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Source for Arabic Manuscripts
The Bibliotheca Arabica's Manuscript Data Lab publishes an online database of Arabic manuscripts, based in Leipzig. It has a number of...


Letters of the "Himyarites"
Letters have always held a symbolic and a magical value in past Yemeni texts, especially for attempts to understand the earlier musnad...


Taking Layla Alawi for a ride...
There is a fascinating article on terms applied as nicknames to cars and weapons in Yemen published on the online site Raṣīf. When the...


Yemeni Books on Yafi and Poetry
From the Facebook site of د.علي صالح الخلاقي Download links of the books of Dr. Ali Saleh Alkhalaki. An integrated library with dozens...


More Arabic Books on Yemen
There are many Arabic and Western books available on Yemen in the website archive.org. Here is a collection of 68 texts.


Berlin manuscript on Yemeni history
This manuscript is in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and is available for download here: It discusses the pre-Islamic history of Yemen.


تاج العروس لالزبيدي
To access an online version of this classic lexicon, click here. Below is an article on its importance. من مجلة العربي، #٦٠ ، ١٩٦٣


Book by the Yemeni Poet al-Baradduni
One of the major Yemeni poets of the last generation was ‘Abd Allāh al-Baraddūnī. Many of his books are available online, and here is one...


Customs around Aden
This book can be downloaded here.


Yemeni Tafsir Texts
كتاب : التفسير في اليمن . " عرض ودراسة " تأليف : د. علي بن حسان. ازدهرت المكتبة الإسلامية بعدد من العلماء والمؤلفات في مجال التفسير ،...


Resource for Zaydi Books and More
There is an amazing resource online with pdfs of books on Zaydi Islam, but also other books related to Yemen including the geographical...


Rasulid diplomatic letters
Historian Frédéric Bauden, Professor of Arabic Language and Islamic Studies at Liège University and a noted scholar of the Mamluk author...


South Arabian Languages Today
Al Jazeera has produced a video on the South Arabian language of Shihriyya, spoken in both Oman and Yemen. Check it out here. The video...


Kitāb al-Tījān Manuscripts
On his Facebook site, Mohammed Atboush has uploaded research on the manuscript copies of the Yemeni history Kitāb al-Tījān fī mulūk...


Yemeni Manuscripts in Princeton
Princeton University has digitized many of its manuscripts and they are available online. The Garrett collection has 2,469 Arabic...


Source for Books on Zaydi Islam
The website alzaidiya has a major collection of books on the Zaydis, Yemen in general, tribes and a variety of texts on Islam and the...


Flagg Miller's Ethnography in Arabic
AIYS President Flagg Miller published his ethnography, The Moral Resonance of Arab Media: Audiocassette Poetry and Culture in Yemen, in...


Yemeni Poetry Webinar
يعقد اللقاء عبر منصة زووم ويمكنكم التسجيل من خلال الرابط التالي: https://forms.gle/8JhAcf3MWYHuUP557 التسجيل المسبق مطلوب لمن لم يتم...


Yemen Update Online 2023
Yemen Update Online 2023 is now available and will be updated throughout the year with new articles. If you would like to submit an...


Biographies of Yemeni Historians
The website Wefaq is a major source for the history of Yemen. Of special value are the biographies posted of numerous historians of...
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