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The Merchant Houses of Mocha: Trade & Architecture in an Indian Ocean Port by Nancy Um, University of Washington Press, 2009. Pp. xiii + 270. Notes. Illus. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £19. 99. ISBN 978-0-295-98911-2.
About two thirds of this book are largely based on published…
by Sheila Unwin
Arabian Publishing, London, 2006. Foreword by Sir Terence Clark. Illus. Glossary. Bibliog. Appendices. Index. Maps. Hb. £25. ISBN-10: 0-9544792-6-2.
This book is a treasure. Its pages conjure up a dreamlike procession of exotic places, objects and memories.
Brassbound and decorated…
An Arab community in the north-east of England during the early twentieth century
by Richard I. Lawless
University of Exeter Press. Hardback £30, paperback £15
This substantial book of nearly 300 pages, including over 30 pages of notes, is a very detailed study of a small Yemeni community of…
Edited by J. F. Healey and V. Porter, OUP, on behalf of the University of Manchester, 2002 (Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement 14). Pp. xiv + 363. Illus. Maps. Hb. £40. ISBN 0-19-851064-0.
This book is a collection of 21 articles written in honour of G. Rex Smith who retired a few years ago from…
by Shelagh Weir
British Museum Press, London, and University of Texas Press, Austin, 2007. Pp. xviii390. Notes. Glossary. Bibliog. Appendices. Tables. Maps. Illus. Hb. £26. 99. ISBN 978-0-7141-2579-4.
This is an excellent book. Much of the fieldwork which it rests on was done almost thirty years…
by Peter Hinchcliffe, John Ducker & Maria Holt
I. B. Tauris, 2006. Pp. xxiii327. Illus. Maps. Notes. Appendices. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £29. 50. ISBN 10: 1-84511-140-0.
Perhaps the most important distinction to be considered in discussing the growing literature on the end of British imperial rule…
edited by Marta Paluch, with illustrations by Amnah Al-Nassiri
British Council, Yemen, 2001. Pp. 319. Pb. £8.95. ISBN 0-86355-468-7.
This is a fascinating book. The idea is deceptively simple: women talk about their lives. The individual interviews are framed with brief sections on general…
Yemen: Jewel of Arabia by Charles and Patricia Aithie (with an introduction by Mark Marshall CMG), Stacey International, 2009. Revised paperback edition. Pp. xix 212. Maps. Illus. Bibliog. Index. Chronology. $16. 95. ISBN 978-1-905-299935.
This book was firstpublished in hardbackin 2001, with the…
by Steven Vink, Kit Publishers, Amsterdam, in co-operation with the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in the Netherlands and the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Sana’a, 2003. Pp. 128. 100 b/w photographs. Text in English and Arabic. Select bibliog. Hb. £22. ISBN 90-6832-193-5.
After the great Snouck…
Revised and expanded edition by Cliff Lord and David Birtles, Helion & Company Ltd, 2011. Pp. xiv + 124. Numerous b/w and colour illustrations. Appendices. Maps .Glossary. Index. Bibliog. Pb. £30. ISBN 978-1-906033-96-5.
The A5 hardback edition was first published in 2000 and reviewed by Peter…
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
