Letter to the Editor, The Times

Letter to the Editor, The Times

The Times Protecting shipping lanes in the Red Sea Letters to the Editor Saturday 13th January 2024 We decry the attacks on Red Sea shipping by Yemen’s Houthis. In addition to their well-publicised impact on global trade, these could prove to be an own goal by...
Yemen: Land and People Book Offer

Yemen: Land and People Book Offer

Yemen: Land and People by Sarah Searight and Jane Taylor In response to the British–Yemeni Society’s call for donations towards the Yemen Relief Fund, the authors of Yemen: Land and People (Al-Uzza Books, 2007 revised edition) offer signed copies of their publication...
A Celebration of al-Bilad

A Celebration of al-Bilad

The Museum of Architecture, a new London-based organisation, and the British Council sponsored an exhibition this summer intended to highlight architectural interpretations of the ‘home’ in the Arab world. Dr Damluji was invited to contribute an audio-visual...

The Flawed Logic of US Drone Strikes in Yemen

Benedict Wilkinson is in the final stages of his PhD at King’s College London, where he is writing about the strategies of violent Islamist groups in Egypt, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. He was previously Head of Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Royal United Services...
The Queen in Aden: a Jubilee Retrospective

The Queen in Aden: a Jubilee Retrospective

In the year of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, the following article recalls highlights of her visit to Aden in 1954. We are indebted to Dr Carol Downer for all but one of the b/w illustrations which accompany the text. These have been reproduced from...