Houthis in the Making: Nostalgia, Populism, and the Politicization of Hashemite Descent

During the autumn of 2012 the Hashemites (sāda) of a hijra I will call Kuthra, located southwest of the capital Sanaa, gradually rephrased their identity in political terms. Over the course of one year, most of them turned into Houthi supporters, prompting an equal and opposite reaction in the Qaḥṭā...

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Main Author: Luca Nevola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa 2020-07-01
Series:Arabian Humanities
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/arabianhumanities/5917
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