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Gregory Johnsen
Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University
Gregory Johnsen, a former Fulbright Fellow in Yemen, is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Johnsen has written for a variety of publications on Yemen including, among others, Foreign Policy, The American Interest, The Independent, The Boston Globe, and The National. He is the co-founder of Waq al-Waq: Islam and Insurgency in Yemen Blog. In 2009, he was a member of the USAID's conflict assessment team for Yemen.
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Letta Tayler of Human Rights Watch has this article at Salon. My favorite part is Murad Zafir’s quote. Murad is an old friend, and if you know him, then you […]
San’a is denying that it has any intention of starting a new round of fighting with al-Huthi supporters, according to al-Jazeera. Meanwhile, al-Sahwa is reporting new clashes today.Trey weighs in […]
The new semester began here today and with it a bit of blog fatigue, so I fear postings will be greatly reduced as I come to grips with the new […]
The trusty visitor counter suggests that Waq al-waq has had several hundred new visitors to the blog yesterday. So, first: Welcome. Second for those of you looking for history of […]
I’ve never understood people – usually much more important than me – who have their research assistants draft their op-eds before they polish and print them.But still when I saw […]
Al-Sharq al-Awsat leads the way today with this article about the trial of the 16 members of al-Qaeda currently on trial in San’a. The article, following the government’s designation, labels […]
Al-Tagheer is reporting that Faysal bin Shamlan has died today in Aden the result of a chronic disease.Shamlan, as many of you know, was the JMP’s candidate for president in […]