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Qat in Britain
A recent article on qat in Britain on the BBC website.


1962 Film on Yemen
This National Geographic film about Yemen in 1962 is available on Youtube. For Part One, click here . For Part Two, click here . For Part...


Sorghum (dhura) in Yafi‘
October in the Yemeni mountains is the local season known as ṣurāb , an ancient Yemeni term for the autumn harvest of sorghum ( dhura )....


Kaboos Tea and Coffee
From the Facebook Page صنعاء .. زمن الطيبين


Sorghum Harvest
Sorghum ( dhura ) was the staple cereal crop of Yemen for centuries. It can be grown at virtually any elevation, is more nutritious than...


مستقبل زراعة وتجارة البن
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته، نتطلع إلى حضوركم جميعاً لفعالية منظمة الأكاديميين والمهنيين اليمنيين ال (51) تسلسلاً AYAP....


1974 French Film on Yemen
There is a wonderful short 30-minute film in French on Yemen from 1974, half a century ago. The title is "Arts et Traditions Populaires...


الحب والبُن - علي بن علي الآنسي
My favorite song by Ali al-Anisi. . Enjoy your next cup of bunn.


Breakfast in Yemen
From the Facebook Page of Samah Dammaj.


BitterSweet: A Book on Yemeni Food
[Comments by Marta Colburn, one of the authors on this important new book on Yemen's rich tradition of foods. For information on the book...


A date with dates
ARAMCO World recently posted an article on dates by Eric Hansen from their July/August 2004 issue. His journey started in the Hadramawt....


Hadrami Dates
Here is an interesting Youtube video on dates of the Hadramawt.


Yemeni Proverb on Food
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Atbuosh.


Ta‘izz Cheese Making
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Ahmed Jarhoom


Coffee Festival in Sanaa
From the Facebook Page اخبار الزراعة في اليمن


Coffee on the Rooftops
From the Facebook Page of Fahad al-Anbari.


Flagg Miller on Yemeni Coffee
AIYS President Flagg Miller will be giving a talk on the role of coffee in Yemen on Friday, February 2 at the Santa Cruz Public Library...


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',...


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.


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...
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