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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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There is too much and it is too late for an actual post, but the week ahead at Waq al-waq will feature:1. Commentary on AQAP’s statement on the Huthi attacks […]
Thanks to the beauty of wireless internet (it is called WiFi, yes?) and Philadelphia, which has become one of my favorite cities over the past few months, I have a […]
The more I read this piece from the NY Times on al-Qaeda moving from Pakistan to Yemen and Somalia the less convinced I am. There seems to be a great […]
You have got to admire a journalist who does not mess around with burying a cliche, but just goes ahead and leads with it. I disagree with a handful of […]
Muhammad al-Qadhi has this article in the National, which discusses the latest clashes between al-Huthi supporters and the potential for a sixth round of all out war between the two […]
Waq al-waq wishes all of our readers the best during the month of Ramadan. (A bit late, but we won’t let that stop us.)
There is a new AQAP audiotape, The Crusader Attack on Yemen, out today from one of the group’s religious figures, ‘Adil al-‘Abab. Al-‘Abab, who also goes by the kunya Abu […]