Socotra fishing boat.
My thanks to Dr. Mohammed Jarhoum for uploading this image on his Facebook site.
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Thaler Memories in Yemen
Fahad al-Anbari has posted on Facebook several images of the silver Maria Theresa thaler, first minted in Austria in 1741. In Yemen, as...
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Honey in Yemen
Al Jazeera has an article on the impact of the war on honey production in Yemen. There are several photos of hives and honey. Click here...
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Destruction of al-Jawf's Heritage
الهيئة العامة للأثار والمتاحف - الجمهورية اليمنية · مدن الجوف .. مستباحة كانت زيارة تفقدية اختلطت فيها مشاعر الدهشة بالأسف ، دهشة من...
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Socotra in 2018
Over the years National Geographic has featured several articles on Yemen. You can read an article by Charles Moser from over a century...
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The Great Mosque of Sanaa
This is a new publication on the Great Mosque of Ṣan‘ā'. It was published by the Instituto Veneto per i beni culturali.
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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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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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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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Aden in 1864
From the Facebook Page of Mohammed Jarhoum. Note the number of sailboats in the harbor.
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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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Yemen at the Arab American Museum
The Arab American National Museum is located in Dearborn, Michigan, which has a large population of Yemeni Americans. The museum has just...
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Spinning Cotton in Sanaa
Always ignore the Google translation... My thanks to Dr. Jarhoom for posting this and many other items of Yemen's rich cultural heritage.
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A Disappeared Gate of Sanaa
This image, posted on the Facebook site of Hussain al-Amree, is taken from Der Jemen, das verbotene Land. Econ Verlag, 1959. It was taken...
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Rock over rock
Impressive rock formation. It is best to ignore the automatic Google Translate... From the Facebook site of Fahad al-Anbari.
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Facebook Site on Qat
Check out the following Facebook site on qat, with plenty of humor... Canned Chinese qat; what will they think of next?
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