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Flooding Impact in Yemen
To read this article or to download a pdf, click here.


كتاب موسوعة الألقاب اليمنية
كتاب : موسوعة الألقاب اليمنية . (7 أجزاء ) تأليف : إبراهيم المقحفي . يضم الكتاب سبعة مجلدات قيمة ومبوبة حسب الأحرف الأبجدية ويعد من أهم...


Yemenis in Dearborn, Michigan
The article can be read on the BBC website.


Al-Ashraf's 13th Century Astronomical Text
The third Rasulid sultan, al-Malik al-Ashrāf ‘Umar, wrote a major astronomical text called al-Tabṣira fī ‘ilm al-nujūm. The German...


Source for Arabic Books on Yemen
This is an important Facebook Page for downloading Arabic books on Yemen. Below is an example.


From Ma'rib to Mecca
اختار مترجما كتاب "من مأرب إلى مكة" عنوانين دالين لما ضمَّه كتابهما من دراسات، فمجيء العنوان الرئيسي بين حرفي الجر يوحي بوجود مسار تحول...


Latest issue of Azal Archaeological Journal
To download the issue, click here: From the Facebook Page of الهيئة العامة للأثار والمتاحف - الجمهورية اليمنية


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...


Library of San‘a Great Mosque
The library of the San‘a Great Mosque has a Facebook site. Check it out for illustrations of manuscripts and information on the collection.


The Scholar al-Firuzabadi
Above: Autograph of the scholar al-Fīrūzābādī. One of the major Islamic scholars of the Rasulid era in Yemen was Muḥammad b. Ya‘qūb...


Another Yemen Archive
The mega-site archive.org has a number of Yemeni books in pdf that would be hard to find through their search function. For a source of...


Tim MacIntosh-Smith in Arabic
One of the most gifted writers on Yemen is the British savant Tim MacIntosh- Smith, who lived in Yemen for decades. His most recent book,...


Finding Arabic Manuscripts
فكرة مشروع الأرشيف الرقمي للمخطوطات(اكثر من مليون مخطوط): ( هذا المشروع هو حلم اي باحث ومهتم بالتراث اليمني ونحتاج متبني وداعم لهذا...


Treasure Trove of Arabic Books on Yemen
There are a number of websites where you can find Arabic texts on just about any aspect of Yemen. One of these is مكتبة اليمن الإلكترونية...


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...


Marjorie Ransom on Youtube
The online talk by Marjorie Ransom, an honorary member of AIYS, on her book delivered on Feb. 7 about Yemeni silver jewelry is now...


Waqf in Zaydi Yemen
The masterful study of the institution of waqf in Zaydi Yemen by Eirik Hovden is available to download in open access from Brill. Based...


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...


Looting Yemeni Antiquities
The rich cultural heritage of Yemen has suffered from looting and destruction for many years, but especially during the recent crisis,...


Aydarus Book in Cairo
Congratulations to Dr. Hussein Alaidarus for his book appearing at the Cairo International Book Fare. This book received the AIYS...
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