With Contributions by Ronald Lewcock, Noha Sadek, Trevor H.J. Marchand, Barbara Finster, Nancy Um, Venetia Porter, Shelagh Weir, Fernando Varanda, Pamela Jerome, Sabina Antonini De Maigret, Cristina Muradore, Renzo Ravagnan, Nabil al-Makaleh, Abdullah al-Dailami, Ingrid Hehmeyer, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Gabriele vom Bruck, Anne Meneley, Deborah Dorman, and St John Simpson
Distributed for The Gingko Library
Chicago IL, September 2017
240 pages | 100 color plates, 20 maps | 9 1/2 x 10
ISBN : 9781909942073
Generations of highly skilled masons, carpenters and craftspeople have deftly employed local materials and indigenous technologies to create urban architectural assemblages, gardens, and rural landscapes that dialogue harmoniously with the natural contours and geological conditions of Yemen. Unfortunately, a sharp escalation in military action and violence in the country since the 1990s has had a devastating impact on the region’s rich cultural heritage. In bringing together the astute observations and reflections of an international and interdisciplinary group of acclaimed scholars, this book aims to raise awareness of Yemen’s long history of cultural creativity and the urgent need for international collaboration to protect it and its people from the destructive forces that have beset the region.
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