MERIP updates

MERIP @ MESA 2026 –Reception, Live Podcast with Mohsen Mahdawi and Panel on Counterrevolution

November 21-22, 2026, Hilton Park Plaza, Boston, MA

James Ryan • 1 min read

Events

Human Rights and the New Regional Order in the Middle East/SWANA

November 4, 2026 @ 6PM, Roosevelt House, 47-49 E. 65th Street, New York, NY

James Ryan, Ervand Abrahamian, Heba Gowayed, Jillian Schwedler, GABRIEL YOUNG • 1 min read

Yemen

NEW: Remittances at Risk–War, Sanctions and Financial Insecurity in Yemen

Dear Friends and Comrades,  With the conflict in Yemen taking a dramatic turn this week, we are sharing a new article that examines how the sanctions regime imposed on Houthi territory has impacted households across the country. In “Remittances at Risk–War, Sanctions and Informal Finance in Yemen,” Oshin Pandey

James Ryan, Oshin Pandey, Narayani Sritharan • 1 min read

Yemen

Remittances at Risk—Sanctions, War and Informal Finance in Yemen

Yemeni migrant workers abroad send billions of dollars to Yemen every year, making remittances one of the country’s largest and most consistent sources of foreign currency. The primary corridor runs through Saudi Arabia, which accounts for an estimated 61 percent of Yemen's formally recorded remittance inflows, with

Oshin Pandey, Narayani Sritharan • 10 min read

Events

Mahmoud Khalil: No Land to Stand On

September 25, 2026 @ 7 pm, Friends Center, 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA

James Ryan • 2 min read

Art

MER 319: Art at Work–People, Power and Cultural Production

Dear Friends and Comrades, We’re thrilled to share Issue 319 of Middle East Report, “Art at Work–People, Power and Cultural Production.” Across the region today, art is being made, redefined and reimagined under extreme conditions of war, political upheaval and the interplay of state and market capital. Through

James Ryan • 3 min read