By Samira Al-Hamdi ~
Beneath Sana'a streets, and fallen mudbrick minarets, a revolution but concealed—no gun, no politics, beat and memory. There are qanbūs ripened, traditional dialect poetry lyricism, Arabic music heritage maintained. In...
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...
By Samira Al-Hamdi ~
Beneath Sana'a streets, and fallen mudbrick minarets, a revolution but concealed—no gun, no politics, beat and memory. There are qanbūs ripened, traditional dialect poetry lyricism, Arabic music heritage maintained. In a country whose recent history has been so filled with war, music of the capital shames otherwise: self-respecting, defiant, cultural renaissance.
All of war, all of the devastation war and globalization surrounding it is not managing to bring the Yemeni people back to their music a lot older than it was, but they are. Not only bring the music back, but bring it back, the musicians compose the music, blending tradition with newness that the music today...
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 hill towns are more than landscapes....
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 history, and cultural paradox. Yemen is a nation in which ancient tradition clashes with Olympian landscape, forcing the visitor to look beyond headline-width newspaper page masthead bloodshed and discover its treasure secrets.
A World of Wonders: Oceans, Mountains, and the Jaw-Dropping...
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...
By Mariam Al-Hadhrami ~
You will find, in midst of...
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