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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...


The Future of Agriculture in Yemen
There is a superb video on Youtube by the Yemeni author Zayd Ali Basha on the future of agriculture and its importance for rural society...


Marjorie Ransom on Yemeni Jewelry
To register for this online event, click here.


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...


Aydarus Book in Cairo
Congratulations to Dr. Hussein Alaidarus for his book appearing at the Cairo International Book Fare. This book received the AIYS...


Astronomical Society of Yemen
If you have an interest in the traditional time-keeping of Yemen, this is a good Facebook Site to visit. The image above shows the annual...


Manuscripts of al-Hamdānī
Click here to download the manuscripts. From the Facebook site of Mohammed Atboush


Qāḍī Ismā‘īl al-Akwa‘
The picture above was taken in 1987 in Zabīd and shows (starting from the right): ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Sālimī, director of antiquities in...


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...


Yemen Photos by Pascal and Maria Maréchaux
The French photographers Pascal and Maria Maréchaux have taken an extensive range of pictures in Yemen and produced several books. There...


Flagg Miller on Yemeni Coffee
AIYS President Flagg Miller will be giving a talk on the role of coffee in Yemen on Friday, February 2 at the Santa Cruz Public Library...


The Debate over Coffee
A half century ago plus a few days, Professor Jon Mandaville, an Ottomanist who served as the first resident director of AIYS in Ṣan‘ā',...


Al-Muqaddasi on Yemen
One of the most important 10th century Arab travelers to Yemen was Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Aḥmad (d. 380/990). His most important text,...


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...


Old Photographs of Yemen
Check this out for a treasury of old photographs of Yemen. From the Facebook site of Elisabeth Wojnarski.


‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Maqāliḥ: a Film
There is a Youtube video available on the life and poetry of the Yemeni scholar ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Maqāliḥ.


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...


Yemen in Photos
Although Yemen is not that "happy" these days, this is a collection of photographs taken by IRc workers and published by the IRC. There...


Marjorie Ransom on Silver Jewelry
For an interview with Marjorie, click here.


Yemeni Books on Yafi and Poetry
From the Facebook site of د.علي صالح الخلاقي Download links of the books of Dr. Ali Saleh Alkhalaki. An integrated library with dozens...
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