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SUMMARY:Conflict in Yemen
DESCRIPTION:
 "Conflict in Yemen" panel featuring (among others) 
 Shireen Al-Adeimi (MSU) and Abdullah Alrebh 
 (GVSU)\n
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 	The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing 
 conflict that began in 2015 between two 
 factions: the internationally recognized Yemeni 
 government, led by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, 
 and the Houthi armed movement, along with their 
 supporters and allies. Both claim to constitute 
 the official government of Yemen. Invited 
 panelists will present their views on the 
 conflict and solutions to this problem.\n
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 	Shireen 
 Al-Adeimi is a former language arts middle 
 school teacher whose research focuses on 
 enhancing students' literacy outcomes through 
 classroom discussion. Through her research 
 and teaching, she aims to advance dialogic classroom 
 practices that improve elementary school 
 students' critical thinking and reasoning 
 skills, as well as their reading comprehension, 
 academic language and persuasive writing. 
 She is developing evidence-based pedagogical 
 tools aimed at enhancing language and literacy 
 across content areas, and is particularly 
 interested in improving literacy outcomes for 
 culturally and linguistically diverse students.\n
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 	Abdullah 
 Alrebh is an assistant professor 
 at Grand Valley State University.  He received 
 his Ph.D. in sociology from Michigan State 
 University. His research interests include 
 the Middle East, Arabic literature and Islam. 
 His major interest is Saudi Arabia and Islamic 
 mobilization in Gulf Cooperation Council 
 countries.\n
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 Price: Free\n
 Sponsor: Muslim Studies Program\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/\n
 Contact name: Muslim Studies Program\n
 Contact phone: 5178846636\n
 Contact email: muslimst@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Erickson Kiva (103)
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