It also is a country of immense beauty, stretching across a lengthy expanse of coastline and including a number of islands. This text explores the geography, history, environment, and culture of Yemen from its ancient history until today.
A book for young readers about the history and culture of the country of Yemen.
Robert Finlay, chirurgien en second de la Résidence britannique de Mokha, qui soigna l'imam régnant en 1823, a écrit dans son journal : « Les pièces qu'occupa Son altesse royale durant sa maladie étaient si encombrées de sellerie, ...
Based on freshly examined materials, this book is a vital reference of any examination of the country's twentieth-century history and its impact on the current unstable situation in the wider Middle East.
While the book details theongoing water crisis and debilitating poverty, it also provides a window into economic performance and potential avenues through which Yemen could be led towards a more prosperous and stable future.
Every page of this book is dashed - like the land it describes - with the marvellous.
But, as Victoria Clark argues in this riveting book, we ignore Yemen at our peril.
Contents: (1) Overview: A Failed State?
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is one of the top U.S. national security threats. AQAP is based in Yemen, where political conflict, including a Houthi insurgency, has complicated stability.
This book provides an overview and analysis of U.S.-Yemeni relations amidst evolving political change in Yemeni leadership, ongoing U.S. counterterrorism operations against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives at large in ...
Many analysts assert that Yemen is or is becoming a failed state and safe haven for Al Qaeda operatives for a variety of reasons and as such is likely to remain an active theater for U.S. counterterrorism operations for the foreseeable ...
This book, first published in 1982, traces the history of the Yemen from the 1930s and looks at the way in which the traditional political structures were modernised and how the country coped with these strains both internally and ...
Every page of this book is dashed - like the land it describes - with the marvellous.
Yemen
As journalist Victoria Clark argues in this riveting book, we have been neglecting Yemen at our peril.
An introduction to one of the most beautiful and ancient countries in the world, published to coincide with the Yemen exhibition at the British Museum.
Yemen is a medieval time capsule only recently opened to travellers. Explore this beguiling land of mud-brick scrapers and labyrinthine medinas with this fully updated guide. * 29 detailed maps,...
These are the Socotra sparrow ( Passer insularis ) , Socotra sunbird ( Nectarine balfouri ) , Socotra warbler ( Incana incana ) , the black Socotra starling with its yellow underwing ( Onychognathus frater ) , Socotra cisticola ...
Based on freshly examined materials, this book is a vital reference of any examination of the country's twentieth-century history and its impact on the current unstable situation in the wider Middle East.
Describes the country, history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture of Yemen.