by Abubakr Al-Shamahi | Mar 5, 2014 | Majalla Blogs
UN Security Council Resolution 2140 is being billed both as the helping hand that Yemen’s democratic transition needs and as further evidence of international interference in Yemen’s internal affairs. The resolution, passed on February 26, sets up a three-person...
by Abubakr Al-Shamahi | Feb 5, 2014 | Majalla Blogs
If reports are to be believed, the United Yemeni Republic will be the new name of the Republic of Yemen when the country becomes a federal state, as it is expected to in the near future. Federalism is now touted by the international community and by the Yemeni...
by Abubakr Al-Shamahi | Oct 6, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
“The [people’s] dreams quickly turned into a dark nightmare…as elements of the rule of a single family appeared…it reminded them of the backward ruling family that they defeated…51 years ago.” With that, Yemen’s President Hadi launched into a...
by Abubakr Al-Shamahi | Aug 6, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
Yemen is in the international spotlight again, and that can only mean one thing—bad news. This time it’s terror related, with the news that the United States, and several other Western countries, have closed their embassies in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. The word is...
by Abubakr Al-Shamahi | Jul 10, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
Scanning through the recent articles published on Yemen by the international media, we find the usual topics: terrorism, political instability, kidnappings and poverty. By itself, this is not so bad. It would be naïve to expect otherwise: “If it bleeds, it leads” is a...
