Sa’dah in Arabic

I know we have a number of readers in Yemen, which ranks just behind the UK and the US in readership, and soundly trounces Norway in fourth place, and so […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

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I know we have a number of readers in Yemen, which ranks just behind the UK and the US in readership, and soundly trounces Norway in fourth place, and so I thought I would link to the Arabic translation of the ICG’s recent report on Sa’dah, which just came out.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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