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Sayyid Abubakr bin Shaikh Al-Kaff KBE,
by JOHN DUCKER
Fifty years ago Sayyid Abubakr bin Shaikh Al-Kaff philanthropist and peacemaker, was knighted for his public services in Hadhramaut, now a province of the Republic of Yemen. John Ducker, who served as a political officer in the region before…
by Henry de Monfreid
In 2006 we published a note about the museum which had been established in France in 1990 to celebrate de Monfreid’s remarkable life (1879-1974), not least his exploits in the Red Sea and Ethiopia during the early decades of the last century. We also published an article about…
Thanos Petouris
The author, a member of the Society, is a PhD candidate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
I have always thought that there was something providential in the way in which I, as a graduate in my mid-twenties, first came to know Yemen in 2005, through…
Shuaib Almosawa
The author won the Society's annual Essay Prize for 2009. He lives in Sana'a.
By night, newborn babies are laid down on the ground. By day, they are found by people and adopted. These abandoned Yemeni children grow up in the suburbs, or in orphanages in major cities. As a result of…
by Ameen Ali Talib
Singapore is a cosmopolitan city state made up of various races. The 1990 census shows the Chinese as the majority with around 74% of the population, the indigenous Malays with 14%, the Indians at less than 10% and the balance "others". This "others" category includes Armenians,…
Exhibition wall display framing scenes within and outside the built environment
by Salma Samar Damluji
The Museum of Architecture, a new London-based organisation, and the British Council sponsored an exhibition this summer intended to highlight architectural interpretations of the ‘home’ in the…
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
This is an abridged version of the review which appeared in Bibliotheca Orientalis LXVI No. 1-2 January-April 2009. We are indebted to the Editorial Board of Bibliotheca Orientalis and to the author for permitting its publication in the Society's Journal.
A Traveller in…
by Dr Harry K. Robertson, MBChB, DRCOG, DTM&H
Following the footsteps of Ion Keith Falconer, the former and present Bishops of Cyprus and the Gulf have worked hard to establish a modern clinic for mothers and children at the restored former garrison Church, Christchurch, at Steamer Point in…
by I. G. HARMOND
I. G. Harmond is a civil engineer with over 35 years’ experience in consultancy. He has spent the past 15 years managing a small firm specialising in environmental and water engineering projects in the developing world. The following article is based on his, lecture to the Society…
by BRIAN WHITAKER
Brian Whitaker is Managing Editor of the Guardian Newspaper. He writes regularly on Yemeni affairs and is a member of the Society.
It has been a tough year for Yemen. The economic downturn in the Far East and the slump in oil prices have both taken their toll. Whatever Yemen’s own…
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
