SUPPORTING PEACE IN YEMEN: THE UK PERSPECTIVE

02/03/2023 – 18:30 HE Richard Oppenheim Venue: Virtual meeting, by Zoom A Zoom talk from the British Yemeni Society, continuing the series ‘Winding Down the Yemen War’. Richard Oppenheim is the UK’s Ambassador to Yemen, and heads the Yemen Overseas Network –...

Recent BYS talks on line

Links to videos of our most recent events: Prof Nancy Um on Mocha in the 17th and 18th centuries (12 Dec 2022):   Helen Lackner with Noel Brehony on her book “Yemen, Poverty and Conflict” (25 Oct 2022): Nawal al-Maghafi – personal reflections as...

NANCY UM ON THE MOCHA TRADE

On 12 December Dr Nancy Um gave a talk in which she reflected on the Yemeni port city of Mocha and its history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, drawing on the research that she conducted for her book, The Merchant Houses of Mocha: Trade and Architecture in...

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As a charity, the British Yemeni Society is dependent on the annual membership donations of its members and on donations from generous individuals to fund its activities. It is proud to have 220 members, including members of Yemeni communities in the UK, diplomats,...