From Karbala to Saada, the sectarian mobilization continues in the Houthi curricula (reading in the history book for the 6th grade). Once again, the Houthi militia reaches out to school books in the areas under its control, to reshape what children learn about history, religion and politics, according to a narrative that the group adopts and presents as truth that the students must memorize and absorb. In the latest evidence of this way, the history book for the 6th grade, in its new version distributed for 2026, reveals educational material loaded with sectarian and political rulings, which begins with recalling the conflicts after the death of the Messenger, and continues with the suppression of Ali ibn Abi Talib, al-Hussein, before they came to the world, and the world. Describes as the "Quran Project" adopted by the militia, and presents the current Yemeni wars according to its narrative. This is not the first time that the issue of curriculum revision has been raised in the Houthi areas. In November 2023, the United Nations Group of Experts documented, in Appendix 85 of its report to the Security Council, amendments made by the group to textbooks that reflect its intellectual and political orientations. The team quoted the Minister of Education Shmona al-Houthi, Yahya Badr al-Din al-Houthi, who emphasized the need for a comprehensive change in the curricula, and not just limited changes. Previously, a study by the Yemeni Policy Center in 2023, which included an analysis of 57 textbooks for grades 1-9, revealed patterns of redesigning educational content in a way that enhances the image of the group and its symbols, and links religious and political identity to narratives of conflict, sacrifice and fighting. These results intersect with new evidence in the history book for 2026, although the study itself dealt with previous editions and did not examine this edition. On a direct reading of the new version, the issue seems to go beyond adding classes or deleting others; The curriculum rearranges characters and events, spreads descriptions of virtues and vices to the edges of history, and turns a number of controversial narratives into decisive rulings, before moving the student from the wars of the first centuries to the political and military conflict that his country is experiencing today. Part One: The Suppression of the Ahl al-Bayt and the Reformulation of Islamic History.

From Karbala to Saada, the sectarian mobilization continues in the Houthi curricula (reading in the history book for the 6th grade). Once again, the Houthi militia reaches out to school books in the areas under its control, to reshape what children learn about history, religion and politics, according to a narrative that the group adopts and presents as truth that the students must memorize and absorb. In the latest evidence of this way, the history book for the 6th grade, in its new version distributed for 2026, reveals educational material loaded with sectarian and political rulings, which begins with recalling the conflicts after the death of the Messenger, and continues with the suppression of Ali ibn Abi Talib, al-Hussein, before they came to the world, and the world. Describes as the "Quran Project" adopted by the militia, and presents the current Yemeni wars according to its narrative. This is not the first time that the issue of curriculum revision has been raised in the Houthi areas. In November 2023, the United Nations Group of Experts documented, in Appendix 85 of its report to the Security Council, amendments made by the group to textbooks that reflect its intellectual and political orientations. The team quoted the Minister of Education Shmona al-Houthi, Yahya Badr al-Din al-Houthi, who emphasized the need for a comprehensive change in the curricula, and not just limited changes. Previously, a study by the Yemeni Policy Center in 2023, which included an analysis of 57 textbooks for grades 1-9, revealed patterns of redesigning educational content in a way that enhances the image of the group and its symbols, and links religious and political identity to narratives of conflict, sacrifice and fighting. These results intersect with new evidence in the history book for 2026, although the study itself dealt with previous editions and did not examine this edition. On a direct reading of the new version, the issue seems to go beyond adding classes or deleting others; The curriculum rearranges characters and events, spreads descriptions of virtues and vices to the edges of history, and turns a number of controversial narratives into decisive rulings, before moving the student from the wars of the first centuries to the political and military conflict that his country is experiencing today. Part One: The Suppression of the Ahl al-Bayt and the Reformulation of Islamic History.