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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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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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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Socotra in 2018
Over the years National Geographic has featured several articles on Yemen. You can read an article by Charles Moser from over a century...
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Passing of ‘Abd al-Salam al-Wajih
نعت رابطة علماء اليمن، أمينها العام عبد السلام الوجيه. الذي توفي اليوم الثلاثاء، بعد صراع مع المرض. كان للحصار المفروض على البلاد منذ...
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Flagg Miller with Yafi'i Community in NYC
On Saturday, June 25, AIYS Secretary Flagg Miller spoke to the Yafi'i community in NYC. Flagg conducted research in a Yafi'i community in...
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Eduard Glaser in Arḥab
In 1993 AIYS published an English translation of an article by the Austrian explorer Eduard Glaser in 1884. This is an important personal...
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Dan Mahoney on al-Khazraji
Congratulations to AIYS Board Member Dan Mahoney for publishing an article on the role of obituaries in Rasulid Yemen. Dan was also...
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Marjorie Ransom on Yemeni Jewelry
A talk by Marjorie Ransom, who has written a remarkable book on Yemeni Silver Jewelry, is available on Youtube. My thanks to Mohammad...
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Talk by Brinkley Messick
Anthropologist Brinkley Messick will present the following Zoom talk: Sharīʿa Genres and their Writers in Imamic Yemen أجناس من الشريعة...
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Website of Hussain Alamree
One of the best sources on the history and culture of southern Yemen, especially Aden and Yafi‘ is that of Hussain al-Amree. A person can...
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The Work of Nicholas Rhodokanakis
Mohamed Maraqten and Gertraud Sturm have recently published a volume devoted to the work of Nicholas Rhodokanakis, who worked on the...
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Sanaa Merchants a Century Ago
An amazing photo from a Facebook Site devoted to old photographs of Yemen.
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Kenneth Cline on Yemen
Kenneth Cline has written a book about his experiences in Yemen. For the next four days it is available free as an e-book on Amazon. Here...
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The Kidnapping of a Rasulid Sultan
My article on the kidnapped in Mecca during the mid-14th century of the Rasulid sultan al-Malik al-Mujāhid ‘Alī has been published in...
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Yemeni Americans: A Panel Discussion
At the annual MESA meeting in December, 2021, AIYS Board Member Waleed Mahdi organized a panel entitled Challenges and Possibilities of...
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From Citizen to Migrant
AIYS Board Member Nathalie Peutz has recently published an online article on Yemeni minorities and refugees in the past decade. Check it...
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