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by Samuel Liebhaber, The American Institute for Yemeni Studies, 2011. Mahri and Arabic texts. Pp. ix+ 187. Bibliog. ISBN-10: 1-882-557-16-6; ISBN 13: 978-1-8825-57166-5)
The appearance of this book marks an important new development for the pre-literate Modern South Arabian languages (MSA) of…
by Gordon Waterfield
Reprinted by Stacey International, 2002, with an envoi by Stephen Day CMG. Pp. xiii + 300. Illus. Maps. Notes. Index. Hb. £22. 50. ISBN 1-900988-4 10.
Aden, the Biblical Eden, fabled Incense Kingdom entrepot and flourishing Roman Emporium in the reign of Constantine had reached…
by Salma Samar Damluji
Laurence King Publishing Ltd, London, 2007. Pp. 304. Foreword by Abdullah Ahmad Sa’id Bugshan. 700 colour images and architectural drawings. Glossary. Notes. Index. Hb. £40. ISBN 978-1-85669-514-5.
Samar Damluji is an Iraqi-born specialist in the Islamic and vernacular…
Salma Samar Damluji
Garnet Publishing
Dr. Samar Damluji’s second book is of a different nature to her other work, A Yemen Reality. It is a scholarly book concentrating on the architecture and town planning of two towns in the Hadhramawt, Shibam and Tarim. It looks at the very ancient origins of the…
by Qais Ghanem, Baico Publishing Inc., Ottawa (email:baico@bellnet.ca), 2011. Pp.ii+ 253. Pb. $15. ISBN 978-1-92694512- 5.
This is Dr Ghanem’s first novel, but perhaps should be read chronologically after his second bookTwo Boys from Aden College, which is also reviewed below. Both books have an…
From the Land of Sheba: Yemeni Folk Tales retold by Carolyn Han with Kamal Ali al-Hegri. Interlink Books (Northampton, Mass 01060), 2005. Pp. l04. Introduction. Glossary. Pb. £13. 95. ISBN 1-56656-571-5.
In spite of the title, the stories presented in this book are not intrinsically Yemeni nor,…
by Richard Boggs, Stacey International, 2009. Pp. 172. 100 colour photographs. Map. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £16.95. ISBN: 978-1-905-299959.
'You come from a land where apples grow. What brings you to a land where all we have is a bit of bread and fish?' Richard Boggs is asked by an old lady at the…
by Patricia Aithie
Seren, 2005. Pp.206. Map. Illus. Pb. £9.99. ISBN 1-85411-398-400-X.
What have Cardiff and Aden and/or South Wales and the Yemen in common? The answers will be found in Patricia Aithie’s The Burning Ashes of Time, literary companion volume to Charles and Patricia Aithie’s superb…
An Architectural and Historical Overview of a Seventeenth Century Mosque in Duran, Yemen
by Bruce Paluck and Rayya Saqqar
The American Institute for Yemeni Studies and Le Centre Francais d’Archeologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sana’a, 2002. Pp. 29. Drawings. Photographs. Notes. Bibliog. ISBN 1-882…
Hadhrami Arabs Across the Indian Ocean: contributions to Southeast Asian economy and society by Syed Farid Alatas (ed.), National Library Board, 100 Victoria Street, Singapore, 2010. (Email: ref@nlb. gov. sg). Pp. 96. Foreword. Introduction. References. Illus. Notes. Index. Pb. ISBN 978-981-08-4695…
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
