Nadwa Al-Dawsari is a non-resident fellow at the Middle East Institute. She was the Yemen Country Director for the Center for Civilians in Conflict, a Senior Non-resident Fellow at the Project on Middle East Democracy, and a founding Director of Partners Yemen.  Earlier in her career, she worked as a senior program manager at the National Democratic Institute in Yemen. She has 20 years of field experience in Yemen where she worked with tribes, civil society, security actors, and non-state armed groups. She has conducted extensive research providing deeper insights into the internal dynamics of the conflict in the country.