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Honey in Yemen
Al Jazeera has an article on the impact of the war on honey production in Yemen. There are several photos of hives and honey. Click here...


New Article on Yemen Update Online
Plowing in al-Ahjur, 1978. Photography by Daniel Martin Varisco A new article has been published on Yemen Update Online for 2022. This is...


Socotra in 2018
Over the years National Geographic has featured several articles on Yemen. You can read an article by Charles Moser from over a century...


Bringing al-Hamdānī to Life
The Yemeni literary scholar Muqbil al-Tam al-Ahmadi is to be congratulated for his work reviving the work and legacy of the famous Yemeni...


The Great Mosque of Sanaa
This is a new publication on the Great Mosque of Ṣan‘ā'. It was published by the Instituto Veneto per i beni culturali.


Abdulaziz al-Maqaleh Book Award 2022
In 2022 two AIYS Book Awards in honor of Abdulaziz al-Maqaleh have been chosen. PDFs of each book will be available outside Yemen for a...


Eduard Glaser in Arḥab
In 1993 AIYS published an English translation of an article by the Austrian explorer Eduard Glaser in 1884. This is an important personal...


Prehistory of Arabia
For a pdf of the Table of Contents, click here.


New Publication on Yemeni Manuscripts
To order this book, go to https://www.gorgiaspress.com/yemeni-manuscript-cultures-in-peril.


Dan Mahoney on al-Khazraji
Congratulations to AIYS Board Member Dan Mahoney for publishing an article on the role of obituaries in Rasulid Yemen. Dan was also...


Al-Khazraji Biographical Text Online
The Rasulid historian Al-Khazraji's Biographical text is online at https://www.zaidiah.com/sites/default/files/articles_files/ilovepdf_me...


Marjorie Ransom on Yemeni Jewelry
A talk by Marjorie Ransom, who has written a remarkable book on Yemeni Silver Jewelry, is available on Youtube. My thanks to Mohammad...


New article on Hadrami Sufi
Click here to read the article.


Website of Hussain Alamree
One of the best sources on the history and culture of southern Yemen, especially Aden and Yafi‘ is that of Hussain al-Amree. A person can...


Yemen Documents Online
There are many online resources archiving documents and powerpoints. One of these is called Dokumen. If you type in "Yemen" to the...


Ibb's Grand Mosque
Mohamed Saleh Al-Haj and AIYS member Lily Filson have published the article "Ibb's Grand Mosque: Heritage at Risk in Yemen's Hinterland...


The Work of Nicholas Rhodokanakis
Mohamed Maraqten and Gertraud Sturm have recently published a volume devoted to the work of Nicholas Rhodokanakis, who worked on the...


PDFs on Yemen at archive.com
There is a treasure trove of pdf documents about Yemen online at https://archive.org/search.php?query=%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86&sin=...


Kenneth Cline on Yemen
Kenneth Cline has written a book about his experiences in Yemen. For the next four days it is available free as an e-book on Amazon. Here...


New Articles in Yemen Update
Check out Yemen Update Online 2022 for two new articles and enjoy the ones previously posted. The new article in Arabic is on the...
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