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by ABDULLAH AL-UDHARI
Waddah al-Yaman, whose real name was Abdul Rahman b. Isma’il al-Khawlani, was born in Yemen in the second half of the seventh century. His father died when he was a little boy and, after the prescribed period of mourning, his mother remarried. Waddah grew up in his stepfather’…
by MUHAMMAD AL-MASYABI
The author is a Committee member of the Society. Until recently he was Director of the Mu’adh Welfare Trust in Birmingham, a charity catering for the educational and social needs of the local Yemeni community.
I was shocked by the events which occurred in Yemen last December…
by JOHN SHIPMAN
This article was published in the British Yemeni Society's journal, 1999
Between 1929-1933 Lieut-Colonel the Hon. M.T. Boscawen made three visits to Hadhramaut (then part of Britain’s Aden Protectorate) from his home near Tanga, East Africa. In 1934 he visited Soqotra and in 1935…
ABOVE: Windows in the upper floor of a house in Sana'a. There are decorative grilles above, with coloured glass set in gypsum, and below the openings have timber shutters, with glazed windows behind. Gypsum plaster is used externally to give extra protection against the weather…
Chris Arnot
The following article by Chris Arnot appeared in ‘The Guardian’on 22 November 2008. It is reprinted here by kind permission of Guardian News & Media Ltd.
Taher Ali Qassim was seven or eight when responsibility for the family farm in the Yemeni village of Karaba landed on his slim…
by JACK JACKSON
In the 18 years I have been taking groups to Yemen, I have seen many changes. In the early days permission was required to go anywhere outside of Sanaa. Asphalt roads were rare and modern hotels non existent. On the plus side Marib was littered with inscriptions and carvings that…
by JANE DIAMOND
Jane Diamond is Marie Stopes International’s Programme Manager for Yemen.
The new Marie Stopes International (MSI) programme in Yemen began in June 1998.There is no doubt that it has a huge task ahead. Apart from tackling the problems of delivering reproductive and sexual health…
A dozen parties and 1,557 independents competed in Yemen’s second set of multiparty elections on 27 April. President Ali Abdullah’s party, the General People’s Congress won a comfortable victory with 187 of the 301 seats (64 more than in 1993). Its main rival, Islah (an alliance of tribal and…
by Thanos Petouris
The author, a Committee member of the Society, is a PhD candidate at the Department of Politics, SOAS, University of London. He spent his fieldwork year (2009–2010) in Yemen, and partly Egypt, interviewing former activists in the Anti-Colonial Movement in South Arabia and…
by LOUISE TICKLE
The following article – about a group of retired Yemeni steelworkers in Sheffield enjoying the opportunity to learn English in their old age – was published in ‘Guardian Education’ on 20 April 2004. It is reproduced in this Journal by kind permission of ‘Guardian News Services’.…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
