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by JAMES TAYLOR
This is an abridged version of the illustrated talk given to the Society by the author on 14 May. James Taylor served as an engineer in the Indian Army before independence, and later in East Africa and the Arabian Gulf His interest in dhows was aroused during a voyage by troopship…
by CHRISTOPHER WARD
Christopher Ward, who is Principal Operations Officer for the Middle East and North Africa in the Rural Development, Water and Environment Department of the World Bank. This article was originally published in the British Yemeni Soceity's journal, July 2001.
Introduction
Since…
Quentin Morton
Tony Altounyan's journey into Mahra country is one of the lesser-known episodes of Arabian exploration. Perhaps the fact that he travelled on behalf of an oil company has had something to do with this since the purpose of his journey, to pave the way for a possible oil survey, was…
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.
The last 12 months in Yemen have been dominated, once again, by aspects of the American-led ‘war against terrorism’. As a country that lies off the…
At the outbreak of the First World War, Ottoman Turkey controlled the whole length of the eastern shore of the Red Sea from ‘Aqaba to Shaikh Sa’id at the extreme tip of South Western Arabia, except for territory in ‘Asir controlled by the tribal supporters of Sayyid Muhammad al-Idrisi. Al-Idrisi…
In the summer of 2004 Alan D’Arcy spotted a notice on the internet advertising for sale some old photographs relating to Aden and the Aden Protectorate but otherwise unidentified. He downloaded the images in the hope that sooner or later a member of the Society might be able to throw light on them…
Stephen Gracie
Stephen Gracie, who lives in Australia, has been a member of the Society for several years. He has assembled an extensive collection of Yemeni ‘janbiya’ daggers and has sent us photographs of just a small portion of his collection which we reproduce here. In a letter to the Hon.…
by ALAN D'ARCY
This was held at the Centre for Arab Gulf Studies, University of Exeter, on 1-4 April, 1998. The last such conference (on the two Yemens) was held at Exeter in 1983 and was attended by a number of those who participated in this year’s gathering, including Judge Najib Shamiri, Dr…
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…
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
