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Jeannie Sowers

Jeannie Sowers is an associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire.

MER Article

The Saudi Coalition’s Food War on Yemen

Millions of Yemenis face starvation as a result of the war. In August 2018, more than 51 civilians were killed, at least 40 of them young children, when a bomb hit a school bus. Yet as devastating as these strikes have been, more deadly to the Yemeni people overall are the coalition strikes targetin

Jeannie Sowers • 11 min read

MER Article

Imperiled Academics in Turkey

Dilsa Deniz, an anthropologist of the Alevi-Kurdish religion, was fired from her position as an assistant professor at Nişantaşı University in Istanbul after she signed the Academics for Peace petition issued in Turkey on January 10, 2016. More than 1,000 scholars signed the petition to protest the

Jeannie Sowers • 6 min read

The Journey to Tahrir

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The Journey to Tahrir

Revolution, Protest and Social Change in Egypt

Jeannie Sowers, Christopher Toensing • 1 min read

Current Analysis

Damietta Mobilizes for Its Environment

In 2008, Egypt’s Mediterranean port city of Damietta saw escalating protest against EAgrium, a Canadian consortium building a large fertilizer complex in Ra’s al-Barr. Ra’s al-Barr sits at the end of an estuary, where the Damietta branch of the Nile River joins the Mediterranean. It is a prime desti

Sharif Elmusa, Jeannie Sowers • 16 min read