Yemen: Index

Author: Antti Salonen (All rights reserved)

Gallery created: 6.3.2009

1/55: In the taxi from Sana'a international airport
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2/55: A minaret in Old Sana'a
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3/55: Old Sana'a
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4/55: Old Sana'a
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5/55: A local man relaxing in Sana'a
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6/55: Hawtar'athat statue, ca. 200 BC, recently returned to the National Museum of Sana'a after restoration at Louvre
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7/55: National Museum, Sana'a
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8/55: National Museum, Sana'a
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9/55: Sana'a, with Wadi as-Sailah on the foreground
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10/55: Old Sana'a
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11/55: Dar al-Hajar, a mansion built in the 1930's as a summer retreat to Imam Yahya, at the place of an ancient settlement
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12/55: Johanna, Dar al-Hajar
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13/55: View from the yard of Dar al-Hajar
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14/55: The now-abandoned Jewish settlement of Bait Baws, on the outskirts of Sana'a
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15/55: The new Al-Saleh Mosque, inaugurated in late 2008
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16/55: Old Sana'a at night
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17/55: Farmland north of Sana'a
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18/55: View from the road from Sana'a to Hajjah
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19/55: Hezam al-Arashi, the doorkeeper of the Kohlan citadel
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20/55: Two local construction workers at the Cairo Citadel (Gel'at al-Gaheera), Hajjah
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21/55: Hawk, Hajjah
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22/55: An agave plant, Hajjah
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23/55: An old Jewish house in Thula
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24/55: Thula
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25/55: Bakery, Shibam
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26/55: Kawkaban
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27/55: Shibam
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28/55: Flora
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29/55: Kawkaban
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30/55: A view from Kawkaban
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31/55: Khat fields with a few houses and many guard towers
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32/55: Terraces, with the town of at-Taweela on the background
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33/55: Local children in at-Taweela
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34/55: The symbol of the ruling political party of Yemen, General People's Congress, painted on a wall in al-Mahweet
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35/55: Villages near al-Mahweet
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36/55: Al-Hajjarah
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37/55: Tuomas in Hutayb, an important pilgrimage location of the Ismai'ilis, a Shi'a branch of Islam
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38/55: Football spectator at the town square of Manakha
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39/55: Goalkeeper ready to deliver a kick, Manakha
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40/55: The Zabid fortress in Bayt al-Faqih, with the fortress's cistern on the foreground
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41/55: The doorman of the Zabid fortress, with family
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42/55: A cinema in Zabid, opposite to the house where the Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini used to live during his time in Yemen
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43/55: An archaeological excavation in Zabid, one of the three UNESCO world heritage sites in Yemen along with Old Sana'a and Shibam Hadramaut
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44/55: Flamingos in al-Kokha
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45/55: Western Reef Heron, al-Kokha
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46/55: Local fisherman with a catch, al-Kokha
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47/55: Fisherman in al-Kokha
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48/55: The once-prominent coffee trading town of al-Mocha
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49/55: Stray dog, al-Mocha
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50/55: Toyota Landcruiser, Cameleers Tours
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51/55: Fauna on the beach of the Gulf of Aden
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52/55: Aden
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53/55: Flat, slick tyre
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54/55: A view from the renovated Cairo Castle, Ta'iz
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55/55: Jiblah
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