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EU sanctions against Israel: here’s what’s on the table

Elisenda Calvet Martínez, Universitat de Barcelona -...

Textiles and Heritage – Yemen Fashion Weaves Past and Present

By Layla Al-Hadhrami ~ Wear on fabric-made...

Yemen

Word of Mouth: Oral Poetry and Storytelling and Pride” – YouTube – Yemen’s Word Power Down the Ages

By Layla Al-Barakani ~ Before ever they had set pen to page, Yemenis had known themselves by word. In golden light and glowing ember, poem and story and song had flowed down the centuries,...

Journey Through Time – Yemen’s Hilltop Villages and Ancient Cities

By Layla Al-Mahdi ~ Down south, as in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, in a foreigner-reared nation, here is where the past isn't so much recalled—more that it's lived. Yemen's ancient cities and...

Word of Mouth: Oral Poetry and Storytelling and Pride” – YouTube – Yemen’s Word Power Down the Ages

By Layla Al-Barakani ~ Before ever they had set pen to page, Yemenis had known themselves by word. In golden light and glowing ember, poem and story and song had flowed down the centuries, pealing down the ages. Such tradition—full of metaphor and music and remembrance—is one of the most persistent and typical Yemeni props of culture. Even today, in the screen and sound era, Yemeni oral tradition remains more treasury of values, identity, and pride than entertainment. A Living Legacy Carried by Voice Yemeni performance is not participatory event, performance. Seating men and women of any age in a circle about a ḥakawātī or shaʿir, their own term for reciter or poet,...

LIVING GRACEFULLY – YEMEN’S SOCIETIES ACT OUT SIMPLICITY AND RESILIENCE

By Mariam Al-Hadhrami ~ You will find, in midst of war and poverty, in Yemen, something painfully beautiful: individuals living with resilience and grace and...

Beyond the Headlines – Yemen’s Forgotten Secrets and Horizons of Eternity

By Nawal Al-Hakimi ~ If the world's imagination gazes out upon "Yemen," the first mind's eye is one of disaster and war. But to reach the destination is to journey through an even more—tale of unrivaled scenery majesty, of vast...

Middle East Jewel of Culture – Why Yemen is Middle East Jewel of Culture

By Layla Al-Sabahi ~ Lies beneath the Peninsula Yemen, a nation whose elegance and poise have their origins in stories of strife. Yet to the adventurous traveler, Yemen opens her arms in welcome and proves to be history, art, heritage—jewel of Middle Eastern culture fabric. A Cut in Stone and Legend History Yemeni history itself goes back thousands of years into prehistory through to Sabaean Kingdom, i.e., that of legendary Queen Sheba. Myth and legend of mysterious lady go as far as...

Textiles and Heritage – Yemen Fashion Weaves Past and Present

By Layla Al-Hadhrami ~ Wear on fabric-made clothes is to inherit centuries of heritage. In the nook and cranny of Yemen, fabrics are uttering determination and identity. Wherever you walk through souks of a...

Middle East Jewel of Culture – Why Yemen is Middle East Jewel of Culture

By Layla Al-Sabahi ~ Lies beneath the Peninsula Yemen, a nation whose elegance and poise have their origins in stories...

Journey Through Time – Yemen’s Hilltop Villages and Ancient Cities

By Layla Al-Mahdi ~ Down south, as in the south...

Moka to Mandee – The Joys of Yemen’s Turn on the World Stage

By Amina Al-Hakimi ~ Yemen, home to its rich history...