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by Fida Nasrallah
In February 1997 my colleague and I went on our first in a series of trips to Yemen to design and implement a voter education project aimed at increasing women’s participation in the 1997 Yemeni parliamentary elections.
This project was initiated and funded by the British Embassy…
by Fred Halliday
The author, who is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economies, gave this lecture to a joint meeting of the Anglo-Omani and British-Yemeni Societies on 28 October 1999.
Introduction
The choice of topic is a fascinating one, but I am sure I am not alone in…
by H K Robertson
This article was published in the British Yemeni Society's journal, 1995
The founder of the mission was Ion Keith-Falconer, the son of the Earl and Countess of Kintore of Keith Hall, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. He was born in Edinburgh in 1856 and became a student at Trinity College…
by BILL HEBER PERCY
The seed was sown when I accompanied three artists and one or two other friends toYemen in early 2000. During our visit we saw numerous examples of the work of contemporary Yemem artists. We also made contact withHalaqa,an organisation set up by Dr Jacques Veerman, with help…
by G Rex Smith
‘Unity’ and ‘democracy’, not to mention ‘inflation’, are the words on everyone’s lips in the Yemen at the present time - I am not sure in what order of frequency. The flag of the Republic is everywhere, even in Aden, Mukalla and Wadi Hadramawt, as is the portrait of the President.…
Promoting the Soqotran Archipelago,
by SUE CHRISTIE
Dr Sue Christie is an ecologist working for an environmental charity in Northern Ireland. She first visited Soqotra in January 2001, and has returned to the island twice since then to study plant ecology. She helped in the formation of ‘Friends of…
by SULAIMAN GHANEM, Yemen Embassy, London
The Republic of Yemen, now a country with a population of just under eleven and a half million and a land area, excluding the Rub' al-Khali, of 555,000 square kilometres, has witnessed many events since the heginning of this year which have deepened and…
Fulfilling the aspirations of theYemeni community in Britain
The Muath Welfare Trust (MWT) was established in 1990. A Yemeni charity based in Birmingham, its main aims are to cater for the needs of the Yemeni community in particular and the wider community in general, and to enable the community to…
by ULRIKE FREITAG
This article was published in the British Yemeni Society's journal, 1999
Dr Freitag lectures on the modern history of the Middle East at S.O.A.S. She edited (with W C. Clarence-Smith) ‘Hadhrami Traders, Scholars and Statesmen in the Indian Ocean’ (Brill, Leiden, 1997) which was…
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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
