The military has no interlocutors with which to negotiate a transition toward broader participation in national decisions.
President Beji Caid Essebsi was Tunisia’s first democratically elected president. His death could lead to the unraveling of the Nidaa Tounes party, which in recent years has suffered from in-fighting and lacked a coherent vision
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