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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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...
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Heritage Preservation of the Great Mosque
Monumenta Orientalia has created a webpage devoted to the endangered architectural heritage of Yemen, with details and photographs of 60...
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A Hadrami Jambiyya
My thanks to Dr. Mohammed Gerhoum for posting this description of a Hadrami jambiyya.
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Yemeni Heritage on Facebook
There are several Facebook sites by Yemenis on the rich heritage of Yemen. Here is one by Mohammed Saleh Al Haj.
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Mosque in Khawlan
From the Facebook site of Old and Rare Photos of Yemen (صور قديمة ونادرة لليمن) which is an excellent source of old photographs on Yemen.
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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...
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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...
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Arabia Felix in 1701
The Coast of Arabia the Red Sea, and Persian Sea of Bassora Past the Straits of Hormuz to India, Gujarat and Cape Comorin This 1707 map...
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New Book on Hadrami Diaspora
A new book on the Hadrami diaspora has just been published by Brill. Details are here.
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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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More Yemeni Fellows 2021
A meeting was held on Wednesday, August 4 at the AIYS premises for the second group of researchers receiving the 2021 AIYS fellowship...
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Yemeni Fellows 2021
A meeting was held in the AIYS premises for the Yemeni researchers who received the fellowship grant of 2021. The researchers were...
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2021 Yemeni Short Film Festival
There is currently a free showing online of recent short Yemen films. The films are in Arabic with English (not always accurate)...
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Al-Saqqaf on Hadrami Architecture
Dr. Abobakr Al-Sakkaf is an assistant professor at Hadhramout University. He received his PhD in Architectural Engineering from the...
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World Heritage Day, April 18
Sanaa On World Heritage Day we celebrate the incredibly rich heritage, tangible and intangible, of Yemen through the ages and through the...
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