The British Yemeni Society
A charity, promoting friendship and understanding between the UK and Yemen.
Latest News from the society
Latest News
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...
BYS Newsletter 2024 No1
This newsletter comes at a time when we are embracing the new year, 2024. Newsletter January 2024
Demining in Yemen, followed by short films screening
Thursday 9th November 2023 at 7pm at the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce, 43 Upper Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 2NJ Matthew Smith of the HALO Trust will give a presentation on A WAR-TORN LAND PLAGUED BY EXPLOSIVES, an opportunity to learn about the HALO...
BYS 30th Annual General Meeting
Thursday 9th November 2023 at 6pm at the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce, 43 Upper Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 2NJ Members will also be able to attend by Zoom - details have been sent out by e-mail
2023 BYS Academic grant awarded
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 .
Language and Ecology in Southern and Eastern Arabia
26/04/2023 - 17:30 Prof. Janet Watson, Prof. Dawn Chatty, Dr Jack Wilson Venue: Virtual meeting, by Zoom The IASA, the British Yemeni Society and the MBI al Jaber Foundation are organising the following event on 26 April at 5.30 pm by Zoom. Please register at:...
Book Launch: Ianthe Maclagan “Bread & Henna”
18/05/2023 - 18:30 Ianthe Mary Maclagan The Arab British Centre, 1 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DE and on Zoom 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...
BYS 30th Anniversary Event at the House of Commons, London
BYS 30th Anniversary Event at the House of Commons, London 12/06/2023 - 18:30 Lord Ahmad, Tim Norton MP, James Firebrace Jubilee Room, House of Commons, London On Monday, 12th June 2023, 6.00pm for 6.30pm The British Yemeni Society and the All Party Parliamentary...
Yemen’s Economy – What next?
21/03/2023 - 18:30 Amat Alim Alsoswa Room 201, SOAS Main Building, London, and on Zoom A briefing and discussion with Amat Alim AlSoswa Amat Alim will give a short overview of the future of the Yemen economy followed by a discussion with BYS Chair James Firebrace and...
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 – promoting...
YEMEN & ETHIOPIA: ARCHAEOLOGY & MOVEMENT ACROSS THE RED SEA
31/01/2023 - 18:30 Richard Lee Venue: Virtual meeting, by Zoom Talk and discussion with RICHARD LEE, winner of the British Yemeni Society Academic Award 2022 nIn association with the International Association for the Study of Arabia Archaeological evidence suggests...
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...
Mocha in the 17th and 18th centuries – Yemen’s Age of Coffee.
Dr Nancy Um will give a talk (now on line at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xyz079Z3Ss ) in which she will reflect 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,...
Yemen – Poverty and Conflict
Helen Lackner will be interviewed by Noel Brehony about her forthcoming book, Yemen, Poverty and Conflict. The event will focus on the relevance of the book's analysis in helping to understand current events in Yemen. The author will also discuss recent developments...
Evening of Yemeni Culture
30/09/2022 - 19:30 Cultural Evening Arab British Chamber of Commerce at 43 Upper Grosvenor St, London W1K 2NJ Do join us for the British Yemeni Society's first celebration of Yemeni culture since the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be a great selection of food, drink,...