Tribes and Politics in Yemen tells the story of the Houthi Conflict in Sa\'dah Province, Yemen, as seen through the eyes of the local tribes.
It offers a detailed account of the local complexities of the Houthi Conflict and its historical background and underscores the absolute imperative of understanding the highly local, personal, and non-ideological nature of internal Conflict in Yemen..
This book is based on years of anthropological fieldwork expertise both on the ground and through digital anthropological approaches.
From the civil war to the Houthi Conflict these transformations involve the same individuals, families and groups, and are driven by the same struggles over resources, prerogatives, and power.
Its origins must be sought in the political, economic, social and sectarian transformations since the 1960s civil war and their repercussions on the local society, which is dominated by tribal norms.
Yet, as experienced by locals, the Houthi Conflict is much more deeply rooted in the recent History of Sa\'dah Province.
In the West the Houthi conflict, which erupted in 2004, is often defined through the lenses of either the Iranian-Saudi proxy war or the Sunni-Shia divide.
Tribes and Politics in Yemen tells the story of the Houthi Conflict in Sa\'dah Province, Yemen, as seen through the eyes of the local tribes
