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by Noel Brehony, I.B. Tauris, 2011. Pp. xxii 257. Preface. Maps. Chronology. Abbreviations. Illus. Notes. Select Bibliog. Index. Hb. £25. ISBN 978-184885-635-6.
South Yemen, as a distinctive political entity separate from the remainder of Yemen in modern times, lasted roughly for one and a quarter…
by Penelope Tuson, I. B. Tauris, 2003. Pp. xx + 266. Illus. Map. Bibliog. Index. Notes. Hb. £25. ISBN 1-86064-933-5.
Compared to the mass of material published over the last quarter of the century on British women in the Indian subcontinent, there has been very little on such women in the Middle…
Robin Bidwell
Garnet Publishing
It is a great sadness that Robin Bidwell did not live to see his book reprinted in paperback, the BYS has lost an old friend and valued member who will be much missed.
The book, first published in 1976, is a chronology of European travellers in Arabia from the…
Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes by Victoria Clark. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2010. Pp. x + 311. Notes. Illus. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £14. 99. ISBN 978-0-300-11701-1.
Victoria Clark is a freelance journalist and former Observer correspondent in Moscow. She is linked to Yemen by…
by Mikhail Rodionov
This English version of the original Russian text (Moscow, 1994) is published by the Orientwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Martin Luther Universitat, Halle-Wittenberg, 2007. Pp. 307. Append. 97 b/w illus. Index. Bibliog. Glossary. Eur. 17.50. ISSN 1617-2469.
Professor Mikhail…
Ulrike Freitag and William Clarence-Smith (Eds)
Pp. x + 392. Notes. Glossary. Maps. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £60.
The origins of this book lie in an international gathering at S.O.A.S. in April 1995 of scholars working on the history of Hadhramaut and its diaspora. The book comprises revised versions of…
by Mohsin A. Alaini, former Prime Minister of Yemen
Dar An-Nahar, Beirut, 2004. Translated from the original Arabic edition (2000) by Hassan al-Haifi. Pp.384. Illus. Map. Notes. Pb. ISBN 9953-74-002-X.
Muhsin al-Aini first heard of his appointment as Foreign Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic in…
The Ochre Land: Images of Yemen 1985-1990 by Charles Dufour. Privately published, 2010. Pp.216. Illus. Maps. Bibliog. Appendix. Hb. £48. Available from the author (email:ochre.land@inter.n1.net). ISBN/EAN 978-90-815293-1-0.
At first glance, The Ochre Land looks like a coffee-table book, and indeed…
by Arthur J. B. Wavell
First published in 1912 by Constable and Co. Reprinted by Garnet Publishing Ltd, Reading, 2005. Pp.viii + 349. Appendix. Index. Hb.£25. ISBN 1-85964-182-2.
The publishers are to be warmly commended for their initiative in reprinting this little known classic of Arabian travel…
edited by St John Simpson
The British Museum Press, 2002. Pp. 224. 260 colour and 50 b/w photographs. Notes. Index. Bibliog. Pb. £24. 99. ISBN 0-7141-1151-1.
Some five years ago, members of the British- Yemeni Society enjoyed the privilege of visiting the British Museum’s (unexhibited) reserve…
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
