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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...


Manuscripts of al-Hamdānī
Click here to download the manuscripts. From the Facebook site of Mohammed Atboush


مصدر كتب عربية Source for Arabic Books
المسبار العربي للبحث هو واحد من قواعد البيانات الببليوغرافية الأكثر شمولا للثقافة العربية. يحتوي حالياً على أكثر من ١،٤ مليون تسجيلة...


Yemen Photos by Pascal and Maria Maréchaux
The French photographers Pascal and Maria Maréchaux have taken an extensive range of pictures in Yemen and produced several books. There...


The Debate over Coffee
A half century ago plus a few days, Professor Jon Mandaville, an Ottomanist who served as the first resident director of AIYS in Ṣan‘ā',...


Al-Muqaddasi on Yemen
One of the most important 10th century Arab travelers to Yemen was Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Aḥmad (d. 380/990). His most important text,...


Glaser's Trips in Arabic
The Austrian traveler Eduard Glaser visited Yemen during the second Ottoman period and wrote several articles in German. There is an AIYS...


New Azal Archaeological Journal
مجلة أزال "حولية الآثار اليمنية " _العددان الثالث والرابع الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وآله . عزيزي القارئ بين يديك عدد مزدوج...


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.


Article by Lamya Khalidi
Congratulations to Lamya Khalidi, one of the co-authors of this recent article with information on environmental change in Arabia. Lamya...


Marjorie Ransom on Silver Jewelry
For an interview with Marjorie, click here.


History of Hasan Pasha
The Ottoman governor of Yemen known as Hasan Pasha (d. 1607 CE) wrote a history of Yemen, which is available online in Latin translation...


جائزة عبد العزيز المقالح لطباعة الكتاب في التراث والثقافة اليمنية
لا يزال هناك وقت لتقديم مسودة كتاب للنظر في نشره في برنامج جائزة الكتاب AIYS. There is still time to submit a draft book for...


Al-Bakrī on Yemen
A page on Yemen from a manuscript of the 11th century CE geographer al-Bakrī. For a copy of the manuscript, click here. This important...


Yemeni Antiquity Journal Online
The back issues of the Yemeni antiquities journal Raydan, including the most recent issue, are now available online.


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...


Book on Yemen's History
حصرياً كتاب : اليمن الوطن الأم. تأليف : علي بن علي صبرة. يبرز المؤلف في الكتاب معالم التكامل القومي والحضاري لليمن عبر التاريخ، حيث تعد...


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


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...
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