Victoria Clark, former correspondent and Moscow bureau chief for the Observer, discusses Yemen. The poorest state in the Arab world, it’s still dominated by its tribal makeup and, due to its instability, has become a perfect breeding ground for insurgent and terrorist movements. In Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes, she untangles Yemen’s history and examines the country’s role in both al-Qaeda and the wider jihadist movement today.
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Comments [3]
I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Yemen From 83 to 85 constructing drinking water projects in the rural countryside, it is sad to here that very little has changed since i have left beyond the reunification.
What can the international community do to alleviate the poverty?
Shibam in Yemen is referred as “Manhattan of the Desert".
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