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New Thesis on Zaydi Governance
Congratulations to Ekaterina (Kate) Puhkovaia for a successful defense of her Ph.D. thesis entitled "BETWEEN SULTANS AND IMAMS: THE...
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New Book on Yemeni Rock Art
AIYS is pleased to announce that the 2021 ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Maqaliḥ Book Award is published and now available. His book entitled al-Rusūm...
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Tribes in Modern Yemen book published
Congratulations to AIYS members Najwa Adra, Steven Caton and Dan Varisco for their articles on Yemeni tribes in this new book, edited by...
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New Article on South Arabian Landscape
Abstract Aim Dryland ecosystems, such as those in southern Arabia, are particularly vulnerable to climate and land-use change....
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Al-Gabali Book on Yemeni Tribal Customary Law
The first book published in the ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Maqaleh Book Award of AIYS was Aḥmad al-Gabalī Qāmūs al-‘urf al-qabalī fī al-Yaman (2018)...
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Introducing Yemen Update Redux
In 1991 the AIYS Newsletter was renamed Yemen Update and reached 32 pages. The last few print issues, before the print edition ended in...
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New Arabic article on Yemen Update
A new article in Arabic on the impact of the war on Yemeni university students has been uploaded to Yemen Update Online. Click here to be...
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Al-Hamdānī's Iklīl, vol. 10 Online
To upload this pdf, click here: https://wadod.net/bookshelf/book/3138
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Books and Manuscripts on Yemen
A major resource for pdfs of books and manuscripts can be found on the website of https://ketabpedia.com. For the Yemeni books, click...
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Yemeni Architecture Books
The Architecture of Yemen & its Reconstruction, Laurence King Publishing, London 2020 Hassan Fathy, Earth & Utopia, Salma Samar Damluji...
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Library of Dr. C. G. Brouwer
The Dutch scholar C. G. Brouwer. who has made a major contribution to our knowledge of Mocha and the Dutch experience in Yemen, has...
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Yemeni Books Online
There are several online sources with pdfs of Arabic books on Yemen. One of these is Al-Yaman al-Maymūn with a variety of searchable...
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Aden Hinterland Freed?
"A picturesque ceremony took place recently {1919] at Lahej, the capital of the Aden hinterland, on the occasion of the restoration to...
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Arabic Translation of Flagg Miller's Book on Yemeni Poetry and the Media
AIYS congratulates Flagg Miller on the publication in Arabic of his earlier book.
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Al-Saqqaf on Hadrami Architecture
Dr. Abobakr Al-Sakkaf is an assistant professor at Hadhramout University. He received his PhD in Architectural Engineering from the...
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Picturing Yemen with Giovanni Canova
The Italian scholar Giovanni Canova recently (2019) published a book of photographs he took in Yemen during the 1980s. Here are just a...
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The Ḥaḍramawt in 1931
The Dutch civil servant David van der Meulen and the German explorer Hermann von Wissman visited the Ḥaḍramawt in 1931 and apparently...
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Lady Elwood in Hodeidah in 1825
Between 1825 and 1828 an English lady named Anne Katharine Elwood accompanied her husband, a colonel in the British service, to India. On...
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New Book on Trade in South Arabia
A new book has just been published on the long-distance trade of South Arabia by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. It is also possible to...
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