Weekend Reading: Yemen’s Moualleds, Lebanon’s Presidency, and Iraq’s Book Market
![Christian politician and FPM founder Michel Aoun (L) talks during a news conference next to Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri after he said he will back Aoun to become president in Beirut, Lebanon (Mohamed Azakir).](http://cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/slide_3_2/public/image/2016/10/WR10202016.webp)
Afrah Nasser reflects on the lives of Yemen’s moualleds—Yemenis who have a non-Yemeni parent—before and after the Saudi-led war.
Ali Hashem argues that former Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad al-Hariri’s decision to support the nomination of General Michel Aoun, a pro-Hezbollah politician, for the Lebanese presidency—which has been vacant for over two years—is advantageous for both Hariri and his Saudi allies.
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Ahmed Thamer Jihad finds that amid the poverty of the city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, a growing book market is quickly becoming a popular cultural center.
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