From Damascus to Sanaa in 1936
In 1936 a Syrian agricultural engineer named Aḥmad Waṣfī Zakariyā visited Yemen at the invitation of Imam Yaḥyā. He stayed in Yemen for...
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Lecture on Early Zaydis
On Tuesday, 27 February, Christian Sahner (Oxford University) will discuss his current book project on rebellion, conversion, and state...
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Waqf in Zaydi Yemen
The masterful study of the institution of waqf in Zaydi Yemen by Eirik Hovden is available to download in open access from Brill. Based...
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Maraqten Lecture on Ma'rib
One of the most important archaeologists of ancient South Arabia is Mohammed Maraqten. You can hear this lecture in Arabic on the Mahram...
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Looting Yemeni Antiquities
The rich cultural heritage of Yemen has suffered from looting and destruction for many years, but especially during the recent crisis,...
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Smithsonian Zoom on Yemeni Antiquities
On Saturday, January 27, there will be a special event at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. on Yemeni objects that will be...
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Aydarus Book in Cairo
Congratulations to Dr. Hussein Alaidarus for his book appearing at the Cairo International Book Fare. This book received the AIYS...
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Manuscripts of al-Hamdānī
Click here to download the manuscripts. From the Facebook site of Mohammed Atboush
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Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam & Society announces a series of lectures on the heritage and history of Yemen...
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The Battle of Zamamit
This historic photograph is of a reconnaissance balloon used by the British against the Ottomans (1915-1918). From the Facebook Site Old...
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Glaser's Trips in Arabic
The Austrian traveler Eduard Glaser visited Yemen during the second Ottoman period and wrote several articles in German. There is an AIYS...
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New Azal Archaeological Journal
مجلة أزال "حولية الآثار اليمنية " _العددان الثالث والرابع الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وآله . عزيزي القارئ بين يديك عدد مزدوج...
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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.
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Article by Lamya Khalidi
Congratulations to Lamya Khalidi, one of the co-authors of this recent article with information on environmental change in Arabia. Lamya...
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History of Hasan Pasha
The Ottoman governor of Yemen known as Hasan Pasha (d. 1607 CE) wrote a history of Yemen, which is available online in Latin translation...
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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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Al-Bakrī on Yemen
A page on Yemen from a manuscript of the 11th century CE geographer al-Bakrī. For a copy of the manuscript, click here. This important...
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Yemeni Antiquity Journal Online
The back issues of the Yemeni antiquities journal Raydan, including the most recent issue, are now available online.
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Source for Arabic Manuscripts
The Bibliotheca Arabica's Manuscript Data Lab publishes an online database of Arabic manuscripts, based in Leipzig. It has a number of...
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