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Dangers Build in Arabia's Most Volatile Corner

By Graeme WoodNov 11th 2009 – 10:41AM

SANA'A (Nov. 11) - To enforce government rules that keep foreigners from seeing just how close Yemen is to tearing apart at the seams, everyone in this ancient Arabian nation uses a particular hand gesture: Put your open right hand in the crook of your left elbow, then lift the open left hand forty-five degrees from...

Background on Zaydi

Zaidiyya, or Zaidism (Arabic: الزيدية az-zaydiyya, adjective form Zaidi or Zaydi) is a Shi'a Muslim school of thought named after Zayd ibn ʻAlī, the grandson of Husayn ibn ʻAlī.

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