Weekend Reading: Yemen’s Moualleds, Lebanon’s Presidency, and Iraq’s Book Market
from From the Potomac to the Euphrates and Middle East Program

Weekend Reading: Yemen’s Moualleds, Lebanon’s Presidency, and Iraq’s Book Market

Reading selections for the weekend of October 28, 2016.
Christian politician and FPM founder Michel Aoun (L) talks during a news conference next to Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri after he said he will back Aoun to become president in Beirut, Lebanon (Mohamed Azakir).
Christian politician and FPM founder Michel Aoun (L) talks during a news conference next to Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri after he said he will back Aoun to become president in Beirut, Lebanon (Mohamed Azakir).
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook
October 28, 2016 5:30 pm (EST)

Afrah Nasser reflects on the lives of Yemen’s moualleds—Yemenis who have a non-Yemeni parent—before and after the Saudi-led war.

Ali Hashem argues that former Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad al-Hariri’s decision to support the nomination of General Michel Aoun, a pro-Hezbollah politician, for the Lebanese presidency—which has been vacant for over two years—is advantageous for both Hariri and his Saudi allies.

More on:

Yemen

Lebanon

Iraq

Ahmed Thamer Jihad finds that amid the poverty of the city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, a growing book market is quickly becoming a popular cultural center.

More on:

Yemen

Lebanon

Iraq