Subjects:  1. Middle East - History    2. Politics/International Relations    3. Yemen    4. Yemen, North   

Subjects:  1. Arabian peninsula    2. Asian / Middle Eastern history    3. Civil war    4. International relations    5. Middle East    6. Yemen    7. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. 1962-    2. 1962-1970    3. Egypt    4. Foreign Relations    5. History    6. Saudi Arabia    7. Yemen    8. Yemen, North   

Subjects:  1. Aden (Protectorate)    2. Emigration & Immigration    3. Foreign relations    4. Great Britain    5. International Relations - General    6. Political Science    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Public Policy - Social Policy    9. Sociology    10. Yemen    11. Yemen, South    12. History    13. Political Science / International Relations   

Subjects:  1. Contemporary Politics - Middle East    2. History - General History    3. Middle East - General    4. Politics and government    5. Yemen    6. Arabian peninsula    7. Asian / Middle Eastern history    8. Political structure & processes   

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - General History    3. History: World    4. Middle East - General    5. Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -    6. History / Middle East    7. Yemen    8. c 1960 to c 1970   

Subjects:  1. History - General History    2. Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries    2. History    3. History - General History    4. Middle East - General    5. Middle East - History    6. Reference    7. Sociology    8. Yemen    9. Ancient Near East    10. Social Science / Reference    11. World history   

Subjects:  1. Biography/Autobiography    2. Ethnology    3. History    4. Social life and customs    5. Socotra    6. Socotra (Yemen)    7. Yemen (Republic)    8. Ethnography    9. Yemen   

Subjects:  1. Emigration and immigration    2. Hadramawt (Yemen : Province)    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Interior Design - General    7. Islamic Studies    8. Middle East - General    9. Politics and government    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Ã²Haòdramawt (Yemen : Province)    13. Asian / Middle Eastern history    14. Asian studies    15. Immigration & emigration    16. Indian Ocean    17. Yemen   

Subjects:  1. History    2. Yemen   

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A must if you're interested in the medieval Middle East
I read this in a university library and found it so engrossing and useful that I needed a copy of my own.An almanac initally sounds very dull, but Varisco's extensive commentary provides so many details on so many subjects, its simply amazing.It's not simply about science or even agriculture, it also contains a great deal of anthropolgical data that you don't find in other similar works.All too frequently, books dealing with the past dwell on the history, rather than the reality of the time. This work really captures the feel of the time period with its lavish details and research.Much of it could really qualify as trivia, but that's really what makes it such awonderful piece of work, as it isn't just concerned with the big issues of the time, but with what every man knew.If you're at all interested in what the period was like, beyond simple history, this is a great book.It's largely concerned with things related to agriculture as it's a very protracted translation and explanation of an almanac, so covers crops, the weather (a topic everyone's always discussed, past or present), health, astronomy, sex, the environmental, and many things in between. This presents a real portrait of the time period beyond what the title implies.This is a very thorough yet wide ranging work.It's very light on religion, but there's scores of books on medieval Islam, so this is not a great flaw.This is not quite like any other book you'll find on the period and thus why it is so great. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Agricultural History    2. Agriculture    3. Almanacs, Arab    4. Calendars    5. Chapter 32    6. Religion    7. Science, Medieval    8. Sultan of Yemen,    9. Tabsirah fi ilm al-nujum    10. Umar ibn Yusuf,    11. Yemen    12. d. 1296    13. Agriculture & Farming    14. History of specific subjects    15. Tabsirah fi °ilm al-nujum    16. °Umar ibn Yusuf   

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - General History    3. History: World    4. Islamic History    5. Middle East - General    6. Middle East - Iran    7. Cultural studies    8. Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Christianity - History - General    2. Religion   

Subjects:  1. 1517-1882    2. Economic conditions    3. Egypt    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Middle East - Egypt    8. Middle East - General    9. Modern - 17th Century    10. Modern - 18th Century    11. Social conditions    12. ASIA    13. Asian / Middle Eastern history    14. Modern period, c 1500 onwards    15. Ottoman Empire    16. World history: c 1500 to c 1750   

Subjects:  1. Description and travel    2. Ethnic relations    3. History    4. Jews    5. Journeys    6. Saphir, Jacob    7. Voyages and travels    8. Yemen   

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This Book is Absolutely Brilliant!!
This book really exemplifies the struggle and hardships that Yemenite Jews have had to encounter throughout their existence. Although not mentioned in the book, brining Yemenite Jewry into the Holy land proved to be great for both sides, as the Yemenites received freedom from persecution, and Israel received the vast fountains of knowledge which the Yemenite Jews are known to discharge. Yemenite Jews are the holders of the true tradition from Sinai.Aside from the countless traditions which they brought to Israel, they also brought with them information on the true phonology of the Hebrew language. Indeed, as any Israeli will attest to, Yemenite Jews today are of the few remaining Jews in Israel who can truly correctly articulate Hebrew words. Back to the original topic. Dr. Prof. Hayim Tawil, and his co-authors truly did an amazing job bringing this story to life. It was a quick and fascinating read. Prof Hayim Tawil, a graduate from Colombia, with a PHD, truly knows his material. YU is lucky to have a professor like him. I look forward to reading any more books which this genius man comes out with. PROFFESSOR TAWIL, HAZAK U'BARUKH!!!!!

Some remarks from one of the co-authors
I am a co-author of this book. In operation Esther, we tried to present a precise and honest account of how between 1988 and 1992, private citizens such Dr. Tawil from New York, William Wolf from Phoenix, and asmall number of simple US, and foreign citizens such as myself, worked handin hand with the government of the United States, and with the governmentof the Yemen Arab Republic towards the "opening of the doors for thelast Jews of Yemen". Our focus was not on receiving permission for theJews to got to Israel. This was not a political issue. Rather it was apurely human-right matter. We simply demanded full implementation ofexisting laws of the Yemen Arab Republic, granting in theory, freedom oftravel, emigration, and family reunification anywhere on the planet, to allYemeni citizens without distinction of race, sex or religion.Understandably, our description at the beginning of the book, of thesituation of the Jewish community in the Yemen Arab Republic before 1988,is very gloomy. I think, however, that as we describe the slow changes thatoccurred under our pressure, the human face of the Yemeni officials becameapparent. Ultimately, when we reached our goal and unrestricted freedom oftravel was granted to all the Jewish citizens of Yemen in 1991, the Yemenigovernment appeared as the true winner. This was the test-case for thisgovernment to obtain international recognition of it's new born democraticsystem. At my opinion, Dr. Abdel Karim Al-Yriani, who is now the PrimeMinister of Yemen played the most decisive role in this important page ofMiddle-East's history. It illustrates how in the last decade, both Dr.Al-Yriani and president Saleh transformed Yemen from a totalitarian,militarily-ruled country into the most advanced democracy of the Arabworld, with multi-party parliamentary elections, a relatively free andpluralistic press and a much improved track of human right violations. This book also reports on serious clashes we had with the Israeli Mossad.The situation was very simple. They had been in charge of the whole matterfor three miserable decades during which not a single Jewish family hadbeen reunited. Now that we were succeeding restoring contacts betweenseparated families and we were preparing for their departure, the Mossadunderstandably wanted full control. But, keeping in mind our goal, werefused any Mossad involvement because its presence, even in the back stageof our operation, might have had jeopardize our efforts. Keeping wholeissue apolitical and strictly at the level of the Human rights was the wayto go.The book tells about our struggle and how we succeeded,despite the contradicting efforts of the Israeli Mossad, to bring to thereunification of the Jewish families in Israel, in the US and in the UK.It should be noted that the hundreds of thousands of Jews born in Yemen,but that left Yemen before October 26, 1962, are still not allowed totravel to Yemen. As in the darkest ages of the Soviet Union, departing Jewsfrom Yemen in the years 1948-1962 became deprived, by default, of theircitizenship. This act, which was perpetrated by the previous government ofthe Imams, was against international laws. However, by preventing Yemeniborn Jews that live now in Israel, from obtaining Yemeni passports andreenter their country of origin, the present democratic state of Yemenremains in violation of international laws. This is why, I mustconfess that the tittle of our book is not yet completely meeting ourexpectations. The door will be opened only once complete freedom of travelwill be granted, both ways, in and out, to all the Yemeni born citizensthat still miss their country of origin. If you try, maybe it can happen
The modern rescue of the remaining Jews from the Arab nation of Yemen is truly a study of what a small band of determined human rights advacates can accomplish on a global scale.The government of Israel was totally unablefor 30 years to do anything about the plight of the remaining Jews inYemen, with families separated for over 30 years with no contact at all -no letters, phone calls or visits. People would live and die totallyseparated from their loved ones, with not even information of the situationbeing available to the other family members. This rescue is an example forall right minded people that hard work can result in human dignity andfreedom for the oppressed people in this world, and that they cannot beforgotten. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Emigration and immigration    3. Ethnic relations    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History Of Jews    7. Jewish - General    8. Jews    9. Middle East - General    10. Sociology    11. Yemen   

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