Waq al-waq meets CNN

For those with an interest – or possibly just want to critique me like I do to others – you can tune into CNN later this evening (say a little […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

For those with an interest - or possibly just want to critique me like I do to others - you can tune into CNN later this evening (say a little after 10 pm) to hear me talking about Yemen for a couple of minutes.

For those with an interest – or possibly just want to critique me like I do to others – you can tune into CNN later this evening (say a little after 10 pm) to hear me talking about Yemen for a couple of minutes.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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