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by Michael Gifford
The author served as British Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen from July 2004 until June 2007. This is a slightly abridged version of an article published in ‘The Architects’ Journal’ in February this year.
One of the first things I noticed in the office on taking up my post as…
by COLIN RICHARDSON
Squadron-Leader Richardson served with the RAF in Aden and Oman in the late 1950s. After retiring from the RAF in 1973 he returned to Oman to serve as a ground attack pilot with the Sultan’s Air Force. Later, he was stationed for many years on Masirah, and is the author of ‘…
by Benedict Wilkinson
Benedict Wilkinson is in the final stages of his PhD at King’s College London, where he is writing about the strategies of violent Islamist groups in Egypt, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. He was previously Head of Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Royal United Services Institute…
(Abtesem, anta fi al-Yaman)
by Warda Eissadi
The author won first prize in the Society's essay competition for 2010. This year she is due to commence a degree course in Arabic at SOAS, University of London.
The time had come, and the moment I had been so eagerly waiting for had finally arrived.
I…
Patrick W. R. Petrie (1903–1986)
Over a period of nearly eight decades, the Keith-Falconer Medical Mission in Sheikh Othman, Aden, touched the lives of tens of thousands of people in South West Arabia.
The Mission was founded in 1886 by a thirty year old Scot from Aberdeen, Ion Keith-Falconer, a…
by MERILYN HYWEL-JONES
This article was published in the British Yemeni Society's journal, 1998
Mrs Hywel-Jones lived in Aden in the mid- 1960s and has made several visits to Yemen during the past few years. She is a Council member of the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (BA CSA),…
by JOHN HEWITT
After military service in India during the Second World War, Major J. S. Hewitt MBE joined the regional headquarters in Cairo of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit. He paid his first visit to Yemen in 1947, and made a further journey there overland from Jedda in 1950. He was later…
by BRIAN WHITAKER
Brian Whitaker is Middle East Editor of the Guardian newspaper. He writes regularly on Yemeni affairs and is a member of the Society.
For the last twelve months Yemen has mostly remained outside the international spotlight – which might be considered a blessing. There have been no…
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Kamaran airport and its famous noticeboard
The Commissioner's Office
Kamaran mosque built during the Turkish occupation
Islanders pumping water by hand
July 2002
by John Shipman
This article was published in the British Yemeni Society's journal, 2000
On the morning of 30 May 1867 a young German businessman, Heinrich Ruete, arrived in Aden by sea from Zanzibar. That same morning in Christ Church, Steamer Point, he married Saline bint Sa’id who had been…
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
