Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi on the War on Yemen: Background, Current Humanitarian Crisis and Possibilities
Channel: peaceedcenter
Date: 2021-03-20

For the last six years, Saudi Arabia and its allies with American military assistance have conducted an inconclusive proxy war in Yemen that, according to the United Nations, has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, especially for children. President Biden has now withdrawn U.S. military assistance to Saudi Arabia, but this is not enough. We need to mobilize support from our senators and representatives to push our President to help end the war and to support humanitarian aid for the Yemeni people.

The Peace Education Center of Greater Lansing has invited Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi to give us a talk via Zoom on this topic.

Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi is an expert on the war and humanitarian crisis in her country of birth, Yemen, and has been advocating for an end to US involvement there since 2015. She writes for In These Times and has been featured on NBC, NPR/PRI, The New York Times, Aljazeera, The Nation, Current Affairs, and others. She is also an assistant professor of language and literacy at Michigan State University, where her research focuses on dialogic talk and student outcomes.

The talk was cosponsored by:
* Edgewood United Church Justice & Peace Team
* Friends Committee on National Legislation - Lansing Area Advocacy Team
* Greater Lansing Network Against War & Injustice
* Greater Lansing United Nations Association 
* Islamic Center of East Lansing   
* MSU Students United for Palestinian Rights

Host Contact: peaceedcenter@gmail.com