Brewing Crisis in Yemen – 3rd November 2009?

Gulf Cultural Club
invites you to a seminar entitled

‘Not In My Back Yard’
Saudi Arabia, the GCC & the Brewing Crisis in Yemen

by

Ginny Hill*

Declining oil revenues, disappearing tourism, growing terrorism within the country and the final nail in the coffin: mass protests and conflict originating in the south and now embroiling the whole country and region into crisis and instability are only few symptoms of Yemen’s illnesses. A crisis that is largely ignored by its neighbours, the world and the media is deepening and will affect the stability of an already troubled region. Ginny Hill will shed light on the socio-economic climate in Yemen leading to this present crisis and why the world should take greater note.
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Date: Tuesday, 3rd November 2009
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place. W1H 4LP
Nearest Station: Edgware Road

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* Ginny Hill is a freelance journalist and film-maker, writing and broadcasting on the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. She has reported and produced news and current affairs from Djibouti, Gaza, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Somaliland and Yemen for the BBC, Channel 4 News, ITV and Al-Jazeera English. Her articles have appeared in Slate, Guardian Unlimited, The Economist, Open Democracy, Foreign Policy, the Independent and Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analysis. Ginny is the author of Yemen: Fear of Failure, a Chatham House briefing paper. Her work on Yemen is supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

ALL are welcome to attend. Dinner will be served. For catering purposes please register by sending an email to info@open-discussions.com or a text to 07795 660 438