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Title: Eric Watkins papers
Date (inclusive): 1978-2021
Collection Number: 2021C47
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
14 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes
(8.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Dr. Eric Watkins is a journalist and consultant. The Eric Watkins papers includes audio interviews, documents, publications,
email printouts, photographs, and some ephemera.
Creator:
Watkins, Eric
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2021.
[Identification of item], Eric Watkins papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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Dr. Eric Watkins worked internationally in Saudia Arabia and Yemen, and in the United States, as a journalist and consultant
since the 1980s. He covered Yemen for the Financial Times and the Associated Press from 1990 through the Yemeni Civil War
of 1994. From 1994 through 2000, he served as an advisor to the exiled Yemeni government. A main theme in his writing is the
rise of al-Qaeda and related terrorist groups from 1990 to the present.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes documents created or accumulated while working as a journalist and consultant in Saudi Arabia (1980-1988 and 2014-2015),
Cambridge University (1988-1989), Yemen (1989-1994), London (1994-2000), Cyprus (2000-2004) and the US (2004-present). The
papers contain: original interviews, on audio cassette tape, conducted by Watkins with Sudanese leaders, most notably, President
Bashir and Hasan al-Turabi, which were produced when he traveled to the Sudan as a guest of the government in 1996 and related
documents; original copies of the Yemen News Service Daily Bulletin, a daily two-page summary of the main stories in the Yemeni
press, translated into English, published by Watkins between May 1992 and May 1994, totaling approximately 700 pages; original
copies of the Middle East Economic Survey, a private newsletter that operated in Lebanon, then Cyprus, spanning 6 months from
around July 2000-January 2001; printouts of emails related to stories produced by Watkins; and writings by Watkins. Also includes
photographs and some ephemera.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Politicians
Sudan
Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government
Yemen (Republic) -- Politics and government
Sudan -- Politics and government
Newsletters
Interviews
Photographs
Audiocassettes
Watkins, Eric
Bashīr, ʻUmar Ḥasan Aḥmad, 1944-
Turābī, Ḥasan