History
- Dec- 2019 -31 December
Yemen’s lost Pre-Islam School of Medicine – Part III
Inscriptions, Legends and Language-Part Three In the previous part of this article, we listed a number of…
Read More » - 25 December
Half a Century Since Bakathir’s Departure
This year marks 50 years since the ِِArab Hadhrami Yemeni author Ali Ahmad Bakathir passed away. In these…
Read More » - 23 December
Yemen’s lost Pre-Islam School of Medicine – Part II
Signs of Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine in Yemen Islamic history gives us a glimpse into early practices…
Read More » - Nov- 2019 -13 November
Yemen’s lost Pre-Islam School of Medicine – Part I
When books on Arab heritage discuss medical schools from the pre-Islamic era, we find that they mention in…
Read More » - Oct- 2019 -29 October
The Wise Ancient Poet, Al-Afwah Al-Awdi
There is a Yemeni poet from pre-Islamic times, considered to be one of the first poets, who is…
Read More » - 23 October
What do Yemenis believe in? A Brief History of Popular Beliefs
Wherever human community can be found, there is a collective perception of the world that manifests in symbols…
Read More » - 21 October
The Yemeni Sage Al-Humaid bin Mansour:
“Passion is like the thorn of a Sidarbaum tree, whose tips are stuck in my side.” Al-Humaid bin…
Read More » - Sep- 2019 -30 September
Women in the Rasulid State: A History of Founding Schools in Yemen
Scholarship on the Rasulid Sultans’ agenda Scholarly schools in Yemen were established during the Ayyubid rule, under the…
Read More » - 17 September
Oh Shepherdess, Oh Black-Eyed One!
A short biography[1] The well-known poet Muhammad Abdulbari al-Futaih (d. 2013) is one of the Yemeni poets who…
Read More » - 15 September
The Master of al-Dan Style: Hadad bin Hasan al-Kaff
Hadad bin Hasan al-Kaff (d. 1969) was known in Hadramawt as a poet, composer and instrumentalist – and…
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