It is with the greatest sadness that the British Yemeni Society has learned of the sudden death of our Chairman, Dr Noel Guckian, CVO OBE, in Ipswich Hospital on 7 December 2019. He had taken on the role of Chair of the Executive Committee with energy and enthusiasm and was keen to develop and expand our Society. Our thoughts go to his children and surviving relatives.
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It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Bill Heber Percy on Sunday 2 August.nBill was the first Chairman of the BYS, during the formation of our Society and for its first several years.n nJulian Lush writes:nnBill, Julian Paxton and I were...
The British Yemeni Society, its Chairman Dr Robert Wilson, OBE and its Executive Committee note with sorrow the death of Dr Abdul Karim al-Eryani, a central figure in Yemeni politics over several decades, and also a man of great culture and knowledge. His family have...
The British Yemeni Society and CAABU present a hybrid book launch and talk by Ianthe Maclagan about her book “Bread & Henna”, described as “An engaging travel narrative which provides an intimate portrait of Yemeni life through insights into the cuisine, practices, and traditions…
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