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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...


Yemen's Bee-Keeping in Danger
For the full article, click here.


Dutch Scholar on Mocha
From the Facebook Page of Marina de Regt


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...


Biography of Abdulaziz Saqqaf
Dear Friends of Yemen Times, In addition to launching Yemen Times's Archives online (www.yementimes.com), a book recounting the life...


Philby in the Ḥaḍramawt
The British traveler H. St. J. Philby is best known for his writings on Saudi Arabia, but he also visited the Hadramawt in the late...


Major Resource for Yemeni History
The site Wefaq.net is a major source for the history of Yemen throughout the ages to the present. There are online studies and...


Jimmy Carter and Yemen
Here is an excerpt from a forthcoming book by Bruce Riedel. It describes the role that Carter played in the 1979 incursion of the PDRY...


Food Security in Yemen and the Ukraine War
Congratulations to Mohammad Al-Saidi of Qatar University for his article on the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security in the...


Azal, Yemeni Antiquity Journal
The 2003 issue of Azal, the antiquities journal published by Yemen's General Organization of Antiquites and Museums, has just been...


New book by Arwa Uthman
For a pdf of her new book, click here.


Banian from Mocha
The New York Public Library has a website reproducing images from its collection. Here is one of a Banian merchant in Mocha from 1787. ...


New Book on Historical Writing in Islamic Yemen
Congratulations to Dr. ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Karīm Barakāt of Ibb University for publication of his new book on historical writing in Yemen during...


New Book on Sufism
Congratulations to AIYS Board Member Alexander Knysh for co-editing this important new handbook on Sufi Studies, available from Brill.


Translation of Book by Christian Robin
Congratulations to Honorary AIYS Member Christian Robin for publication of 1400 sāl-e pādišāhī dar ʿarabestān-e piš az eslām [1400 Years...


New article on History of Slavery in Yemen
Congratulations to Magdalena Moorthy Kloss for this recent article.


Mocha Trade in the early 19th century
As the British extended their trade through the Red Sea and Indian Ocean in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there were a number of...


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...


New Issue of Raydan
The November issue of Raydan, the Yemeni journal on South Arabian archaeology and epigraphy. has recently been published. It has a...
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