The student department of the Yemeni Reform Gathering (al-Islah) in the capital secretariat held a student seminar titled “The Role of the Student Movement in Confronting the Imamate and the Lineage-Based Approach.” The seminar examined the effects of intellectual and educational targeting on national identity. It also looked at ways to strengthen student awareness and to entrench the values of equal citizenship. The first paper was presented by the director general of the office, whose remarks were not fully reported in the available text.