Diwan podcast

in Part One of this two part podcast, I summarize principles of Zaydiyya and discuss the history of the rise of Bayt al-Houthi, the conflict with the State and lead-up to the civil war that sparked in March 2015. This segment presents an in-depth conversation with Dr. Omar Mujalli, from al-Abadeen, Sa'dah (former director of Health Services in Sa'adha and former Dpty. Minister of Health) and Dr. Ali Ahmed al-Dailami (former director of MoFA Diplomatic Institute in Sana'a and former Ambassador to Lebanon). 

Part TWO will present a conversation with Dr. Najib Ghanem (Sana'a- Minister of Parliament for al-Islah party) and Mr. Nazeeh al-Emad (GOP legal advisor). 

As Yemenis from all political factions react to findings published by the UNSC 2140 Panel of Experts on Yemen, we discuss details of investigations published in the Finance section, such as accusations of corruption within CBY and the controversy over HSA Group. We also look at the methodology and investigation published in the IHL section this year. We are joined by our friend Khaled al-Yamani (former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former ambassador to the UN), Mustapha Noman (former Dpty. Foreign Minister, former ambassador to Bahrain, Canada, India and Spain) and Mohammed al-Shuwaiter (lawyer and IHL expert) 

A conversation with Mr. Munir Saeed on 10yrs since the uprising in Yemen and current affairs. We are also joined by Nasser Arrabyee, a Sana'a-based journalist, to discuss the situation amid further escalation on all war fronts. 

on this special episode of Diwan we are joined by Alkhadher Sulaiman (STC representative in New York), Munir al-Mawri (independent analyst, Detroit), Dr. Abu Bakr al-Qirbi (former Minister of Foreign Affairs under Ali Abdullah Saleh and Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi), Khaled al-Yamani (former Ambassador to the UN and former Minister of Foreign Affairs under president Hadi) and Dr. Nabeel Khoury (former US Deputy Chief of Mission in Sana'a, Nonresident Senior Fellow at The Atlantic Council). We discuss the appointment of a Special Envoy, Tim Lenderking, to the Yemen Conflict by president Biden this past Thursday. Our guests help us navigate expectations and complications that may arise, while Dr. Khoury helps us understand the inner-workings of US diplomacy and the challenges that lie ahead. 

We received a copy of the 2021 report by the UNSC Panel of Experts on Yemen to be made public by the UN soon. Ali Mahmoud and Fernando Carvajal go through each section highlighting aspects of ongoing investigations including: corruption and money-laundering by GoY officials, the role of Mercy Flights between Muscat, Oman and Sana'a, Yemen, weapons smuggling from Iran to Houthi elements, IHL violations and the role of various actors enflaming the conflict. 

interviews Mr. Khaled al-Yamani, former Yemen Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United Nations, and with Mr. Labib Nasher, a Yemeni activist who speaks to us from New York about his experience in 2011 during the Youth-led revolution, his detention in Sana'a by Houthi authorities in 2015 and current politics.