Voices Of The Middle East And North Africa

This week, we will talk about the dire humanitarian crisis in Yemen and how one organization is trying to raise awareness about the unfolding human catastrophe in Yemen and to raise funds to help people with food and medicine. We’ll be joined by 3 founding members of Yemen Relief Project, a grassroots, a charitable organization working to provide humanitarian relief while improving the overall quality of life of Yemeni people in underserved communities. But first, we go to London to continue our conversation with Moroccan anthropologist and activist Dr. Miriyam Aouragh about the revival of anti-government protests in the northern Rif region on Morocco's Mediterranean coast. -------------------------------------------------------- Last October, protests erupted in Morocco’s Rif region after a fish vendor named Mouhcine Fikri was crushed to death by a garbage truck compactor as he tried to retrieve fish the police had taken from him, claiming it was caught illegally. The protests have continued through 2017