Fernando Carvajal is a Yemen specialist currently based in Los Angeles, CA. He has conducted field research in Yemen since the summer of 2000, including extended stays in Aden and Sanaa since January 2011. He is completing his PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter (UK).
Since President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi resigned on January 22, 2015, the future of Yemen’s political transition has been increasingly uncertain. Hadi’s...
On Sunday, September 21, militias aligned with Zaydi-Shia Houthi rebels over-ran Yemen’s capital. Having advanced into Sana’a from the northwest, the...