This chapter delves into Yemen's extensive trading networks, social ties, and anti-colonial heritage, highlighting the maritime trade legacy of Hadramot, Hadrami families in Southeast Asia, and resistance against British colonialism in India. It also covers Yemen's role in the coffee industry, architectural achievements, strategic significance in trade routes, and the contemporary conflicts with US bombings and disruptions in the Red Sea.
Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the THIRD episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment is a comprehensive overview of the Middle Eastern Arab state system that crystalizes with the end of British and French colonial rule.
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