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National unity and democracy in Yemen: a marriage of inconvenience
by Brian Whitaker
Conference paper delivered at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 25 November, 1995
WHEN NORTH and south Yemen united on 22 May 1990, they also democratised. To understand subsequent…
Row with Britain
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,15 January 1999
THE KIDNAPPING of 16 western tourists - 12 of them British - inYemen on December 28 sparked a full-scale diplomatic row between London and Sana'a.
Britain complained that it was not informed in…
Yemen's north tightens grip
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in The Guardian, 15 June 1994
PRESIDENT Ali Abdullah Saleh is already boasting of his place in military history; how his campaign to reunify Yemen will become a model studied in textbooks. Such talk may be premature but his success…
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,9 January, 2004
YEMENI AUTHORITIES have apparently gleaned valuable information from the interrogation of a senior al-Qaeda suspect who was arrested last month.
Saudi-born Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal is said to have admitted planning,…
New trial threat
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,12 March 1999
THE LONDON-BASED imam, Abu Hamza al-Masri, has issued a new threat on behalf of the Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan. It warns the British and American ambassadors to leave Yemen and says that if they stay…
Clear-out at the top
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,20 April, 2001
IN YEMEN'S biggest government clear-out for years, President Ali Abdullah Salih has replaced his prime prime minister and more than half the cabinet.
The new prime minister, 55-year-old Abd al-…
"Joint Goals" proposal
Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire plan proposed by US envoy Anthony Zinni on 26 March 2002 - full text
NOTE: This is the full text of a ceasefire plan - the "Joint Goals" proposal - put to Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on 26 March 2002 by the US special envoy, Anthony…
Islamist kidnap
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,14 September, 2001
THE apparently routine abduction of a German diplomat in Yemen has turned into one of the longest and oddest kidnappings in a kidnap-prone country.
Rainer Berns, a 55-year-old commercial attache…
New government
by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International,22 May 1998
AFTER the melodramatic disappearance and subsequent resignation of Yemen's prime minister, Faraj bin Ghanim, the most startling aspect of the new government, announced on May 16, is how little has…
Comment on theMitchell reportby the government of Israel
1. In responding to the request of the Sharm El-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee for comments on its Report dated April 30, 2001, the Government of Israel wishes to express its sincere appreciation to the distinguished members of the Committee…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
