Rawan Shaif

Rawan Shaif is an investigator and analyst specializing in documenting atrocities and human rights violations using open- and closed-source evidence. She has worked with the U.N. and other leading organizations, focusing on conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Sudan, and Iraq.

Articles by Rawan Shaif

Papers are stuck sporadically to the dark-red gate of a prison in Syria. Most papers show a photograph of a person with writing beneath them in Persian. Some posters are handwritten; others are typed.

Syria’s Paper Trail of Atrocity Must Be Preserved

Argument

December 17, 2024, 12:56 PM

Newly recruited Houthi fighters chant slogans as they ride a military vehicle during a gathering in the capital Sanaa to mobilize more fighters to battlefronts to fight pro-government forces in several Yemeni cities, on Jan. 3, 2017.

Saudi Arabia’s Self-Fulfilling Houthi Prophecy

Argument

October 2, 2019, 1:15 PM

Saleh al-Samad, the president of the Houthis’ Supreme Political Council, sits behind bulletproof glass at a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 20, 2016. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

How the UAE’s Chinese-Made Drone Is Changing the War in Yemen

Exclusive

Rawan Shaif, Jack Watling

April 27, 2018, 12:34 PM

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Saudi Arabia Is Committing War Crimes in Yemen

Dispatch

Rasha Mohamed, Rawan Shaif

March 25, 2016, 3:52 PM

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