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Sanaa Airport, 1973
From the Facebook site Old and Rare Photos of Yemen.


The Ṣan‘ā' book of Serjeant and Lewcock
One of the best books ever published about Yemen in English is the masterful set of articles on the city of Ṣan‘ā', edited by R. B....


Zigzagging Yemen in 1911
In 1911 a book was published by an American missionary who traveled across Arabia and had visited Yemen as early as 1890 when the British...


Ransom Yemeni Jewelry Collection
Congratulations to honorary AIYS member Marjorie Ransom, whose wonderful collection of Yemeni jewelry is now on display at Indiana...


al-Bakīriyya Mosque over the years
Several photographs of the Bakīriyya Mosque in Ṣan‘ā' have been uploaded on the Facebook Site of Yūsuf Maḥyūb al-Ṭiyār. The Bakīriyya...


Sanaa in 1896
One of the oldest photographs of Ṣan‘ā' from 1896, facing Bāb al-Yaman. From the Facebook Page of Yūsuf al-Tiyar.


Picturing Sanaa from the Ottoman Era
From the Facebook Page of Yusuf al-Tiyar.


Source for Books on Zaydi Islam
The website alzaidiya has a major collection of books on the Zaydis, Yemen in general, tribes and a variety of texts on Islam and the...


Sanaa: more than a century apart
From the Facebook Site of Yusuf al-Tiyar.


Jean Lambert oud videos
The French ethnomusicologist Jean Lambert has posted several videos of his oud playing on Youtube.


What Zubayri Street looked like in 1927
From the Facebook site of عصام سنحوب


Yemen Update Online 2023
Yemen Update Online 2023 is now available and will be updated throughout the year with new articles. If you would like to submit an...


Gardens of Sanaa
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Jarhoom.


Cats in Sanaa
It seems that Sanaa has been taken over by cats... From the Facebook Page of Khalid al-Ansi


Yemen in 1962
This is an excerpt on Youtube of a British film made right after the revolution toppled Imam Badr. You will note the British arrogance in...


Heritage Preservation of the Great Mosque
Monumenta Orientalia has created a webpage devoted to the endangered architectural heritage of Yemen, with details and photographs of 60...


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,...


New book by Arwa Uthman
For a pdf of her new book, click here.


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