AIYS panel on tribalism; left to right, Dr. Najwa Adra, Nadwa al-Dawsari, Dr. Abdul Karim al-Aug, Dr. Muhammad Al-Duais, Dr. Charles Schmitz, Dr. Muhammad Sharafuddin
AIYS was well represented at MESA 2014 in Washington. The two sponsored panels were well attended, as was the business meeting. Thanks go to CAORC for their continuing support of AIYS and also to Dr. Salwa Dammaj, our Resident Director in Sanaa.
Dr. Muhammad Al-Duais presenting his talk
The latest issue of al-‘Usur al-Wusta is now available for free until the end of December. This includes an article by Varisco on dialectical diversity in Yemeni dialects. You can download a pdf of the issue at the new Middle East Medievalists (MEM) website.
The Last of the Lascars: Yemeni Muslims in Britain, 1836-2012 charts the fascinating and little-known history of Britain’s oldest Muslim community. Originally arriving as imperial oriental sailors and later as postcolonial labour migrants, Yemeni Muslims have lived in British ports and industrial cities from the mid-nineteenth century, marrying local British wives, and established a network of ‘Arab-only’ boarding houses and cafes. They also founded Britain’s first mosques and religious communities in the early twentieth century, encountering racism, discrimination and even deportation in the process. Based on original research, this book brings together the unique story of a British Muslim community that stretches across 170 years of history from empire to modern multicultural Britain.
Despite all the political turmoil in Yemen, there is still a sense of humor, especially for those who can play around in Photoshop. Here are some located on a Yemeni Facebook page.
For anyone in the Washington DC area or attending the annual MESA conference at the Marriott there, we invite you to the AIYS business meeting and three sponsored panels on Yemen. Details are at http://aiys.org/mesa.html.
The video above was made by Faraj al-Arami of part of Nizar Ghanim’s performance at AIYS in Sanaa on November 17.
صنعاء – جمال محمد
الإثنين، ١٧ نوفمبر/ تشرين الثاني ٢٠١٤ (٠٠:٠٠ – بتوقيت غرينتش)
الحيات
كشفت المدير التنفيذي لـ «الجهاز التنفيذي لتسريع استيعاب تعــهدات المانحين ودعم تنفيذ سياسات الإصلاحات» اليمني أمة العليم السوسوة، أن الجهاز يواجه منذ بدء عمله، عدداً من التـحــديات، أحدها «غياب الرؤية الواضحة والاستراتيجيات والخطط التي تحدد الحاجـــات وتصمم برامج خاصة لتلبيتها».
وقالت في بيان صحافي أمس: «حتى حينما توجد الخطط، فإن ضعف الإمكانات لدى المؤسسات الحكومية وغياب التنسيق بين الوزارات يحد من أي تقدم». وفيما وصفت السوسوة توزيع المعونات الإنمائية في اليمن بأنه «مهمة في توقيت صعب»، فإنها أشارت إلى تحد آخر يتمثّل في «غياب الجدول الزمني وآلية المتابعة الفاعلة لتتبّع ومدى التقدم على صعيد الوفاء بالتعهدات (البالغة 10.8 بليون دولار) والمشاريع وسياسات الإصلاح». كما لم يكن هناك من ينسق ويشرف على الإصلاحات التي كان من المفترض أن تنفذها الأجهزة الحكومية. وأضافت أن المضي قدماً يفرض التوقف عن «النمط المعتاد في العمل».
You are cordially invited to a public lecture and live concert on Monday Nov 17, 2014 at the library of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS).
Dr. Nizar Ghanem (Professor of Occupational Medicine, Sana’a University), will give a talk entitled “Dance acculturation in Yemeni civilization.”
The presentation will take place in the AIYS building off Tawfiq St. in the Al-Qaa’ neighborhood. The talk will begin promptly at 10.30 AM. All are invited.
If you need specific directions to AIYS’s location, please call 278 816 or 735608627. We urge first-time visitors to call for directions, as the location is off the main street.
Please distribute this message to other organizations or individuals who may be interested in the topic of this lecture.
AIYS looks forward to welcoming you!
* Please note that the talk will be in Arabic, but the summary will be in English.
Dr.Salwa Dammaj
Country Director
American Institute for Yemeni Studies
Tel: 278 816
Fax: 285 071
Mobile: 735608627
www.aiys.org
Here is a training program that young Yemenis (ages 20-32) can apply to from the Swedish Institute. For details on the program and its application procedure, go to https://eng.si.se/areas-of-operation/leadership-programmes-and-cultural-exchange/young-leaders-visitors-programme/.
Below is the announcement for the program
The Swedish Institute’s Young Leaders Visitors Programme (YLVP) is an intercultural leadership programme that aims to lay a foundation for dialogue and knowledge sharing among young leaders from the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden.
The YLVP is designed to provide the participants with new skills, broadened networks and innovative tools to strengthen their work to drive social change in their respective contexts. The participants are visionaries who are in a position to make a difference. They are young, open-minded leaders in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank-Gaza*, Yemen and Sweden who are actively working for democracy and human rights within the spheres of society, culture, politics and media.
During and after the programme the participants will be part of an active network that will boost creativity and support their personal and professional development, while also laying the platform for a more connected future. Since the launch of the YLVP in 2008, the programme alumni network has grown to comprise 200 young leaders.
To apply to Young Leaders Visitors Programme you have to:
Maraqten, Mohammed
Altsüdarabische Texte auf Holzstäbchen
Epigraphische und kulturhistorische Untersuchungen
2014. 500 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen – 170 x 240 mm. Festeinband
ISBN 978-3-95650-034-3
Für die Erforschung des antiken Südarabiens in sprachlicher, historischer und kultureller Hinsicht ist die vorliegende Untersuchung von großer Bedeutung. Sie befasst sich mit neu entdeckten altsüdarabischen Schriftdokumenten, die auf Holzstäbchen eingeritzt wurden.
Die hier publizierten Stäbchendokumente spiegeln nicht nur die verschiedenen Gattungen der Schriftdokumente wider, sondern erstrecken sich auch über die Zeitepochen, in denen diese Schriftdokumente verfasst wurden, nämlich vom ca. 10. Jh. v. Chr. bis zum 6. Jh. n. Chr. Diese Texte der Publikation stellen eine wichtige Quelle für die Kulturgeschichte Arabiens in vorislamischer Zeit dar. Sie bezeugen die Entwicklung der Schrift- und Dokumentenkultur im altsüdarabischen Raum in dieser Periode. Unter den Textgattungen finden sich unter anderem Privatbriefe, Rechts- und Wirtschaftsurkunden, Schultexte, Privatverträge, Inventartexte, Quittungen.
Im ersten Kapitel werden die verschiedenen Gattungen der Stäbchentexte und deren sprachliche und kulturelle Aspekte im arabischen Bereich und im altorientalischen Kontext aufgeführt und dargestellt. Im zweiten Kapitel werden hundert Texte ausgewählt, entziffert, übersetzt, kommentiert und durch Faksimile und bildliche Darstellungen zur besseren Anschauung ergänzt. Diese hundert Stäbchentexte gehören zu der entsprechenden Sammlung des Nationalmuseums von Ṣana, Jemen. Sie werden nun erstmals veröffentlicht.