الامطار الشديدة والسيول العظيمة في اليمن
Recent heavy and continuous rainfall has caused major flooding, eroding terraces and destroying houses. Above short video is an example...
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A date with dates
ARAMCO World recently posted an article on dates by Eric Hansen from their July/August 2004 issue. His journey started in the Hadramawt....
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Film on the Young YAR
There is a 13 minute video posted on Youtube from British Movietone and taken during the early days of the revolution that created the...
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Yemen's Agricultural Terraces
There is an environmental documentary film about Yemeni agriculture, produced by Tony Milroy of Arid Lands and Sustainable Communities...
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دراسات في تاريخ اليمن الاسلامي
In 2002 AIYS published a book of excerpts from Western scholars on the history of Islamic Yemen translated into Arabic. The translator...
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Dostal Volume
This publication of essays is well worth reading and it can be downloaded as a pdf here: https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/.../9783700176039_gesa...
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Water Management in Yemen Talk
On Monday, May 20, 2024, at 16:00 (Central European Time), the fifth lecture in the Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series will take place...
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مستقبل الثقافة الشعبية في اليمن
الأخوات والإخوة الكرام، السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته، تدعوكم منظمة الأكاديميين والمهنيين اليمنيين لحضور فعاليتها السابعة...
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Flooding and Yemeni Agriculture
To download the pdf in English click here. تحميل الورقة كاملة كملف PDF Executive Summary Yemen's agricultural communities face a perfect...
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From Damascus to Sanaa in 1936
In 1936 a Syrian agricultural engineer named Aḥmad Waṣfī Zakariyā visited Yemen at the invitation of Imam Yaḥyā. He stayed in Yemen for...
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The Future of Agriculture in Yemen
There is a superb video on Youtube by the Yemeni author Zayd Ali Basha on the future of agriculture and its importance for rural society...
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A cow bath
Bathing a cow in a pond in order to treat a specific disease in the Rayma region of Yemen. The photograph captures the cow in flight......
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Astronomical Society of Yemen
If you have an interest in the traditional time-keeping of Yemen, this is a good Facebook Site to visit. The image above shows the annual...
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Saqīf near Kawkabān
This saqīf (shelter) is on the mountain plateau near Kawkabān. The picture was taken by Jabar al-Ja‘farī and posted on the Facebook site...
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Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam & Society announces a series of lectures on the heritage and history of Yemen...
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Flagg Miller on Yemeni Coffee
AIYS President Flagg Miller will be giving a talk on the role of coffee in Yemen on Friday, February 2 at the Santa Cruz Public Library...
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Agriculture in First Millennium CE Yemen
AIYS Board member Dan Varisco has just published an article on agriculture in Yemen during the first millennium CE.
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