Literature
Late For His Own Funeral
Culture
July 19, 2020
Late For His Own Funeral
He looks at the clock, which has begun its countdown of his time. It has been a long…
Half a Century Since Bakathir’s Departure
Culture
December 25, 2019
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…
The Leader’s Country:* Dismantling the Image of the Arab Dictator through Fiction
Culture
November 25, 2019
The Leader’s Country:* Dismantling the Image of the Arab Dictator through Fiction
(1) One of the earliest Arabic translations of the novel The President by the Guatemalan writer Miguel Ángel…
Mohammad Al-Mujahid: The Devoted Son of an Ancient City
Literature
November 18, 2019
Mohammad Al-Mujahid: The Devoted Son of an Ancient City
If the author of the book Madinat Taiz al-Ghosn al-Nadhir fi Doha al-Tarikh al-Arabi (The City of Taiz:…
The Yemeni Sage Al-Humaid bin Mansour:
Culture
October 21, 2019
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…
Two Short Stories by Khaled al-Ahdal
Literature
October 13, 2019
Two Short Stories by Khaled al-Ahdal
Funeral It was halfway into the night when a noise cracked through the calm of the old cemetery.…
Oh Shepherdess, Oh Black-Eyed One!
Culture
September 17, 2019
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…
Abdullah Hadi Subayt
Culture
August 27, 2019
Abdullah Hadi Subayt
Poet, composer and singer, Abdullah Hadi Subayt (1918–2007) was a pioneering Yemeni figure, in written word and original…
Whoever Loves the People, Refuses to Be a Hypocrite
Culture
August 22, 2019
Whoever Loves the People, Refuses to Be a Hypocrite
Abdullah al-Baradouni, a Yemeni poet and intellectual, represented, and still represents, a cultural phenomenon that has lived on…
A Martyr’s (Thamoulh)
Literature
August 14, 2019
A Martyr’s (Thamoulh)
A Martyr’s (Thamoulh)[1] She passed the low fence… the sky was crying. Silence was everywhere, only the breeze…