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An Account of Sailing with the Arabs in their Dhows, in the Red Sea, round the Coasts of Arabia, and to Zanzibar and Tanganyika; Pearling in the Persian Gulf; and the Life of the Shipmasters and the Mariners of Kuwait
by Alan Villiers
Reprinted by Arabian Publishing, 2006. Pp.xl + 408 Introduction…
by Isa Blumi, Routledge (Middle East and Islamic Studies), 2010. Pp.xv 208. Maps. Preface. Abbreviations. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. $125. ISBN 978-0-415-7807
Isa Blumi is a scholar who has written on aspects of late Ottoman history but acquired a strong interest in, and knowledge of, Yemen through…
translated by Dr Yasin Mahmud Al-Khalesi and edited and introduced by Dr Noha Sadek
American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS/ Yemen: P. O. Box 2658, Sana’a), Yemen Research Series: translation of Western-language research into Arabic, Vol. 4, 2001. Pp. 365. Illus. Plans. Tables. Maps. Notes. Pb…
Riot: South Shields 1930: Britain’s First Race Riot. A Stage Play by Peter Mortimer with an Arabic translation by Abdulalem al-Shamery. Five Leaves Publications (info@fiveleaves.co.uk), 2008. ISBN 978-1-905512-49-2.
This is the script of a two-act play written by Peter Mortimer in 2005 about…
by David Gwynne-James
Blackwater Books (BwB), 2001. Pp. 288. Illus. with 92 photographs, 8 maps. Glossary, Notes, References. Bibliog. Hb. £22. 50. ISBN 0-9539206-1-5.
The title of this book belies the fact that its first two chapters (29 pages) relate to Aden. The book, well produced and…
by Jose-Marie Bel
Amyris, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1998. Pp.127. Illus. Hb. £20. ISBN 2-7068-1360-1.
This glossy, mini-coffee table publication in English and French is, perhaps, best described as a pot-pourri of literary and pictorial images of Aden. It is divided into two parts. Introducing the…
Peter Wald, translated by Sebastian Wormell
Pallas Guides, 1996. Price £16.95
The ideal guide book, it seems to me, should seek to enlighten its readers concerning places of interest, monuments and archaeology and history on one hand, and accommodation available and how to get there and how to get…
Book review: The Hadrami Awakening: Community and Identity in the Netherlands East Indies, 1900-1942
by Natalie Mobini-Kesheh
SEAP, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1999. Pp. 174. Illus. Notes. Glossary. Bibliog. Pb. £17. ISBN 0 87727 727 3.
From the late eighteenth century Hadhramis started to migrate in significant numbers to Southeast Asia, adding a new dimension to their existing diaspora…
by Denyse Woods
Penguin, Ireland, 2005. Pb. ISBN 1-844-88042-7.
Novels are not usually reviewed in these pages, but I was asked to look at this one because it was set primarily in Yemen. I was a little wary, as I do not normally read romantic fiction. However, I felt drawn into the book from the…
by Gerhard Lichtenthäler, Ashgate Publishing, 2003. Pp. 274. Plates. Maps. Diagrams. Charts. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £55. ISBN 0-7546-09081.
During the past two decades amazing changes have taken place on the far northern plateau of Yemen. Until the 1980s the region was mostly arid grazing land for…
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
