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Yemen Review section
July 15, 2024
08:28 MIN
Quarterly: April-June 2024
Hadil al-Mowafak on the Power of Satire and Comedy in Yemen’s Politics and Conflict
By Lara Uhlenhaut, and Hadil al-Mowafak
Hadil al-Mowafak is a non-resident fellow with the Sana’a Center, focused on peacebuilding, human rights, and environmental security. Following the outbreak of war in Yemen, Al-Mowafak joined Mwatana for Human Rights as a researcher, investigating war crimes and human rights violations. In 2016, she moved to the United States, where she graduated with a degree in Political Science from Stanford University. Over the years, Hadil has dedicated her career to activism and human rights, working as a researcher with organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Responsible Source Network, and the Yemeni Policy Center. Her unique use of comedic satire and witty sketches exposing the antics of Yemen’s warring parties have gained traction on social media amongst Yemeni and international audiences…
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Analysis
March 16, 2021
22:07 MIN
‘Businessmen are not prohibited from engaging in politics’ – A Q&A with Ahmad al-Essi
Officially, Ahmad al-Essi is a businessman who dabbles in politics – he’s the chairman of the Alessi Group as well as the deputy head of Yemen’s presidential office. Unofficially, Al-Essi may be the most powerful Yemeni alive. Certainly, he’s one of the richest. Twice, once in 2015 and again in 2016, he provided a financial lifeline to President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi – the first time just after Hadi fled Sana’a for Aden, the second after Hadi fired Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and, incensed, the Saudis had cut off Hadi credit. Al-Essi and Hadi had been close for years, dating back to the early 1990s when Hadi was Minister of Defense. Al-Essi also leveraged his close relationship with the president…
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