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1962 Film on Yemen
This National Geographic film about Yemen in 1962 is available on Youtube. For Part One, click here . For Part Two, click here . For Part...
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Sorghum (dhura) in Yafi‘
October in the Yemeni mountains is the local season known as ṣurāb , an ancient Yemeni term for the autumn harvest of sorghum ( dhura )....
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Qadi al-Ansī on Yemeni Agricultural Stars
The Yemeni scholar Yahya al-Ansi has written several books on traditional Yemeni star calendars. Here are two items (and there are more)...
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Sorghum Harvest
Sorghum ( dhura ) was the staple cereal crop of Yemen for centuries. It can be grown at virtually any elevation, is more nutritious than...
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مستقبل زراعة وتجارة البن
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته، نتطلع إلى حضوركم جميعاً لفعالية منظمة الأكاديميين والمهنيين اليمنيين ال (51) تسلسلاً AYAP....
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1974 French Film on Yemen
There is a wonderful short 30-minute film in French on Yemen from 1974, half a century ago. The title is "Arts et Traditions Populaires...
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الامطار الشديدة والسيول العظيمة في اليمن
Recent heavy and continuous rainfall has caused major flooding, eroding terraces and destroying houses. Above short video is an example...
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A date with dates
ARAMCO World recently posted an article on dates by Eric Hansen from their July/August 2004 issue. His journey started in the Hadramawt....
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Film on the Young YAR
There is a 13 minute video posted on Youtube from British Movietone and taken during the early days of the revolution that created the...
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Yemen's Agricultural Terraces
There is an environmental documentary film about Yemeni agriculture, produced by Tony Milroy of Arid Lands and Sustainable Communities...
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دراسات في تاريخ اليمن الاسلامي
In 2002 AIYS published a book of excerpts from Western scholars on the history of Islamic Yemen translated into Arabic. The translator...
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Dostal Volume
This publication of essays is well worth reading and it can be downloaded as a pdf here: https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/.../9783700176039_gesa...
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Water Management in Yemen Talk
On Monday, May 20, 2024, at 16:00 (Central European Time), the fifth lecture in the Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series will take place...
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مستقبل الثقافة الشعبية في اليمن
الأخوات والإخوة الكرام، السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته، تدعوكم منظمة الأكاديميين والمهنيين اليمنيين لحضور فعاليتها السابعة...
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Flooding and Yemeni Agriculture
To download the pdf in English click here. تحميل الورقة كاملة كملف PDF Executive Summary Yemen's agricultural communities face a perfect...
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From Damascus to Sanaa in 1936
In 1936 a Syrian agricultural engineer named Aḥmad Waṣfī Zakariyā visited Yemen at the invitation of Imam Yaḥyā. He stayed in Yemen for...
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