- 23 Jul 2015
No Laughing Matter: Cartoonists Illustrate the Yemeni Debacle
Abstract
Yemen is in the throes of a multi-faceted civil conflict complicated by the intervention of a Saudi-led air campaign. This talk uses political cartoons by Yemeni artists to offer some insights into the dilemmas, debates, and consequences of domestic turmoil and foreign involvement.
About the Speakers
Political Science & International Studies
University of Richmond
Sheila Carapico is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Richmond. Carapico is the author of Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and numerous articles and book chapters on Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula, and the region. A contributing editor to Middle East Report, she has also written essays for several publications about the Egyptian and Yemeni revolutions of 2011. Her most recent book is Political Aid and Arab Activism: Democracy Promotion, Justice and Representation (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
