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Dutch Scholar on Mocha
From the Facebook Page of Marina de Regt


Spate Irrigation in the Tihama
Offtake channel along Wadi Zabid TMT Training in Yemen The Water and Environment Centre, part of Sana’a University, recently initiated...


Zabid house
The coastal town of Zabīd has an incredible history of architecture, including the interior design of houses. Here is a picture of the...


Azal, Yemeni Antiquity Journal
The 2003 issue of Azal, the antiquities journal published by Yemen's General Organization of Antiquites and Museums, has just been...


1960's Film on Yemen
In the early 1960s the National Geographic Society published a film on Yemen. Parts of this film are available, in the French version,...


Banian from Mocha
The New York Public Library has a website reproducing images from its collection. Here is one of a Banian merchant in Mocha from 1787. ...


Khawlani Coffee and UNESCO
UNESCO has designated Khawlani Coffee in the Jazan region as intangible cultural heritage. Unfortunately, it seems that the Saudis have...


Heritage Preservation Grants
For Information on this new round of grant opportunities from ALIPH, the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in...


Mocha Trade in the early 19th century
As the British extended their trade through the Red Sea and Indian Ocean in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there were a number of...


Pressing Sesame Oil
From the Facebook Site معتقدات وتقاليد يمنية قديمة


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.


Nancy Um on the Mocha Coffee Trade
To register for this Zoom, go here.


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.


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...


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...


Bayt al-Faqih Mosque
From the Facebook Site of Fahad al-Anbari


Library of Dr. C. G. Brouwer
The Dutch scholar C. G. Brouwer. who has made a major contribution to our knowledge of Mocha and the Dutch experience in Yemen, has...


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)...


The Battle for Hodeidah in 1924
The recent battle for Hodeidah is not the first time it has been the target of foreign intervention. In October, 1924 the young Idrissi...
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