MER Article Muhammad 'Abd al-Malik al-Mutawakkil Muhammad ‘Abd al-Malik al-Mutawakkil, Yemeni political thinker, activist and university professor, was assassinated by gunmen on a motorbike on November 2, 2014 in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Iris Glosemeyer and Anna Würth, researchers of contemporary Yemen based in Berlin, were his friends from th Iris Glosemeyer, Anna Wurth • 5 min read
MER Article Local Conflict, Global Spin Clashes between the followers of a Zaydi Shi‘i religious figure and security forces left hundreds of people dead in a remote area in northern Yemen in the summer of 2004. Iris Glosemeyer • 9 min read
MER Article Letter (Spring 1999) I read the "Chart on National Elections in the Middle East" (MER 209) with keen interest, having worked for some time on the Yemeni electoral and political systems. I noticed a factual error regarding the Yemeni executive and legislative systems, which I would like you to correct. The last line of t Iris Glosemeyer • 1 min read
MER Article Winner Takes All Eight Ways to Make Elections Risk-Free 1. When drawing the lines of the constituencies, remember to integrate as many opposition supporters as possible into your own constituencies and to transfer as many of your own supporters as necessary into the opposition’s strongholds in order to maintain the Iris Glosemeyer • 1 min read
