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In Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land Tim Mackintosh-Smith writes with an intimacy and depth of knowledge gained through thirteen years among the Yemenis. He is a travelling companion of the best sort - erudite, witty and eccentric. Crossing mountain, desert, ocean and three millennia of history, he portrays hyrax hunters and dhow skippers, a noseless regicide, and a sword-wielding tyrant with a passion for Heinz Russian salad. Yet even the ordinary Yemenis are extraordinary: their family tree goes back to Noah and is rooted in a land which, in the words of a contemporary poet, has become the dictionary of its people.Accompanied by etchings drawn from the life by Martin Yeoman, Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land is an Arabian Grand Tour, a book in which every page is dashed - like the land it describes - with the marvellous.

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Yemen offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.

Yemen is a country that is critical to U.S. security and our political interests, yet most Americans know virtually nothing about it. This book unlocks its secrets and explains its complexities in simple yet compelling language.· Supplies a deep examination of a country that most policy experts only possess a superficial knowledge of · Provides insights into why tribes have been crucial throughout Yemen's history and even to the modern day · Reveals why characterizations of Yemen as "a weak state," "lawless," or "lacking a rule of law" are inaccurate and simplistic

291 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 21 x 28 cm. Published to accompany the exhibition "40 ans d'archeologie française au Yémen" held in Sanaa and Aden. 'Il y a quarante-cinq ans, le Yémen est sorti d'une longue période de conflits et d'isolement. Dans le domaine culturel, cette renaissance s'est accompagnée d'un important volet archéologique, d'abord centré sur l'époque antique, celle de la civilisation sudarabique, puis rapidement étendu aux périodes préhistorique et islamique. Cet ouvrage retrace plus de quarante années de recherches archéologiques françaises, coordonnées à partir de 1982 par le Centre français d'Études yéménites, devenu le Centre français d'Archéologie et de Sciences sociales de Sanaa. Bien que brutalement stoppées par les conflits récents, les découvertes effectuées par les nombreuses équipes d'archéologues et d'historiens permettent de retracer les grandes étapes de l'évolution d'un pays légendaire, le pays de la reine de Saba. Cette terre a vu l'émergence de royaumes et de cités dont le développement fut le résultat d'une maîtrise avancée de l'agriculture irriguée et de l'accroissement du commerce caravanier puis maritime des résines aromatiques, des chevaux et du café. Par la monumentalité de son architecture, le raffinement de ses arts et la fascination qu'exercent ses inscriptions, la civilisation de l'Arabie du Sud apparait désormais bien différente de l'image trompeuse d'une Arabie désertique parcourue par les seuls nomades.Émission autour du drame patrimonial qui se joue au Yémen diffusée samedi 28 mai 19h30 sur les ondes et ensuite accessible en podcast.'

Though lacking in significant oil deposits, North Yemen is located in the centre of the world's most oil-rich region and is thus one of the most strategically important countries in the world. In this up-to-date survey Dr. Wenner's analysis ranges widely across many dimensions of present-day North Yemen; from its geographical characteristics, agricultural heritage, and complex ethnographic make-up to its politico-economic position in the contemporary world and the significant role of North Yemeni emigrants in various countries of the Middle East. Also provided is a brief history of Yemen, with particular emphasis on developments since the revolution of 1962 and the 1970 compromise, which settled the long civil war.

Paperback. The democratic promise of Yemen's 2011 uprising quickly unravelled, triggering a shocking political and social crisis with serious implications for the future of the country and region. Fuelled by Arab and Western intervention, the infighting in Yemen descended into civil war, with hundreds of thousands of Yemenis killed, and millions facing starvation and deep social and political fragmentation. The people of Yemen face a desperate choice between the Huthi rebels on the one side and, on the other, a range of forces propped up by a Saudi-led coalition using Western arms. In her incisive, invaluable analysis, Helen Lackner uncovers the roots of the conflicts threatening the survival of the Yemeni state and its people. This fully updated edition features a new chapter on the problems of humanitarian aid in the country. Expert analysis of Yemen's social and political crisis, with profound implications for the fate of the Arab World. This new edition includes a new preface updating events and a new chapter on the problems of humanitarian aid in the country. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Yemen is the dark horse of the Middle East. Every so often it enters the headlines for one alarming reason or another—links with al-Qaeda, kidnapped Westerners, explosive population growth—then sinks into obscurity again. But, as Victoria Clark argues in this riveting book, we ignore Yemen at our peril. The poorest state in the Arab world, it is still dominated by its tribal makeup and has become a perfect breeding ground for insurgent and terrorist movements. Clark returns to the country where she was born to discover a perilously fragile state that deserves more of our understanding and attention. On a series of visits to Yemen between 2004 and 2009, she meets politicians, influential tribesmen, oil workers and jihadists as well as ordinary Yemenis. Untangling Yemen’s history before examining the country’s role in both al-Qaeda and the wider jihadist movement today, Clark presents a lively, clear, and up-to-date account of a little-known state whose chronic instability is increasingly engaging the general reader.

A country long regarded by classical geographers as a fabulous land where flying serpents guarded sacred incense groves, while medieval Arab visitors told tales of disappearing islands and menstruating mountains. Our current ideas of this country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula have been hijacked by images of the terrorist strongholds, drone attacks, and diplomatic tensions. But, as Mackintosh-Smith reminds us in this newly updated book, there is another Arabia. Yemen may be a part of Arabia, but it is like no place on earth.

The Middle East is in the midst of considerable and unpredictable changes, but deeply patrimonial political systems do not change overnight – and neither do the international and regional structures that have helped them to endure for so long. The informal rules that guide Yemeni society and its dysfunctional political settlement look set to endure, in spite of unprecedented protests. Entangled in a narrative of acute crisis and possible state failure, the country still relies on foreign assistance to prop up its ailing economy. Fearing the threat from al-Qaeda on Yemeni soil as well as the crisis of the Houthi insurgency and the southern secessionist movement, regional and Western powers have continued to bankroll the regime without taking significant steps to address the underlying causes of instability and threat. Drawing on research carried out on the ground in Yemen, this Adelphi examines the shadowy structures that govern political life and sustain a network of social elites predisposed against any far-reaching systemic reform. It looks behind the scenes at the regime’s opaque internal politics, at its entrenched patronage system and at the ‘rules of the game’ that will shape the behaviour of the post-Saleh rulers, to offer insights for how the West may better engage within that game

Examining political and socioeconomic change in the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), this book, first published in 1987, focuses primarily on the quarter century following the overthrow of the imamate in 1962. The problems and politics of the period’s republican leaders and their regimes are analysed against the backdrop of Yemen’s traditional Islamic theocracy, the Zaydi imamate, which ruled for over a millennium. A country very similar to Afghanistan in its mountainous terrain, tribal social organization, and traditional Islamic culture, the YAR was almost completely isolated and insulated from the modern world and modern politics until the ousting of the imamate. This book explores in detail the processes of change, the political leaders involved, and the impact of domestic and external forces. Dr Burrowes draws on his extensive conversations with YAR leaders to provide a unique view of a country trying to cope with change and modernization.

Yemen has been a magnet to travelers for thousands of years, from the days of its reputed wealth through the trade of frankincense and myrrh and because of its strategic position on the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula - linking east and west. A debt of gratitude is owed to the foreign travelers and artists for their engravings, gathered here for the first time - a corpus of work that gives us invaluable knowledge of Yemen through their creative achievements and which will delight and inspire today's travelers to Yemen.

Though lacking in significant oil deposits, North Yemen is located in the centre of the world's most oil-rich region and is thus one of the most strategically important countries in the world. In this up-to-date survey Dr. Wenner's analysis ranges widely across many dimensions of present-day North Yemen; from its geographical characteristics, agricultural heritage, and complex ethnographic make-up to its politico-economic position in the contemporary world and the significant role of North Yemeni emigrants in various countries of the Middle East. Also provided is a brief history of Yemen, with particular emphasis on developments since the revolution of 1962 and the 1970 compromise, which settled the long civil war.

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Yemen is a country that is critical to U.S. security and our political interests, yet most Americans know virtually nothing about it. This book unlocks its secrets and explains its complexities in simple yet compelling language.· Supplies a deep examination of a country that most policy experts only possess a superficial knowledge of · Provides insights into why tribes have been crucial throughout Yemen's history and even to the modern day · Reveals why characterizations of Yemen as "a weak state," "lawless," or "lacking a rule of law" are inaccurate and simplistic

A country long regarded by classical geographers as a fabulous land where flying serpents guarded sacred incense groves, while medieval Arab visitors told tales of disappearing islands and menstruating mountains. Our current ideas of this country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula have been hijacked by images of the terrorist strongholds, drone attacks, and diplomatic tensions. But, as Mackintosh-Smith reminds us in this newly updated book, there is another Arabia. Yemen may be a part of Arabia, but it is like no place on earth.

Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Wear and tear to jacket. Pen marks on jacket. Owners inscription inside front board, else unmarked. 316 pages, 16 plates, illustrations, maps, portraits, 23 cm.