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Gardens of Sanaa
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Jarhoom.


1960's Film on Yemen
In the early 1960s the National Geographic Society published a film on Yemen. Parts of this film are available, in the French version,...


Khawlani Coffee and UNESCO
UNESCO has designated Khawlani Coffee in the Jazan region as intangible cultural heritage. Unfortunately, it seems that the Saudis have...


Camels in Aden
Check out the video on Youtube.


Future of Agriculture in Yemen
Association of Yemeni Academics & Professionals 33rd Event Registration استمارة تسجيل لحضور اللقاء الثالث والثلاثين يوم السبت فبراير...


Traditional Agriculture in Yemen
Check out this video of plowing on Youtube. في اريف عند بداية موسم التلام يستخدم البتول اهازيج معينة واصوات جميلة تملأ الريف


Yemeni Women's Role in Agriculture
An interesting article on the role of women, who have always made a major contribution in Yemen's agricultural tradition.


Qadi Yahya al-Ansi on Yemeni Astronomy
Qāḍī Yaḥyā al-‘Ansī (right) being interviewed The Yemeni astronomer and expert on traditional Yemeni agriculture Qāḍī al-‘Ansī was...


Harvesting Water in Yemen
From the Facebook Page of Abdullah Noaman.


New Study on Agriculture at Time of Muhammad
د/ عمر صالح سامل الفانوص بن رشيد أستاذ الحضارة والتاريخ الاسلامي الملساعد كلية اآلداب جامعة عدن ملكيات األاراضي الزراعية في العهد...


Yemen Keeps on Plowing
Yemen has been an agricultural wonder for over three thousand years and once was considered the breadbasket of Arabia, supplying grain to...


Seeds for Yemen
Juan Cole published an oped I wrote on the need to provide seeds for Yemeni farmers to grow more food under the current famine threat,...


Facebook Site on Qat
Check out the following Facebook site on qat, with plenty of humor... Canned Chinese qat; what will they think of next?


New Publication on a Yemeni Almanac
AIYS President Dan Varisco has just published an article on a late copy of Rasulid almanac lore. This can be read or downloaded on the...


Coffee in Ottoman and Safavid Lands
Yemen was the earliest part of the Middle East where coffee was grown and exported from. Here is a video narrated by Farshid Enami on the...


Roots of Agriculture in Southern Arabia
A webpage devoted to the RASA (Roots of Agriculture in Southern Arabia) has just been uploaded to the AIYS website. foreground to rear:...
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