Hisham Aidi gave a fascinating interview on NPR about his recent book, Rebel Music. You can listen to the interview here.
Hisham Aidi gave a fascinating interview on NPR about his recent book, Rebel Music. You can listen to the interview here.
President Hadi, who is currently governing from Aden
Yemen’s legitimacy crisis is not new but is critical
By: Sama’a al-Hamdani, al-Araby al-Jadid, 3 March, 2015
On February 21, Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi, escaped the Houthi-mandated house arrest and successfully fled to the southern city of Aden. A few hours later, al-Jazeera television broadcast a statement by the then resigned president. At the end of the statement, Hadi signed his name, “Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi, President of the Republic of Yemenâ€. It strongly suggested he had withdrawn his resignation.
So Yemen is now left arguably with two former presidents (Hadi and Ali Abdullah Saleh), a hugely powerful rebel militia leader (Abdulmalik al-Houthi), several secessionist movements (a couple of Southern Hiraks, a Marib Hirak and a Tihaman Hirak), UN-backed transitional committees, and two transitional agreements (The Gulf-Cooperation Council (GCC) transitional deal of 2011 and The Peace and Partnership Agreement of 2014).
In this confusion what, or rather, who, has legitimacy? Continue reading Yemen’s legitimacy crisis
A painting that says it all by Sulafa Hijazi on Arab Women Artists.