Noel Brehony CMG is Honorary Vice President and former Chair of the British Yemeni Society. A former diplomat, he has been working on Yemen for many years authoring Yemen Divided (I.B. Tauris, 2011) and editing Hadhramaut and its Diaspora (I.B Tauris, 2017) and co-editing with Saud al-Sarhan, Rebuilding Yemen (2015). Amat Alsoswa was Yemen’s first minister for human rights and the first female cabinet member in the country’s history. She served previously as Yemen's ambassador to Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. More recently, she has consulted with the World Bank, particularly in areas such as peacebuilding, gender equality and human rights.
Building a New Yemen is a remarkable work that should be read beyond the academic community. The edited volume contains powerful lessons for aid organizations, diplomats, and UN institutions. ... At its core, Building a New Yemen asserts that Yemen and its relations with the international community must be re-imagined for positive change to occur after the war's end. * Inside Arabia * This collection offers readers a comprehensive understanding of the conflict in Yemen, and the prospects for a post-war recovery, from some of the top scholars in the field. -- Sarah Phillips, The University of Sydney, Australia