No. 43 . . . 2001

 

 

Contents

Articles

Borelli, Caterina

Filming "The Architecture of Mud" YU 43 (2001)  

Canova, Giovanni

Traditional Beekeeping in Eastern Yemen YU 43 (2001)

Dahlgren, Susanne

Women's Lib, the Southern Way: Reflections from the Past Decades YU 43 (2001)

Archive

Islamic Tax Law [from unclassified despatch #169 from the American Consul in Aden in 1956] YU 43 (2001)

Fiction

Richards, Thomas J.

Yemeni Dreams YU 43 (2001)

 

Yemen Reviews 

 

Aithie, Charles and Patricia

Yemen: Jewel of Arabia. London: Stacey International, 2001. Reviewed by Daniel Martin Varisco YU 43 (2001)

Borelli, Caterina

Filmmaker's Response YU 43 (2001)

Detalle, Renaud, editor,

Tensions in Arabia: The Saudi-Yemeni Fault Line. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2000. Reviewed by Sheila Carapico YU 43 (2001)

Glander, Annelies

Inheritance in Islam: Women's Inheritance in San'a (Republic of Yemen): Law, Religion, and Reality, 1998. European University Studies, Series XXVII, Asian and African Studies, 69. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 141 pp., bibliography. Reviewed by Daniel Martin Varisco YU 43 (2001)

Grant, Gillian

Middle Eastern Photographic Collections in the United Kingdom. Middle East Libraries Committee Research Guides, 1989. Reviewed by Barbara Evans YU 43 (2001)

El Guindi, Fadwa

Veil: Modesty, Privacy and Resistance. Oxford: Berg, 1999. Reviewed by Daniel Martin Varisco YU 43 (2001)

Ma Huan

Ying-yai Shen-lan, "The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores" [1433]. Translated and edited by J.V. G. Mills. Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, Extra Series No. XLII, 1970 . Reviewed by Barbara Evans YU 43 (2001)

Stager, Lawrence E., Joseph A. Greene, and Michael D. Coogan, editors.

The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond: Essays in Honor of James Sauer. Harvard Semitic Museum Publications Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant 1, 2000. Reviewed by Joy McCorriston YU 43 (2001)