ArticlesFrom the Potomac to the EuphratesWeekend ReadingShareYemenWeekend ReadingBy experts and staffPublishedApril 22, 2011 3:00 a.m.Steven A. CookCFR ExpertEni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa StudiesShareA woman weaves a carpet at a factory in Mashad, east of Tehran (Caren Firouz/Courtesy Reuters)