Yemen: The Arab Spring Revolution

2011 was a pivotal year for Yemen, and indeed the entire Middle
East. After years of wars against the insurgent Houthis in the
North, and with years of protests against President Ali Abdullah
Selah’s attempts at radical constitutional changes, the Arab Spring
which engulfed so many Muslim countries came to Yemen, too. It saw
a bottom up revolution take hold in Sanaa, quickly filtering out
across the country. It was a cry for democracy from a people fed up
with their strongman ruler’s increasingly authoritarian rule. But
would it lead to a new constitution for the Yemeni people, or
political chaos which radical groups could exploit for their own
gains? In this episode of Conflicted, the third part of our series
on Yemen, we welcome back Yemeni journalist and political activist,
Baraa Shaiban. He wasn’t just there during the Arab Spring, he
played a really significant part in leading it. He tells us his
story of leading protests in Sanaa, and all the hope he and his
fellow liberal activists had for a new dawn in their country. But
was it a dream that could ever be fulfilled? Or would the many
other complex factions in Yemeni politics have other ideas? Join
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