Yemen

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Wedding revelers in Al Hajirah dance while brandishing their jambiya, the ceremonial daggers worn by most Yemeni men.
Sanna, the capital of Yemen surrounded by ancient clay walls, has been an important trading center on the road to Mecca for 2...
Al Mukalla backed by rugged volcanic mountains: this bustling port city has its face to the sea.
Al Hodeida is main fishing port of Yemen, and its fish market is the largest on the Red Sea.
An elder reads the Koran at Jibla's Queen Arwa Mosque. The queen, who ruled Yemen in medieval times, left a rich legacy, buil...
Jibla was the former capital of Yemen and reached the heights of its prosperity in the 11th and 12th centuries.
More than 50 mosques, dating from the 12th century, remain in Sana'a, the Yemeni capital.
In Islamic countries like Yemen, handkissing is a gesture of respect.
The looming mud-brick towers of Al Hajirah, some as many as ten stories high, rise from the valley, just as Ma Huan described.
A teacher and his students at Koran school in Jibla, Yemen.
A portrait of several Muslim men in Jibla, Yemen.
A portrait of an elderly Muslim man in Jibla, Yemen.
Muslim children holding flowers in Jibla, Yemen.