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Biographies of Yemeni Historians
The website Wefaq is a major source for the history of Yemen. Of special value are the biographies posted of numerous historians of...
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Biography of Abdulaziz Saqqaf
Dear Friends of Yemen Times, In addition to launching Yemen Times's Archives online (www.yementimes.com), a book recounting the life...
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Philby in the Ḥaḍramawt
The British traveler H. St. J. Philby is best known for his writings on Saudi Arabia, but he also visited the Hadramawt in the late...
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Major Resource for Yemeni History
The site Wefaq.net is a major source for the history of Yemen throughout the ages to the present. There are online studies and...
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Jimmy Carter and Yemen
Here is an excerpt from a forthcoming book by Bruce Riedel. It describes the role that Carter played in the 1979 incursion of the PDRY...
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Food Security in Yemen and the Ukraine War
Congratulations to Mohammad Al-Saidi of Qatar University for his article on the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security in the...
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Azal, Yemeni Antiquity Journal
The 2003 issue of Azal, the antiquities journal published by Yemen's General Organization of Antiquites and Museums, has just been...
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Banian from Mocha
The New York Public Library has a website reproducing images from its collection. Here is one of a Banian merchant in Mocha from 1787. ...
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New Book on Historical Writing in Islamic Yemen
Congratulations to Dr. ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Karīm Barakāt of Ibb University for publication of his new book on historical writing in Yemen during...
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New Book on Sufism
Congratulations to AIYS Board Member Alexander Knysh for co-editing this important new handbook on Sufi Studies, available from Brill.
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Translation of Book by Christian Robin
Congratulations to Honorary AIYS Member Christian Robin for publication of 1400 sāl-e pādišāhī dar ʿarabestān-e piš az eslām [1400 Years...
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New article on History of Slavery in Yemen
Congratulations to Magdalena Moorthy Kloss for this recent article.
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Mocha Trade in the early 19th century
As the British extended their trade through the Red Sea and Indian Ocean in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there were a number of...
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Yemeni Women's Role in Agriculture
An interesting article on the role of women, who have always made a major contribution in Yemen's agricultural tradition.
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Qadi Yahya al-Ansi on Yemeni Astronomy
Qāḍī Yaḥyā al-‘Ansī (right) being interviewed The Yemeni astronomer and expert on traditional Yemeni agriculture Qāḍī al-‘Ansī was...
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New Issue of Raydan
The November issue of Raydan, the Yemeni journal on South Arabian archaeology and epigraphy. has recently been published. It has a...
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Tribal Ties and Cooking Fires
Congratulations to Mohammed A. Atbuosh for his recent article published in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. https://onlinelibrary.wiley...
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