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 an Indian Ocean Port (University of Washington Press, 2009). She also shared new findings and interpretations that have emerged since its publication. Now on line at
The 2023 grant has been awarded to Yemeni scholar ADNAN JAYASH (University of Manouba, Tunisia) who is working on a study entitled Acculturation as a Means of Integration: A Comparative Study of the Yemeni Diaspora in the United States and the United Kingdom .
Following the BYS Annual General meeting on 30 September there will be a talk at 6.30pm by BBC Journalist Nawal Al-Maghafi on the impact on children of the war in Yemen (Zoom and in-person), followed by an Evening of Yemeni Culture from 7.30pm. Click on the Events tab...
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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