1. Thepopulation ofyemen 20 millionAnd outside nearly two millionThere aredistriboutorsin the world, their origin back toyemen.

2. history of yemenYemeni Sculpture from 75 BC Yemen has long existed at the crossroads of cultures. It linked some of the oldest centresof civilization in the Near East by virtue of its location in South Arabia. Between the 12th century BC and the 6th century AD, it was home of the Minaean,Sabaean, Hadhramaut, Qataban, Ausan, and Himyarite kingdoms, which controlled thelucrative spice trade, and later came under Byzantine and Persian rule.[10]In the 5th century AD, the Himyarite king Abu-Karib Assad converted to Judaism afterexpanding his kingdom to include most of the Arabian peninsula and parts of East Africa. Following intervention by the Byzantines and the Ethiopians, Christianity was briefly re- established in the kingdom under the leadership of Abraha. In the 7th century, Islamiccaliphs began to exert control over the area. After this caliphate broke up, Yemen cameunder the control of many dynasties who ruled part, or often all, of South Arabia Mecca andmost of Oman and even some parts of Gujarat in India during the rule of Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi. Imams descendants of prophet Muhammad also known assayyids ruled Yemen intermittently for 980 years, establishinga theocratic political structure that flourished and covered at itspinnacle all the area south of Mecca to Dhoffar in Oman and allthe way to Aden and the African coast of the Red sea, Gulf ofAden and parts of the Indian ocean adjacent to the Arabian Peninsula and strongly influencing and sometimes controlling sharifs of Hejaz. It survived until modern times. "Bronze man" found in Al Bayda (ancient Nashqum), dated 6th5th century BCE. Egyptian Shia caliphs occupied much of Yemen throughout the 11th century but were resisted by the Imams. By the 16th century and again in the 19th century, Yemen was part of the Ottoman Empire (first as the 3. Customs and tradition of Yemen 4. Yemen is located in Western Asia, in the southern half ofthe Arabian Peninsula, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea. It lies south of Saudi Arabia andwest of Oman, between latitudes 12 and 19 N and longitudes 42 and 55 E.A number of Red Sea islands, including the HanishIslands, Kamaran, and Perim, as well as Socotra in theArabian Sea, belong to Yemen. Many of the islands arevolcanic; for example Jabal al-Tair had a volcanic eruptionin 2007 and before that in 1883. 5. The cl i m e i n Yem i s var i ous and depends on t he di f f er ent al t i t udes atenof t he r egi ons. Ther e ar e no di st i nct i ve l i m t s bet wi een t he seasons. Gener al l y t her e ar e t w m n seasons (sum er and w nt er ). D i ng sum er t he cl i m e i s o ai m i urm at hot w t h hi gh hum di t y dom nat i ng i n t he coast al ar ea. ii iI n w nt er t he cl i m e i n t he coast al ar ea i s r el at i vel y m i atoder at e. O ccasi onal r ai ns i n t he sum er ar e caused by t he m m onsoon com ng f r om it he I ndi an Ocean. These r ai ns decr ease t he hi gh t em at ur es i n t hepercoast al ar ea dur i ng t he sum er m 6. Throne of queen blqees in century 9-10 BC Bridge chahara in Hajja citywhich built 1905 M 7. It is a basin to store water when rainfallAnd distributed to the population in a way beautiful geometric Architecture surprised scientists EngineeringAnd one of the leading tourist attractions and historical 8. Queen Arwa was the first queen inIslam 9. Saleh mosque A cave on the island of Socotra 10. Aden PortIs one of the major seaports and important in the Gulf of Aden, which islocated in Aden in Yemen The port of Aden one of the largest natural harbors in the world andduring the fifties of the last century has been Ranked as the second port in the world after New York bunkering. 11. Yemeni Arabs have been able to perform an important role intrade since the fifteenth century in the South East Asia region, and when he managed Mr. Stamford (Sir Stamford) of the discovery of Singapore in the year 1819 AD, the attracting Arabs to the new city. By the year 1824 AD, there were 15 Arabcitizens out of a citys population of 10.683 inhabitants 12. Religion in Yemen. There are mixedconsists primarilycommunities in the of two principallarger cities. About 1 Islamic religiouspercent of Yemenisgroups; 53% of the are non-Muslim,Muslim adhering to population isChristianity, Judaism, Sunni and 45% is Hinduism, orShiite according toAtheism.In thethe UNHCR.Yemenite city of Aden, Sunnis are there is still a primarily Shafiisignificant population but also include of Hindus howeversignificant groups some have left due to 13. Repeat, O World, my song. Echo it over and over again. Remember, through my joy, each march. Clothe him with the shining mantles Of ourfestivals. Repeat, O World, my song. In faith andlove am I part of mankind. An Arab am I in all my life. My heart beats in tune with Yemen. No foreignerSumayyah Al-sharafi shall dominate over Yemen Kind regards ;342ID; 120007943