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...
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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...
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New Article on South Arabic in Yemen Update Online
To download a pdf of the article, go to https://www.aiys.org/update2020-2021
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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...
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2022 AIYS Yemeni Fellowships Awarded
The Yemeni recipients of the 2022 AIYS fellowships met in Sanaa and gave presentations of their proposed research. Read about it here:
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New Book on South Arabian Antiquities
Congratulations to AIYS member Lily Filson for publication of her new book. Details here:
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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...
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Yemeni Music in Cairo
Check out this recent concert of Yemeni music at the Cairo Opera House on Youtube.
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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...
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Socotra fishing boat.
My thanks to Dr. Mohammed Jarhoum for uploading this image on his Facebook site.
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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,...
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Yemeni Books Online
The website https://wadod.net/ has a number of pdfs of books on Yemen. Click اليمن in the search box.
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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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AIYS Yemeni Fellowships 2023
يدعم المعهد الاميركي للدراسات اليمنية الباحثين اليمنيين من خلال تقديم منح صغيرة ( تصل الى 1,500 دولار اميركي) لكل بحث. من يحق له التقدم...
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Webinar on Tribes and the Future of Yemen
Click here to register. Note that the time announced is for Sanaa. This event will be conducted in Arabic.
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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...
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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...
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Frogs in Yemeni Dialects
The Facebook site of Fahd al-Anbari is an amazing resource for all aspects of Yemen's rich cultural heritage. Here is a recent post on...
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Yemen Keeps on Plowing
Yemen has been an agricultural wonder for over three thousand years and once was considered the breadbasket of Arabia, supplying grain to...
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