Shortly following the internationally-funded uncontested election in Yemen, a high-ranking western diplomat berated me for not voting. When I asked him, "would people in your country be happy with a one-person election?" He responded: "people in ..
Atiaf Z. Alwazir
Atiaf Zaid Alwazir, currently a research fellow at The Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) working on the role of Yemen`s independent youth movement in the National Dialogue Conference, is based in Sana’a, Yemen. Her career has focused on nonprofit work dedicated to promoting social justice. Since the beginning of the Yemeni revolution in January 2011, Ms. Alwazir was documenting and analyzing the situation as a citizen journalist/blogger in her blog and contributing to media outlets. Her work has been published in Arab Reform Initiative, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), Al-Akhbar and Foreign Policy. She is also a member of the Support Yemen video advocacy campaign to promote grassroots involvement and reforms in Yemen.