The tale of a feud : domination, resistance, and agency in Highland Yemen / by Marieke Brandt

• Superior document: Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia volume 132
• VerfasserIn: Brandt, Marieke 1974-
• MitwirkendeR: Ḥaydar, Mujāhid
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Boston : Brill, 2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English; Arabic
• Series: Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia volume 132
• Classification: 15.76 - Vorderer und mittlerer Orient
• Physical Description: XVIII, 323 Seiten; Illustrationen, Karten
• Notes: Literaturverzeichnis Seite [278]-300; Enthält: Introduction -- 1. Childhood in Obscurity (1974-1981) -- 2. The Serpent with the Many Heads (1981-1987) -- 3. Burdensome Inheritances (1987-1989) -- 4. The Road to Politics (1990-1993) -- 5. The Time of Faits Accomplis (1993-94) -- 6. Those Who Loosen and Those Who Bind (2004-) -- Some Final Thoughts on Tribes, Politics, and Passions -- Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Index
• ISBN: 9789004546981
• ac_no: AC16994434
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Marieke Brandt

"This book chronicles the life and times of tribal leader Mujāhid Ḥaydar, scion of a prominent local dynasty, and his agency in highland Yemen's political conflicts from the 1970s to the early 2000s. When the political elites of the Ṣāliḥ regime murder his father and his elder brothers, he is forced to exact revenge and lead his tribe through dramatic vicissitudes that culminate in the catastrophe of the Ḥūthīwars. Mujāhid's life is a story of ongoing strife, heroism, resistance, commitment to the defence of honour, loss, and exile. His biography offers nuanced and original insights into how tribal politics in Yemen influence the domain of the state and are often intertwined with it - such that neither can be comprehended independently from the other"-- Provided by publisher