VOMENA Dec 26, 2018: Yemeni Women & War and the Backlash against Palestine Activism on US Campuses

After 4 years of a devastating war in Yemen, this week we delve into the complexities of living with war, through the eyes of a group of Yemeni women. We will hear from them talking about their activism and what roles they took on in their communities and families since the beginning of the war in 2015 But first we discuss the pro-Israel backlash against Palestine activism on US campuses. The backlash is not a new tactic, but in recent years, lawsuits have been increasingly used to intimidate students and faculty and silence any criticism of Israel. So does this backlash look like in the Trump era and is it working? To talk about that and more, we are joined by Zoha Khalili, attorney with the organization Palestine Legal and Dr. Loubna Qoutami, a post-doctoral fellow at University of California Berkeley and a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement.