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Tribal Ties and Cooking Fires
Congratulations to Mohammed A. Atbuosh for his recent article published in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. https://onlinelibrary.wiley...


A Yemeni Pilgrimage to Mecca in 1825
In 1241/1825 Ismā‘īl Jaghmān made the pilgrimage from Ṣan‘ā', documenting every step of the way and what he saw in Mecca. The title of a...


An Australian View of Yemen in 1850
In 1850 an Australian press published a geography book with a description of Yemen at the time. Here are some of the excerpts...


Two Arabic Books on Yemen Online
The libraries of the American University of Beirut has a digital collection of books online. Two that may be of interest regarding Yemen,...


Yemeni Author wins Major Prize
AIYS congratulates Khadija for winning this major prize for her novel. Read about it here. The book can be ordered here. The House of...


Maraqten on Women in Saba
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Maraqten.


New Study on Agriculture at Time of Muhammad
د/ عمر صالح سامل الفانوص بن رشيد أستاذ الحضارة والتاريخ الاسلامي الملساعد كلية اآلداب جامعة عدن ملكيات األاراضي الزراعية في العهد...


New Book on Hadrami Diaspora
A new book on the Hadrami diaspora has just been published by Brill. Details are here.


Jāzim on Ibn al-Mujāwir
Congratulations to the Yemeni historian Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Raḥim Jāzim for publication of a new edition of the travelogue of the 13th...


Online Yemen Sources at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has placed a number of its holdings regarding Yemen online. The types of materials now online from their...


New Article on South Arabic in Yemen Update Online
To download a pdf of the article, go to https://www.aiys.org/update2020-2021


AIYS BOOK AWARD EXTENDED
The Abdulaziz al-Maqaleh Book Award for Yemeni Heritage is available for any Yemeni scholar living in Yemen. The deadline for submitting...


AIYS Fellow Published
Congratulations to Walid Al-Murisi, who received an AIYS Yemeni fellowship in 2020, on publication of his article in Plos One.


New Book on Yemen Conflict
Congratulations to Stacey Philbrick Yadav, AIYS treasurer, for publication of her new book with Hurst Publishers. Below is a brief...


New Book on South Arabian Antiquities
Congratulations to AIYS member Lily Filson for publication of her new book. Details here:


Mahoney on Pre-Islamic Burials in Yemen
AIYS Board Member Dan Mahoney has just published an article called "Medieval Reports of the Preservation and Looting of Pre-Islamic...


Zabāra's Biographical Dictionary Online
To download Nayl al-waṭar of Zabāra, go here: https://wadod.net/bookshelf/book/3149 To download his أئمة اليمن بالقرن الرابع عشر للهجرة...


Egyptian Expedition Yemeni Manuscript List
In December, 1951, an Egyptian delegation led by Fu'ād Sayyid ‘Imāra, the head of Arabic manuscripts in the Egyptian National library,...


Yemeni Books Online
The website https://wadod.net/ has a number of pdfs of books on Yemen. Click اليمن in the search box.


Thaler Memories in Yemen
Fahad al-Anbari has posted on Facebook several images of the silver Maria Theresa thaler, first minted in Austria in 1741. In Yemen, as...
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