Adel Dashela
Academic Mentor: Sarah Knuckey, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann and Bernstein Clinical Professor of Human Rights, Columbia Law School
Research Topic: Yemeni Tribes and Post-Conflict Transitional Justice: Exploring Social Perspectives for National Reconciliation
Country: Yemen
Columbia Global Center: Amman
Adel Dashela is a passionate researcher from Yemen who obtained his master’s degree in English Literature from the English and Foreign Languages University in Hyderabad, India (2012) and his Ph.D. in English Literature from BAMU University in Aurangabad, India (2018). He was granted a Ph.D. scholarship from the Yemeni Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and, in 2015, was awarded the Indian Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund Fellowship. Dr. Dashela has worked as a lecturer at the Imam Malik Academy of Sciences and the International Relations Academy in Istanbul. He has also served as the Director of the Abaad Strategic Forum for The Yemeni Case and as a visiting researcher at the University of Turku in Finland.
Dashela’s expertise includes post-conflict transitional justice, conflict and peace studies, peace-building, regional issues, and state politics in Yemen and neighboring countries, with a particular focus on tribal mediation and dynamics in Yemen. He has participated in numerous international academic conferences across India, Türkiye, Finland, and the Netherlands. He is the author and co-author of three books in Arabic and contributed to academic research papers and analytical articles in both Arabic and English. His articles and research papers have been featured by the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies, the Sada Journal at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Alsharq Strategic Research, the Washington Center for Yemeni Studies, Mokha Center for Strategic Studies, the Orfalea Center, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His analytical Arabic articles have appeared in leading Arabic media outlets, including Arabi 21, Arabi Post, Al Jazeera, Al Masdar Online, the New Arab, and TRT Arabi, among others. Dr. Dashela frequently comments on Yemeni and regional affairs, providing political comments for international news agencies (including the Anadolu Agency) and has appeared on numerous news channels, including Al Jazeera, Al Arabi TV, Alhiwar, BBC, Belqees, Yemen Shabab, and TRT.
Dashela's research at the Global Center in Amman explores post-conflict transitional justice from a social perspective, examining the significance of justice through the lens of social components like tribes, youth, women, and marginalized groups. It also examines the role of tribes in facilitating comprehensive national reconciliation and contributing to broader transitional justice goals.
Selected Publications:
Dashela, A. (2024). Roots of Conflict and Fragmentation: A Historical Analysis of Yemen's Intermittent Wars and Political Division. Orfalea Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, Volume 15 | Issue 16. Available here.
Dashela, A. (2024). Saudi Arabia’s Eastward Turn: Shifting Relations with Yemeni Tribes, Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies, Aden, Yemen. Available here.
Dashela, A. (2022). Northern Yemeni Tribes During the Eras of Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthi Movement: A Comparative Study. Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies, Aden, Yemen, 1-18. Available here.
Dashela, A. (2022). The Present and Future of Yemen's Geopolitics Amid Local and Regional Conflict. Alsharq Strategic Research, Istanbul, Türkiye, 1-25. Available here.
Dashela, A. (2021). The Houthi Movement and Yemeni Tribes (2011-2020) (Book). The Arab Foundation for Strategic Studies, ISBN: 9786057618818, Istanbul, Türkiye. Available here.
Dashela, A. (2021). UN Special Envoys and the Crisis in Yemen (2011-2021). Washington Center for Yemeni Studies, Washington, 1-54. Available here.
Dashela, A. (2019). Local and Regional actors in Yemen Conflict. Rouya Türkiyyah, 8(2), 129-142. Available here.
Dashela, A. (2016). The Organic and the Traditional Intellectuals: A Critical Study in the Contemporary Arabic Novel. Langlit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal, 11(4), 50-57. Available here.