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Two New Articles on Yemen Update Online
Yemen Update Online, the online journal of AIYS has just published two articles. Check them out on the webpage. Yemen Update Online...
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Aden in 1861
Drawing of a manāra (lighthouse) in Aden. From the Facebook page of Mohammed Jarhoom.
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Ransom Yemeni Jewelry Collection
Congratulations to honorary AIYS member Marjorie Ransom, whose wonderful collection of Yemeni jewelry is now on display at Indiana...
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al-Bakīriyya Mosque over the years
Several photographs of the Bakīriyya Mosque in Ṣan‘ā' have been uploaded on the Facebook Site of Yūsuf Maḥyūb al-Ṭiyār. The Bakīriyya...
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Sanaa in 1896
One of the oldest photographs of Ṣan‘ā' from 1896, facing Bāb al-Yaman. From the Facebook Page of Yūsuf al-Tiyar.
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South Arabian Languages Today
Al Jazeera has produced a video on the South Arabian language of Shihriyya, spoken in both Oman and Yemen. Check it out here. The video...
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Kitāb al-Tījān Manuscripts
On his Facebook site, Mohammed Atboush has uploaded research on the manuscript copies of the Yemeni history Kitāb al-Tījān fī mulūk...
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Yemeni Manuscripts in Princeton
Princeton University has digitized many of its manuscripts and they are available online. The Garrett collection has 2,469 Arabic...
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Yemenite Jews in Ottoman Yemen
The historian Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman has just published a study on Jews in Ottoman Yemen in an edited volume. Below is the first page....
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Weights and Measures in Rasulid Yemen
Daniel Martin Varisco, former AIYS President, presented a paper entitled "Not Your Average Raṭl: Weights and Measures in Rasulid Yemen"...
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Jean Lambert oud videos
The French ethnomusicologist Jean Lambert has posted several videos of his oud playing on Youtube.
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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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