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al-Bakīriyya Mosque over the years
Several photographs of the Bakīriyya Mosque in Ṣan‘ā' have been uploaded on the Facebook Site of Yūsuf Maḥyūb al-Ṭiyār. The Bakīriyya...
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Sanaa in 1896
One of the oldest photographs of Ṣan‘ā' from 1896, facing Bāb al-Yaman. From the Facebook Page of Yūsuf al-Tiyar.
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Source for Books on Zaydi Islam
The website alzaidiya has a major collection of books on the Zaydis, Yemen in general, tribes and a variety of texts on Islam and the...
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Jean Lambert oud videos
The French ethnomusicologist Jean Lambert has posted several videos of his oud playing on Youtube.
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Yemen Update Online 2023
Yemen Update Online 2023 is now available and will be updated throughout the year with new articles. If you would like to submit an...
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Cats in Sanaa
It seems that Sanaa has been taken over by cats... From the Facebook Page of Khalid al-Ansi
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Yemen in 1962
This is an excerpt on Youtube of a British film made right after the revolution toppled Imam Badr. You will note the British arrogance in...
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Heritage Preservation of the Great Mosque
Monumenta Orientalia has created a webpage devoted to the endangered architectural heritage of Yemen, with details and photographs of 60...
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1960's Film on Yemen
In the early 1960s the National Geographic Society published a film on Yemen. Parts of this film are available, in the French version,...
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Heritage Preservation Grants
For Information on this new round of grant opportunities from ALIPH, the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in...
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Ottomans in Yemen
Here are some photographs of Ottomans in Yemen at the start of the 20th century. Ottomans and Yemenis around 1900 Ottoman barracks in...
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Yemeni Heritage on Facebook
There are several Facebook sites by Yemenis on the rich heritage of Yemen. Here is one by Mohammed Saleh Al Haj.
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A Yemeni Pilgrimage to Mecca in 1825
In 1241/1825 Ismā‘īl Jaghmān made the pilgrimage from Ṣan‘ā', documenting every step of the way and what he saw in Mecca. The title of a...
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Mosque in Khawlan
From the Facebook site of Old and Rare Photos of Yemen (صور قديمة ونادرة لليمن) which is an excellent source of old photographs on Yemen.
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