Hummus mit Hintergrund is back with another English episode.

Yemen is not only the state that is reported on every now and then because the war is still ongoing. In this episode Elham Manea (Twitter @ElhamManea) and Dominik talk about the Yemeni predecessor states and especially the interesting history of South Yemen, its socialist heritage and the gender relations within the first real socialist state in the MENA region.

Additionally, they address the Yemeni unification process and its implications for women’s rights and Elham Manea gives first-hand information from her ongoing research on the recent situation in Yemen. Last but not least, Elham and Dominik discuss the role of family law in the Arab nation-states.

Enjoy!

**Shownotes**

Literature:

• Dresch, P. (2002) A history of modern Yemen. Cambridge: University Press.
• Manea, E. (2011) The Arab State and Women’s Rights: The Trap of Authoritarian Governance. London: Routledge.
• Molyneux, M. (1991) ‘The Law, the State and Socialist Policies with Regard to Women; the Case of the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen 1967–1990’, in Deniz Kandiyoti (ed.) Women, Islam and the State. [Online]. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 237–271
• Orkaby, A. (2017) Beyond the Arab Cold War: The International History of the Yemen Civil War, 1962-68. Oxford Studies in International History. New York: Oxford University Press.