| Arabia Incognita : Dispatches from Yemen and the Gulf Sheila Carapico is widely recognized as a leading expert on Yemen. She is the author of Civil Society in Yemen: The Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia and numerous other books. During 2010, she was Visiting Chairperson of the Department of Political Science at the American University in Cairo. The Middle East Research and Information Project is a progressive, independent non-profit based in Washington, DC. Since 1971 MERIP has provided critical analysis of the Middle East, focusing on political economy, popular struggles, and the implications of U.S. and international policy for the region. |