Book Reviews

Establishing Peace in Hadhramaut: a study of Hadhramaut’s experience in eliminating the tribal feud 1933–1953 by Abdul Aziz bin Ali bin Salah Al-Qu’aiti
The Land of Uz by Abdullah Mansur (G. Wyman Bury)
A Legislature in Transition: The Yemeni Parliament by Ahmed A. Saif
The Zanzibar Chest: A Memoir of Love and War by Aidan Hartley
Sons of Sindbad by Alan Villiers
Arabia Felix: An Exploration of the Archaeological History of Yemen by Alessandro de Maigret
Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer by Alexander Maitland
Abdul Rahman bin Sheikh Al-Kaff: ‘Amid al-Usra al-Kaffiyah by Ali bin Anis al-Kaff
Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago by Anthony Miller and Miranda Morris
Visitor’s Complete Guide to Yemen by Archie D’Cruz
A Modern Pilgrim in Mecca and a Siege in Sanaa by Arthur J. B. Wavell
Revival and Reform in Islam: The Legacy of Muhammad al-Shawkani by Bernard Haykel
The Al-Hasan bin Al-Qasim Mosque Complex: An Architectural and Historical Overview of a Seventeenth Century Mosque in Duran, Yemen by Bruce Paluck and Rayya Saqqar
The Sultan’s Yemen: Nineteenth-Century Challenges to Ottoman Rule by Caesar E. Farah
From the Land of Sheba: Yemeni Folk Tales by Carolyn Han with Kamal Ali al-Hegri
Socotra: A Natural History of the Islands and their People by Catherine Cheung and Lyndon DeVantier
Yemen: Jewel of Arabia by Charles & Patricia Aithie
Yemen: Jewel of Arabia by Charles and Patricia Aithie (with an introduction by Mark Marshall CMG)
The Ochre Land: Images of Yemen 1985-1990 by Charles Dufour
Discovery Guide to Yemen by Chris Bradley
The Armed Forces of Aden 1839-1967 by Cliff Lord and David Birtles
The Armed Forces of Aden and the Protectorate 1839–1967 (Revised and expanded edition) by Cliff Lord and David Birtles
Lightning Over Yemen: A History of the Ottoman Campaign 1569-71 by Clive Smith
The Wind of Morning: An Autobiography by Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead
Red Sea Caravan: The Aden Airways Story by Dacre Watson
Arabian Peninsula: An Account of operations in the Dhala Region April 19 – June 2 1958 by David Gwynne-James
Letters from Oman by David Gwynne-James
Food for the Gods: New Light on the Ancient Incense Trade by David Peacock and David Williams
Like Nowhere Else by Denyse Woods
In the Wake of the Dhow: The Arabian Gulf and Oman by Dionisius Agius
Records of the Yemen 1798-1960 by Doreen and Leila Ingrams
Island of Dragon’s Blood by Douglas Botting
Social Issues in Popular Yemeni Culture by Dr Janet Watson
Sultan Ali bin Salah al-Qu’aiti 1898-1948: Half a Century of Political Struggle in Hadhramaut by Dr Muhammad Sa’id al-Qaddal and Abdulaziz Ali bin Salah al-Qu’aiti
Al-Musnad: Journal of Antiquities: History & Cultural Heritage of Yemen by Dr Yusuf Muhammad Abdullah and Dr Hussain Abdullah Al-Amri
The War that Never Was: The True Story of the Men who fought Britain's most secret battle by Duff Hart-Davis
The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean by Engseng Ho
Le Cheikh de la nuit: Sana’a: organisation des souks et societe citadine by Franck Mermier
Warriors of Arabia: Memoirs of a Medical Officer in Aden and Beyond by Franco Grima
Le Yemen vers la République: Iconographie historique du Yemen (1900–1970) by François Burgat
The Gaysh: A History of the Aden Protectorate Levies 1927–61 and the Federal Regular Army of South Arabia 1961–67 by Frank Edwards
Arabia without Sultans by Fred Halliday
Britain's First Muslims: Portrait of an Arab Community by Fred Halliday
Islam, Memory, and Morality in Yemen: Ruling Families in Transition by Gabriele vom Bruck
Political Ecology and the Role of Water: Environment, Society and Economy in Northern Yemen by Gerhard Lichtenthäler
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond by Glencairn Balfour Paul
Sultans of Aden by Gordon Waterfield
Seen in the Yemen: Travelling with Freya Stark and Others by Hugh Leach
Chaos in Yemen: Societal Collapse and the New Authoritarianism by Isa Blumi
Studies on Arabia in Honour of G. Rex Smith by J. F. Healey and V. Porter
The Church of Scotland South Arabia Mission 1885–1978: A History and Critical Evaluation by James McLaren Ritchie
Abu Bakr bin Sheikh Al-Kaff: al-za’im al-hakim by Ja’far bin Muhammad al-Saqqaf and Ali bin Anis bin Hassan al-Kaff
A Voyage to Arabia Felix by Jean de La Roque
Indigo in the Arab World by Jenny Balfour-Paul
South Arabia: The ‘Palinurus’ Journals by Jessop Hulton
Roads to Nowhere: A South Arabian Odyssey by John Harding
Aden Insurgency: The Savage War in South Arabia 1962–1967 by Jonathan Walker
Aden: Porte Mythique au Yemen/The Mythical Port of Yemen by Jose-Marie Bel
Yemen into the Twenty-First Century: Continuity and Change by Kamil Mahdi, Anna Wurth and Helen Lackner
Eating the Flowers of Paradise: a Journey through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen by Kevin Rushby
Tears of Sheba: Tales of Survival and Intrigue in Arabia by Khadija Al-Salami with Charles Hoots
Salafism in Yemen: Transnationalism and Religious Identity by Laurent Bonnefoy
Yemen Engraved: Illustrations by foreign travellers 1680–1903 by Leila Ingrams
On The Edge of Empire: Hadhramawt, Emigration and the Indian Ocean 1880s-1930s by Linda Boxberger
Peripheral Visions: publics, power and performance in Yemen by Lisa Wedeen
Yemen: Evenements Vecus: Medecine Cooperative Francaise sur fond de revolution by Lucile Fevrier
The Republic of Yemen: Development Challenges in the 21st Century by Marta Colburn
Yemeni Voices: Women tell their stories by Marta Paluch, with illustrations by Amnah Al-Nassiri
Kidnapped in Yemen: One Woman’s Amazing Escape from Terrorist Captivity by Mary Quin
An Element of Luck by Michael Crouch
An Element of Luck: To South Arabia and Return by Michael Crouch
In the Heart of the Desert by Michael Quentin Morton
The Western Hadramawt: Ethnographic Field Research, 1983–91 by Mikhail Rodionov
The Hadramawt Documents 1904–51: Family Life and Social Customs under the Last Sultans by Mikhail Rodionov and Hanne Schönig
50 Years In Shifting Sands: Personal Experience in the Building of a Modern State in Yemen by Mohsin A. Alaini
Nur al-ma’arif, Lumière de la Connaissance: règles, lois et coutumes du Yemen sous le règne du sultan rassoulide al-Muzaffar by Muhammad Abd al-Rahim Jazim (ed)
Life of Major-General Saleh Yislam Bin Sumaida', Commander of the Qu'aiti Armed Forces by Muhammad Mahfoudh Saleh bin Sumaida'
Fifty Years in Shifting Sands: My story and the Building of the Modern State in Yemen by Muhsin al-Aini
The Merchant Houses of Mocha: Trade & Architecture in an Indian Ocean Port by Nancy Um
The Hadrami Awakening: Community and Identity in the Netherlands East Indies, 1900-1942 by Natalie Mobini-Kesheh
Sheba Revealed: A Posting to Bayhan in the Yemen by Nigel Groom
Yemen Divided: The Story of a Failed State in South Arabia by Noel Brehony
The Burning Ashes of Time by Patricia Aithie
Yemen: World Bibliographical Series, Vol 50 by Paul Auchterlonie
A History of Modern Yemen by Paul Dresch
Playing the Game: Western Women in Arabia by Penelope Tuson
Without Glory In Arabia: The British Retreat From Aden by Peter Hinchcliffe, John Ducker & Maria Holt
Cool for Qat: A Yemeni Journey: Two Countries, Two Times by Peter Mortimer
Riot: South Shields 1930: Britain’s First Race Riot by Peter Mortimer
Yemen by Peter Wald, translated by Sebastian Wormell
Final Flight From Sanaa by Qais Ghanem
Two Boys From Aden College by Qais Ghanem
Yemen: Territoires et Identités by Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Mediterranée
The Lost World of Socotra: Yemen's Island of Bliss by Richard Boggs
From Ta'izz to Tyneside: An Arab community in the north-east of England during the early twentieth century by Richard I. Lawless
Travellers in Arabia by Robin Bidwell
Aden & the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Port by Roxani Eleni Margariti
The Workers’ Movement and Its role in the Development of the Nationalist Movement in Aden 1945–1963 by Saleh Ahmed Eisa
A Yemen Reality by Salma Samar Damluji
The Architecture of Yemen: From Yafi’ to Hadramut by Salma Samar Damluji
The Valley of Mud Brick Architecture by Salma Samar Damluji
The Diwan of Hajj Dakon: A Collection of Mahri Poetry: Introduction, Translation and Transliteration by Samuel Liebhaber
Yemen: Land and People by Sarah Searight
City of Divine and Earthly Joys: The Description of San’a by Sayyid Jamal al-Din Ali al-Shahari
Amedeo: The True Story of an Italian’s War in Abyssinia by Sebastian O’Kelly
Visits and Customs: The Visit to the Tomb of the Prophet Hud by Shaikh Abd al-Qadir Muhammad al-Sabban. Translated and edited by Linda Boxberger and ’Awad Abdelrahim Abu Hulayqa
Civil Society in Yemen: A Political Economy of Activism in Modern Arabia by Sheila Carapico
The Arab Chest by Sheila Unwin
A Tribal Order: Politics and Law in the Mountains of Yemen by Shelagh Weir
British Policy in Aden and the Protectorates 1955–67 by Spencer Mawby
Queen of Sheba: Treasures from ancient Yemen by St John Simpson
Regionalism and Rebellion in Yemen: a troubled national union by Stephen W. Day
Daniel van der Meulen in Arabia Felix: Travels and Photographs of a Dutch Diplomat in Yemen, 1931–1944 by Steven Vink
Contesting Realities: The Public Sphere and Morality in Southern Yemen by Susanne Dahlgren
Hadhrami Arabs Across the Indian Ocean: contributions to Southeast Asian economy and society by Syed Farid Alatas (ed.)
Undercover Muslim: A Journey into Yemen by Theo Padnos
Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Coming of Age in Arabia: a memoir of Aden before the terror by Tom Henighan
Studies in the Archaeology of Yemen: Results of American and Canadian Expeditions by translated by Dr Yasin Mahmud Al-Khalesi and edited and introduced by Dr Noha Sadek
Minaret Building and Apprenticeship in Yemen by Trevor H. J. Marchand
Indian Ocean Migrants and State Formation in Hadhramaut: Reforming the Homeland by Ulrike Freitag
Hadhrami Traders, Scholars and Statesmen in the Indian Ocean, 1750s-1960s by Ulrike Freitag and William Clarence-Smith (Eds)
Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes by Victoria Clark
Island of the Phoenix: An Ethnographic Study of the people of Socotra by Vitaly Naumkin
Red Wolves of Yemen: The Struggle for Independence by Vitaly Naumkin
Ein Jude im Dienst des Imams: Der erfolgreiche Geschäftsmann Israel Subayri by Yosef Tobi