In this episode, we turn our attention to the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen, the country experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. The episode traces the history of religiopolitical conflict from the Jewish and Christian Yemenites to the modern-day conflict between the Houthis and the Hadi government. It walks through the Ottoman annexation of Yemen and the Yemeni civil wars of the 20th Century, ultimately unpacking the events that led to the current state of famine and war.

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