: a mad poet of Sanaá, in Yemen, who is said to have flourished during the period of the Ommiade caliphs, circa 700 A. D.

* Amputation is used as a legal punishment in a number of countries, among them Iran, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Islamic regions of Nigeria.

A 2008 New York Times report claims that Yemen has over 1 million of these discriminated and ostracized Al-Akhdam people, that is about 5 percent of Yemen population.

It is bordered by Somalia to the southeast, Eritrea on its northern, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea with Yemen on its eastern, and Ethiopia to the west and south.

The degree of Ezana's control over Yemen is uncertain.

Though there is little evidence supporting Aksumite control of the region at that time, his title, which includes king of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan ( all in modern-day Yemen ), along with gold Aksumite coins with the inscriptions, " king of the Habshat " or " Habashite ," indicate that Aksum might have retained some legal or actual footing in the area.

The Axumite Kingdom is recorded once again as controlling part – if not all – of Yemen in the 6th century.

This dating is tentative, however, as the basis of the year 525 for the invasion is based on the death of the ruler of Yemen at the time, who very well could have been Kaleb's viceroy.

* 1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.

Al-Sufi also identified the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible from Yemen, though not from Isfahan ; it was not seen by Europeans until Magellan's voyage in the 16th century.

Historically, some theocratic Islamic states known as imamates have been led by imams as head of state, such as in what is now Oman, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia.

Its advantages are most pronounced when the receiving country applies unprofitable exchange rate regulations ( as has been the case for many typical receiving countries such as Pakistan or Egypt ) or when the banking system in the receiving country is less complex ( e. g. due to differences in legal environment in places such as Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia ).

Aden is a major port in Yemen and controls ships entering the Red Sea.

For example, it is considered very unlikely that Ibn Battuta made a trip up the Volga River from New Sarai to visit Bolghar and there are serious doubts about a number of other journeys such as his trip to Sana ' a in Yemen, his journey from Balkh to Bistam in Khorasan and his trip around Anatolia.

In the Islamic regimes of Iran, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, North Sudan and Yemen, homosexual activity is punished with the death penalty.

The death penalty is currently in place in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Mauritania, northern Nigeria, Sudan, and Yemen.

This coffee is prized as one component in the traditional " Mocha Java " blend, which pairs coffee from Yemen and Java.

Prehistoric migration of Homo sapiens is likely to have taken place around 100, 000 years ago and to have followed the coastlines from Africa along Yemen and the sea shores of Oman.

Archaeological sites in Yemen and Oman have yielded a stone tool style that is distinct from the East African tradition.

Oman is a country situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and United Arab Emirates ( UAE ).

* 2000 – The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39

* 2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.

In the 2nd century the Lakhum tribe, who lived in what is now Yemen, migrated north and founded the Lakhmid Kingdom along the southern coast.

Yemen became a member of the Arab League in 1945 and the United Nations in 1947.

Yemen is a member of the United Nations, the Arab League, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

After unification, the Republic of Yemen was accepted as a member of the ACC in place of its YAR predecessor.

As a member of the UN Security Council ( UNSC ) for 1990 and 1991, Yemen abstained on a number of UNSC resolutions concerning Iraq and Kuwait and voted against the " use of force resolution ".

One sign of this came on December 2, 2003, when the Yemeni foreign ministry announced that " Yemen welcomes Iran's request to participate in the Arab League as an observer member.

Yemen has historically enjoyed good relations with Somalia, its neighbor to the south and fellow Arab League member.

Yemen is also a member of the following organizations:

During most of its existence ( 1958 – 1961 ), it was a member of the United Arab States, a confederation with North Yemen.

Yemen joined as a member on May 5, 1945.

Whatever containment value the pact might have had was lost when the Soviets ' leap-frogged ' the member states, establishing close military and political relationships with governments in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Somalia, and Libya.

Yemen was a founding member of the Arab League in 1945, and later joined the United Nations in 1947.

However, unlike the member countries of the United Arab Republic, Yemen remained an independent sovereign state.

Yemen joined as a member on May 5, 1945.

In 2002, Kaïssi was a member of the Algerian Under-23 National Team at the 2002 Palestine Solidarity Tournament in Yemen.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, a substitute for the Subcommittee on Human Rights, a member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

After the 2004 elections he became a member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism and member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen.

She was also a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen, and a substitute for the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with Japan, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen.

She was also a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on International Trade and a member of the delegations for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen, for relations with the Mashreq countries, and to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area ( EEA ) Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Jarallah became a member of the Politburo of the Yemeni Socialist Party ( YSP ), the ruling party in the South, and was named minister of culture in the government of a newly unified Yemen in the early 1990s.

She is a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and a member of the Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen.