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Does the Qur'an contain scientific knowledge?
By Brian Whitaker
In recent years traditional arguments for a divine origin of the Qur'an have often been supplemented by claims that the Qur'an is a "scientific miracle". The basic idea is that its verses contain information, usually of a scientific…
Transgender Arabs
While there is much debate about the rights of women in the Middle East and the rights of gay and lesbian people have also begun to attract some attention, consideration of transgender rights lags far behind.
In a region where gender segregation is widespread and dress codes are…
This section is about the construction of the Yemen Gateway websiteand some of the technical issues encountered.
Diary of a website
Gateway to the Web
14 May 1998
Publish and be spammed
21 May 1998
Hit or miss?
28 May 1998
Search me
4 June 1998
Bad HTML day
11 June 1998
Flare…
Our new website
Dear Members,
The British-Yemeni Society is proud to announce the launch of its new website. As was noted by our outgoing chairman Dr Noel Brehony at this year's Annual General Meeting, the Society felt the need to update and modernise its online presence…
This is a country-by-country listing of Arab newspapers and news-related websites.
Publications in Arabic are listed on the left, those in English and other languages are on the right. The listings for Israel include both Arab and non-Arab news sources.
If you spot any errors or omissions please…
The fate of Abu al-Hassan
To execute or not? Yemeni authorities face a dilemma in deciding what to do with Abu al-Hassan, convicted killer, kidnapper and self-styled commander of the "Islamic Army"
4 August, 1999
ONE YEAR - to the day - since President Salih issued a decree introducing the death…
The verdict: guilty
CHARGE: "Membership of an armed group and possession of weapons, explosives and unauthorised international communications devices, as well as starting to commit acts of sabotage against Yemeni and foreign interests in Aden."
BUTT,Shahid
5 YEARS
HARHARA, Malik
7…
Introduction
1. The human being
2. The state
3. The economy
4. Defence and security
5. Foreign policy
This version of the Yemeni Islah Party's programme, published in English, appeared on its website in the late 1990s.
Introduction
Praise be to Allah Lord of the worlds.
Prayer and peace be on…
The presidential candidates
OF THE ORIGINAL 31 nominees, the presidential vetting committee put forward 24 names for consideration by the full parliament. Only two of these achieved the required 10% support from MPs and 20 attracted no votes at all. The two approved candidates were:
ALI ABDULLAH…
Background to the election
Yemen's first direct presidential election took place on 23 September, 1999. President Ali Abdullah Salih, who came to power in 1978, won an unsurprising victory with 96.3% of the total votes. Below is a commentary published by al-bab.com before the election.
Bizarre…
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
