These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. Baltic: The Future of Europe by Oliver Moody "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia took Finland from Sweden (1809) ...

Book Review: Houthis in Yemen, a new old story. Mahmoud El-Wardani, Monday 22 Jun 2015. Judge Al-Dimerdash Al-Aqaali devotes the greater part of his book to explore the creedal facets of the Zaydi ...

An outstanding book that provides answers to most questions raised by Yemen’s many crises since 2011, 25 Days to Aden discusses the effects of culture, religion, indoctrination and drug use in ...

History books will be harsh on us for ignoring Yemen. ... Comments. A woman carries her son Imran Faraj, 8 years old, who is suffering from malnutrition in Yemen (Abdul Jabbar Zeyad/Reuters) ...

“The Monk of Mokha” (Alfred A. Knopf), by Dave Eggers As legend has it, coffee was born in Yemen, when a Sufi brewed the beverage to fuel his late-night devotions. Roughly 700 years lat… ...

This collection of essays is a useful primer on the politics and economics of Yemen, now mired in war and dysfunction. Although the authors do address the “fragmented interventions” of various ...

As legend has it, coffee was born in Yemen, when a Sufi brewed the beverage to fuel his late-night devotions. Roughly 700 years later, a Yemeni-American set out to revive the country’s ...

Yemen has always played an important role in the region, and in Islamic history. Paul Dresch is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Oxford and the author of A History of Modern Yemen.

“Most of them left Yemen for Israel in the 1950s, 1960s, ... Books This graphic history of Jerusalem is a big hit. But its Jews have hooked noses. By Roy Schwartz 8 min read.