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by The Editor
In December 1941 a sanbuq arrived at Hodeida with passengers from the Eritrean port of Massawa. One of them, known to his companions on board as Ahmad Abdullah al-Reda’i, had a painful limp from a festering bullet wound in his ankle. As he stepped ashore, no one would have recognised…
by AIDAN HARTLEY
The author, a member of the Society, is a journalist and writer resident in Kenya. His father, Brian Hartley, CMG OBE, served as Director of Agriculture, Aden 1938-1954, and was a close friend of Davey who was killed in Dhala in 1947. Aidan Hartley's forthcoming book, ‘The…
by JULIAN LUSH
This article was published in the British Yemeni Society's journal, 1998
By the late 1930s, when Europe was confronted with the probability of another war, the Middle East became an increasing focus of foreign intrigue as the European powers competed for influence in the region and…
by G. A. SHEPHERD
This article was published in the British Yemeni Society's journal, 1993
Now that the Republic of Yemen is an united country, the way in which it was divided between British and Turkish spheres of influence will be the object of curiosity to future historians. This article records…
DOUGLAS GORDON
It was a great honour for me to be asked to be co-president of the British-Yemeni Society and in that capacity to contribute some introductory remarks to the Society’s journal.
I am proud of my associations with Yemen which span many years. As a boy, I learned to play the tune "The…
A personal memory by OLIVER MILES
This article was published in the British Yemeni Society's journal, 1997
Although I was an outsider, from the Foreign Office and not from the Aden Service, I had an insider’s view of the last six months of British rule in Aden thirty years ago. This was because the…
by TONY DEYES
The author is Director of The British Council, Wales.
Strong ties between Wales and Yemen derive from the times when Welsh coal was stockpiled in Aden to provide fuel to British ships going out to the Far East. From that time the Yemeni community in Wales stands as one of the oldest…
by Adel al-Aulaqi
Dr Adel al-Aulaqi was born in Crater, Aden, and after completing his secondary education at Aden College, studied medicine at Edinburgh University. He served in the Aden Refinery Medical Division 1978–82. He later joined the staff of Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, and, following…
by The Editor
In the year of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, the following article recalls highlights of her visit to Aden in 1954. We are indebted to Dr Carol Downer for all but one of the b/w illustrations which accompany the text. These have been reproduced from the…
Some recollections by Ronald Bailey
This article was published in the British Yemeni Society's journal, 1994
In 1960, the Yemen was still a remote mediaeval kingdom and I was delighted to be appointed to be the British Representative there, especially as my old friend, Abd al Rahman Abu Talib, was…
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
