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Major Conference on Ancient Arabia
This will be a major three-day conference, December 12-14, 2024, with several papers in French and English on ancient Yemen. For details,...


British Fighting in Radfan, 1964
There is a Youtube video of a BBC documentary on the fighting of British soldiers in the area of Radfan in the Aden Protectorate in...


1885 Photograph of Adeni
From the Facebook Page روائع التراث


The Struggle in Aden
There is a short video on Youtube of scenes from the early efforts to liberate South Yemen from British control. Several members of the...


Traveling Light in Yemen
[Note: the following list of items for light camping in Arabia is provided by G. Wyman Bury for the early part of the 20th century.] CAMP...


Old Maps of Yemen
There is a site on the internet with images of old maps, including a number of Yemen. Check it out here.


Navigating the Indian Ocean Workshop
This workshop is taking place online via Zoom, on the afternoons of Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 June 2024. Click here to see the poster...


Ottoman Fleet at Aden
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Jarhoom.


The Battle of Zamamit
This historic photograph is of a reconnaissance balloon used by the British against the Ottomans (1915-1918). From the Facebook Site Old...


Old Photographs of Yemen
Check this out for a treasury of old photographs of Yemen. From the Facebook site of Elisabeth Wojnarski.


Little Ben Clock in Aden
From the Facebook Site of Hussain Alamree


كتاب حاضرة الرعارع
A recent book on one of the major towns in Lahj.


Sumaiya Hamdani on the Sulayhids
A lecture by AIYS member Sumaiya Hamdani.


The Alamree Photo Archive
The photo archive of Hussain Alamree is a national treasure for all Yemenis. Check out this article on Alamree and his archive of...


Biography of Shaykh Mujahid Haydar
Congratulations to Marieke Brandt, who has just published a fascinating biography of Shaykh Mujahid Haydar of the Sufyan tribe. Her work...


Yemen in the 1930s
To see the photographs, click here.


Swinging in Yemen...
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Jarhoom.


Rasulid Astronomical Manuscript Online
Muḥammad b. Aḥmad Abū al-‘Uqūl was a court astronomer for al-Malik al-Mu'ayyad Dāwūd and flourished around 1300 CE. His masterful set of...


Shāfi‘ī School in Yemen
كتاب : المذهب الشافعي في اليمن من القرن الرابع إلى السابع الهجري. تأليف : جمال عبد الحبيب الكلدي اليافعي. اهتمت الدراسة التي بين أيدينا...


Customs around Aden
This book can be downloaded here.
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