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Eduard Glaser in Arḥab
In 1993 AIYS published an English translation of an article by the Austrian explorer Eduard Glaser in 1884. This is an important personal...
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Dan Mahoney on al-Khazraji
Congratulations to AIYS Board Member Dan Mahoney for publishing an article on the role of obituaries in Rasulid Yemen. Dan was also...
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Marjorie Ransom on Yemeni Jewelry
A talk by Marjorie Ransom, who has written a remarkable book on Yemeni Silver Jewelry, is available on Youtube. My thanks to Mohammad...
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Talk by Brinkley Messick
Anthropologist Brinkley Messick will present the following Zoom talk: Sharīʿa Genres and their Writers in Imamic Yemen أجناس من الشريعة...
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Website of Hussain Alamree
One of the best sources on the history and culture of southern Yemen, especially Aden and Yafi‘ is that of Hussain al-Amree. A person can...
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The Work of Nicholas Rhodokanakis
Mohamed Maraqten and Gertraud Sturm have recently published a volume devoted to the work of Nicholas Rhodokanakis, who worked on the...
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Sanaa Merchants a Century Ago
An amazing photo from a Facebook Site devoted to old photographs of Yemen.
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Kenneth Cline on Yemen
Kenneth Cline has written a book about his experiences in Yemen. For the next four days it is available free as an e-book on Amazon. Here...
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The Kidnapping of a Rasulid Sultan
My article on the kidnapped in Mecca during the mid-14th century of the Rasulid sultan al-Malik al-Mujāhid ‘Alī has been published in...
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Yemeni Americans: A Panel Discussion
At the annual MESA meeting in December, 2021, AIYS Board Member Waleed Mahdi organized a panel entitled Challenges and Possibilities of...
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From Citizen to Migrant
AIYS Board Member Nathalie Peutz has recently published an online article on Yemeni minorities and refugees in the past decade. Check it...
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Omani Award for the Yemeni Poet Dr. al-Maqalih
To hear the speech of Muḥammad ‘Abd al-Salām Manṣūr on the award given to Dr. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Maqāliḥ, click here.
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Niehbuhr's Yemeni Textiles
The traveler Carsten Niehbuhr provides a late 18th century view of Yemen. This article discusses the textiles shown in his images and...
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Archaeology Fieldwork Award
AIYS congratulates members Joy McCorriston and Michael Harrower for winning the Award for Fieldwork Reports of the AIA. Their text is...
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AIYS Fellowships for American Citizens
Each year, the American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS) holds a competition for U.S. scholars of all disciplines to apply for a...
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Yemeni Mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan
Mayor Amer Ghaleb of Hamtramck, Michigan with AIYS Board Member Abdulhakem Alsadah.
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Al-Jazeera Film on Rural Yemen
There is a nice film on rural life in Yemen by al-Jazeera, now available on Youtube.
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