Welcome to the Yemen Policy Center's first English language digest of our popular Arabic Kaleidoscope podcast. This digest series provides additional context and analysis to the Arabic podcast. Listen to the discussion and share your thoughts with us via social media, or contact us via our website. 

Following a discussion with Ziad Al-Qahm, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Maqa, Mohamed Al-Iriani and Shaima Bin Othman, YPC Research Fellows, provide a critique of prominent Yemeni writer Wajdi Al-Ahdal's story 'Saghira's Laws'. The story imagines a different way of seeking out and securing constructive leadership in Yemen - in this case through the selection of a woman called Saghira. Conversations about leadership were a potent part of discussions in the period surrounding Yemen's National Dialogue Conference. 

As Yemen's conflict continues, we want to bring a new impetus to discussions about peace. With our new project, Kaleidoscope, we will provide a new source for inspiration for peace making ideas. We want to bring thinkers and experts together to combine perspectives and explore new angles. We want to work across disciplines, combine fiction with research, and inspire everyone to think beyond boundaries. 

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