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by Dionisius Agius
Ithaca Press, 2002. Pp. xx + 253. Illus. Maps. Append. Glossary. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £35. ISBN 0-86372-295-8.
From the very beginning of Arabic literature the Arab writer has striven to crown his work with a catchy title, preferably rhyming and more or less relevant to its…
by Caesar E. Farah
I. B. Tauris, 2002. Pp. xxii + 392. Maps. Annex. Notes. Glossary. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £39. 50. ISBN 1-86064-767-7.
The author is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota. His book, which is the fruit of many years’ research, deserves particular attention…
by Shaikh Abd al-Qadir Muhammad al-Sabban
Translated and edited by Linda Boxberger and ’Awad Abdelrahim Abu Hulayqa. American Institute for Yemeni Studies (PO Box 311, Ardmore PA 19003-0311, USA), 1998. Illus. Notes. Bibliog. Pb. $10. ISBN 1-882557-06-09.
Doreen and Harold Ingrams identify the…
by Sebastian O’Kelly
HarperCollins. paperback edition, 2003. Pp. xvii + 333. Illus. Index. £7.99. ISBN 0-00-655247-1.
A knight on horseback, young love, the comradeship of war, escape in disguise, set against epic scenery, Amedeo has all the makings of one of Scheherazade’s 1001 tales – yet the…
by Sarah Searight; photography by Jane Taylor; Miranda Morris on Soqotra; foreword by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Pallas Athene, 2002. Pp. 160. Over 300 colour photographs. Map. Chronology. Glossary. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £19. 99. ISBN 1-873429-82-7.
The publication ofYemen: Land and Peoplecoincides…
by Franck Mermier
Sindbad, Actes Sud, 1997. Pp. 256. Notes. Appendices. Bibliog. Pb. FF128.
Franck Mermier is the former Director of the French Institute for Yemeni Studies in Sana’a, and this book is mainly based on his doctoral field research between 1983-86, and on published and manuscript…
by Alexander Maitland
HarperCollins, 2006. Pp.xv + 528. Maps. Illus. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb.£25. ISBN 0-00-255608-1.
Many people have stories about meeting Wilfred Thesiger. The best is of course Eric Newby’s – of Thesiger running into him and Hugh Carless on some rocky mountain in the Hindu…
Edited by Muhammad Abd al-Rahim Jazim
Two vols of Arabic text (pp.695 and pp.274) with a short introduction in French, published by the Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sana’a (CFAS), 2003 and 2005.
This is one of the most important books on Yemen ever published. It…
by Sayyid Jamal al-Din Ali al-Shahari, translated and introduced by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS), 2001 . Yemen Translation Series 3. Pp. xii + 34. Notes. Bibliog. Pb. ISBN 1-882557-07-7. Distributed by The Middle East Studies Association of North America, 1643…
Abdul Rahman bin Sheikh Al-Kaff: ‘Amid al-Usra al-Kaffiyah by Ali bin Anis al-Kaff. Arabic. Privately published, Seiyun, Hadhramaut, 2008. Pp. 296. Illus. Appendices. Pb.
The immense overseas wealth of the al-Kaff family enabled it to play a leading role in the civic and social life ofWadi…
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
