Hakim Almasmari

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Hakim Almasmari is a Yemeni American considered as one of the top experts on Yemen. He’s the publisher and editor in chief of Yemen Post newspaper, which he founded in 2007. Due to his close ties with most factions in Yemen, he has played a leading role as a political mediator, brokering tens of political deals in Yemen between opposing sides, including the 2009 Saudi war with Houthis. He is a university lecturer in the field of international media and also studied business and law. Over the last 20 years, his work has appeared in the front pages of some of the world's top newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Guardian, The National, USA Today among many others.[1] Almasmari was born and raised in Michigan, United States.[2] He is also considered one of the top reporters in Yemen. For over a decade, he reported for CNN[3] and a contributor as “Yemen expert” to Al Jazeera.

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  1. ^ About Us. Yemen Post. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. ^ Hakim Almasmari, Publisher and Editor in Chief of the Yemen Post. Arwa Al-Anesi, yemenpost.net, 3 November 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. ^ Security Clearance. CNN. Retrieved 3 September 2014.