2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4967.2011.00499.x
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Yemen: A Social Intifada In a Republic of Sheikhs

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“…Interestingly, the Yemeni protest also started in a place named Tahrir Square. Sana'a's version dates from the establishment of the Egyptian-backed Yemen Arab Republic following defeat of Royalist forces in the Yemeni Civil War of the early 1960s (Fattah, 2011). It is located in the central part of the capital surrounded by such national modernist monuments as the Military Museum and the National Museum.…”
Section: Streets and Squares: The Spaces Of Protestmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Interestingly, the Yemeni protest also started in a place named Tahrir Square. Sana'a's version dates from the establishment of the Egyptian-backed Yemen Arab Republic following defeat of Royalist forces in the Yemeni Civil War of the early 1960s (Fattah, 2011). It is located in the central part of the capital surrounded by such national modernist monuments as the Military Museum and the National Museum.…”
Section: Streets and Squares: The Spaces Of Protestmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[communal] elites is instantly reflected inside the military, which mirrors tribal coalitions and elite struggle, not state power." 63 On the one hand is the regular army, consisting primarily of tribesmen from the Hashid tribal confederation and under the control of its leader, Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar. Also important is the army's first armored division, whose commander, Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, controlled over half of the military and was among the most powerful men in Yemen during President Saleh's rule.…”
Section: Yemen: Partial-communal Coup-proofing and A Security Apparatmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Esto no solo significó el triunfo, sino que dio lugar a la consolidación del proceso de unificación a través de medios violentos, una anexión que tendría efectos negativos en el mediano plazo. Hasta el año 1994 el proceso de construcción de Estado estuvo enfocado en la pacificación de la élite estatal, es decir, la resolución del conflicto intraélite y la neutralización de fuerzas políticas contrarias al Estado con capacidad política y militar (Fattah, 2011). La otra dimensión en la que se concentró la elite estatal del norte fue el mantenimiento de las fronteras territoriales del Estado que se vio amenazado durante la guerra civil.…”
Section: Fortalecimiento Del Estadounclassified