Yemenis Abroad

New Book on Hadrami Diaspora

A new book on the Hadrami diaspora has just been published by Brill. Details are here.

Yemeni Music in Cairo

Check out this recent concert of Yemeni music at the Cairo Opera House on Youtube.

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...

Yemen at the Arab American Museum

The Arab American National Museum is located in Dearborn, Michigan, which has a large population of Yemeni Americans. The museum has just...

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...

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...

AIYS Fellowships for American Citizens

Each year, the American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS) holds a competition for U.S. scholars of all disciplines to apply for a...

Yemeni Mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan

Mayor Amer Ghaleb of Hamtramck, Michigan with AIYS Board Member Abdulhakem Alsadah.

Yemen at MESA 2021

There are several panels and papers on Yemen at the online MESA this year. For the entire program, go to https://mesana.org/mymesa/meetin...

Waleed Mahdi on Valentino's Ghost

AIYS Board Member will be discussing this new film on a FREE ZOOM event if you are interested. Advanced registration is required to...

Yemenis in Diaspora

The Middle East Institute will be presenting a Zoom session on Yemenis in Diaspora this Thursday. You can learn more about this and...

New Book of Yemeni American Poems

This is a new anthology of poems in English by a Yemeni American, Threa Almontaser. Check out the review on Qantara. Details on the book...