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South Arabian Archeology
The new edition of al-Fayṣal Magazine has an article by Husayn al-Aydarus on South Arabia, as well as a number of articles on the...


Hadramawt Book Fair
From the Facebook site of Mohammed Jarhoom.


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...


The Ṣan‘ā' book of Serjeant and Lewcock
One of the best books ever published about Yemen in English is the masterful set of articles on the city of Ṣan‘ā', edited by R. B....


Zigzagging Yemen in 1911
In 1911 a book was published by an American missionary who traveled across Arabia and had visited Yemen as early as 1890 when the British...


Yemeni Football
For this Qantara article, click here.


What is Zaydi fiqh?
Check out this new blog post from Leiden University.


Two New Articles on Yemen Update Online
Yemen Update Online, the online journal of AIYS has just published two articles. Check them out on the webpage. Yemen Update Online...


New MA Thesis on Pre-Islamic Yemen
From the Facebook Page of Salah al-Husaini.


Ransom Yemeni Jewelry Collection
Congratulations to honorary AIYS member Marjorie Ransom, whose wonderful collection of Yemeni jewelry is now on display at Indiana...


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


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...


Yemenite Jews in Ottoman Yemen
The historian Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman has just published a study on Jews in Ottoman Yemen in an edited volume. Below is the first page....


Weights and Measures in Rasulid Yemen
Daniel Martin Varisco, former AIYS President, presented a paper entitled "Not Your Average Raṭl: Weights and Measures in Rasulid Yemen"...


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...


Kawkaban and Imam Sharaf al-Din
This article is currently available for open access at the website.


New Book in Yemen Anthropology
To order in the U.S., click here.


Yemeni Coffee
For the English version, click here.


Ancient Qataban
A new article on the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Qataban has been published. It is available for download here.
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