Online Resources for Yemeni Studies
The expanding knowledge base in cyberspace offers many opportunities for research on Yemen. The following are a few online sources to highlight research and important resources for anyone interested in Yemen, from the past to the present.
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Featured Site
Archaeology
• American Foundation for the Study of Man
http://www.afsm.org/review/about.asp
• The Dhamar Archaeological Survey Project
https://ualr.edu/anthropology/archaeology/yemen/
https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/investigations-yemen
• Unearthing Arabia: The Archaeological Adventures of Wendell Phillips
https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/unearthing-arabia-the-archaeological-adventures-of-wendell-phillips/
Architecture
• 'Buildings that Fill my Eye': Architectural Heritage of Yemen
https://www.gingko.org.uk/projects/architectural-heritage-yemen/
Art
• Invisible but alive: How the art scene is surviving in Yemen
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/yemen-art-scene
• How Yemen-Based Romooz Foundation Is Working To Promote Art And Culture In The Midst Of War
Dance
• Anthropology of Dance (N. Adra)
http://www.najwaadra.net/dance.html
Food and Drink
• قدَح القهوة.. من يد الولي إلى العالم
History (South Arabia)
• Digital Archive for the Study of pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions
History (Islamic era)
• Rasulid Yemen Resources
http://ahjur.org/rasulid/rasulidmain.html
Islam
• Zaydiyya (Wilferd Madelung)
https://iis.ac.uk/encyclopaedia-articles/zaydiyya
Jewelry
• Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba
https://www.ransomsilverspeaks.com/
• Walters Art Museum
https://art.thewalters.org/search/?q=yemen
Literature
• 6 Authors Who Are Part of Yemen’s Literary History and Literary Resurgence
Manuscripts
• The Digital Bab al-Yemen, Freie Universität Berlin
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/ARGY7C9Q
• The Zaydi Manuscript Tradition
https://www.ias.edu/digital-scholarship/zaydi_manuscript_tradition
Music
• Traditional Music in the Yemen (A. D. Bakewell)
https://al-bab.com/traditional-music-yemen
Photographs
• #اليمن_غالي.. هاشتاق يتصدر
• Peggy Crawford: Photographs of Yemen
https://archnet.org/collections/882
• Yemen: Photos from Sana'a by Karim Ben Khelifa
https://www.thedailybeast.com/yemen-photos-from-sanaa-by-karim-ben-khelifa
Poetry
• ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Maqāliḥ
http://www.adab.com/modules.php?name=Sh3er&doWhat=lsq&shid=359&start=0
• ‘Abd Allāh al-Baraddunī
http://www.adab.com/modules.php?name=Sh3er&doWhat=lsq&shid=402&start=0
• Mahri Poetry Archive
http://www.nereview.com/2013/03/11/mahri-poetry-archive/
Proverbs
• أمثال يمانية: أقوال علي بن زايد والشاعر والاديب: عبدالله البردوني
http://www.the-yemen.com/vb/t8622.html
Society
• Tribes in Modern Yemen: An Anthology
https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/tribes-modern-yemen-an-anthology
Socotra
• Socotra Folk Literature Project
South Arabian Languages
• Ancient South Arabian on Mnamon
• Digital Archive for the Study of pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions
Yemeni Americans
• VOICES FROM THE HEARTLAND: YOUNG YEMENI AMERICANS SPEAK
Basic Background Information
• al-Bab.com on Yemen
https://al-bab.com/country/yemen
• CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ym.html
Blogs
• AIYS Yemen Webdate Blog
https://www.aiys.org/news
• Bryan Whitaker
https://al-bab.com/blog/archive/yemen
• Doctors without Borders blogs
https://blogs.msf.org/blogs/countries/yemen
• MENA Tidningen
• Tabsir on Yemen
Development Organizations
• CARPO, Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/YEM
• SAVE THE CHILDREN
https://www.savethechildren.org/us/what-we-do/where-we-work/greater-middle-east-eurasia/yemen
• UNICEF
• USAID
• World Bank in Yemen
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/yemen
Heritage
• Aden Heritage Center (Facebook)
https://www.facebook.com/AdenHeritageCenter
• Arabia Felix Center for Studies
https://arabiafelixstudies.com/
• Cultural Heritage Yemen
https://www.facebook.com/groups/culturalheritageYemen
• Yemen Archive
• مركز التراث والبحوث اليمني
• UNESCO World Heritage: Yemen
https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ye
Yemen Cultural Institute for Heritage and the Arts
Institutions/Associations/Centers
• American Association of Yemeni Students and Professionals
https://aaysp.org
• CAORC, Council of American Overseas Research Centers
• CEFAS, Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales
• Chatham House
• Deutsch-Jemenitische Gesellschaft e.V.
• Friends of Socotra
http://www.friendsofsoqotra.org/
• Österreichisch-Jemenitische Gesellschaft
• Stowarzyszenie Społeczno-Kulturalne Jemeńczyków w Polsce
Journals (online)
• Arabian Humanities
https://journals.openedition.org/cy/
• الاكليل (al-Iklīl)
https://www.mediafire.com/?in4p3zddclx9j
• al-Madaniyya Magazine
Twitter (X) Accounts
• Laurent Bonnefoy
https://twitter.com/LaurentBonnefoy
• Gregory D. Johnson
https://twitter.com/gregorydjohnsen
• Elisabeth Kendall
https://twitter.com/Dr_E_Kendall
• Farea al-Muslimi
https://twitter.com/almuslimi
• Peter Salisbury
https://twitter.com/peterjsalisbury
