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Abdullah Al-Mojahid: Genius Painter and Master of Caricature
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mojahid is one of the most influential cartoonists and creative painters in Yemen. Al-Mojahid distinguished himself...


Yemeni Art of Hashim Ali
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Jarhoom.


Breakfast in Sanaa
from the Facebook site of Aisha Jumaan


A Yemeni Spider
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Jarhoom.


Aden from above
Posted to the Facebook site of "Friends of Yemen."


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...


Online Yemen Sources at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has placed a number of its holdings regarding Yemen online. The types of materials now online from their...


Socotra Scenes
A Facebook site with photographs of Socotra.


New Book on South Arabian Antiquities
Congratulations to AIYS member Lily Filson for publication of her new book. Details here:


Socotra fishing boat.
My thanks to Dr. Mohammed Jarhoum for uploading this image on his Facebook site.


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...


Honey in Yemen
Al Jazeera has an article on the impact of the war on honey production in Yemen. There are several photos of hives and honey. Click here...


Destruction of al-Jawf's Heritage
الهيئة العامة للأثار والمتاحف - الجمهورية اليمنية · مدن الجوف .. مستباحة كانت زيارة تفقدية اختلطت فيها مشاعر الدهشة بالأسف ، دهشة من...


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...


The Great Mosque of Sanaa
This is a new publication on the Great Mosque of Ṣan‘ā'. It was published by the Instituto Veneto per i beni culturali.


Al-Mahfali on Abdulrahman Al-Gabri
From the Facebook site of Mohammed Almahfali


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...


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...


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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