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	Yemen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية), composed of former North and South Yemen, is a country on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden on the south and the Red Sea on the west.
		Yemen is a republic with a bicameral legislature.
		Yemen is in the Middle East, in the south of Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, west of Oman and south of Saudi Arabia.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Yemen (2467 words)

	Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Among Yemen’s larger towns are Şa‘dah, far to the north; Dhamār, Yarim, and Ibb, in the middle region; Al Mukallā, on the southern coast; and in Hadhramaut, the towns of Shibām, Say‘ūn, and Tarīm.
		Yemen’s economy is primarily agricultural, and farming and livestock raising remain the chief livelihood for most of the population.
		Yemen’s critical response to the presence of foreign military forces massed in Saudi Arabia led the Saudi government to expel 850,000 Yemeni workers; the return of the workers and the loss of remittance payments produced widespread unemployment and economic upheaval, which led in turn to domestic political unrest.
	www.arab-world-information.com /yemen.htm (6748 words)

	Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yemen is composed of former North and South Yemen.
		Yemen is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East.
		In terms of GDP per capita, Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab world and one of the poorest nations in the world.
	www.tocatch.info /en/YE.htm (3003 words)

	Why War? Keywords: Yemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
		Egypt under Nasser aided the southern Marxist Yemen force militarily, including the use of chemical weapons, specifically mustard gas and perhaps an organophosphate nerve agent, against royalist troops in North Yemen.
		Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, reported strong growth in the mid-1990s with the onset of oil production, but was harmed by low oil prices in 1998.
	www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Yemen (748 words)

	Music of Yemen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Yemen is a country on the Arabian Peninsula, and the music of Yemen is primarily known abroad for a series of pan-Arab popular stars and the Yemenite Jews who became musical stars in Israel during the 20th century.
		Yemen's national anthem is "United Republic" written by Abdallah "al-Fadhool" Abdulwahab Noman.
		Traditional Yemenite music is usually performed in the home, in a window-lined room at the top of the house called a mafraj during a khat chew, in which the performers intake a mild narcotic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Yemen (329 words)

	Yemen
		Yemen is in Southwest Asia, in the south of Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, west of Oman and south of Saudi Arabia.
		In February 1989, north Yemen joined Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt informing the Arab Cooperation Council (ACC), an organization created partly in response to the founding of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and intended to foster closer economic cooperation and integration among its members.
		Yamaani Music This is not an article rather brief straight forward information regarding the cultural music of the nation.
	creekin.net /n200-yemen.html (1334 words)

	British-Yemeni Society: Traditional music in the Yemen
		It may be too much to say that poetry gave rise to music in the Yemen, but many poetic genres are intimately linked with the musical forms, and they have contributed much to the structure of Yemeni music.
		Lyres, known in the Yemen in ancient times, are still to be heard in the coastal areas today As in Ethiopia, they are associated with magic and the large bowl lyre (tamburah) is used exclusively in healing ceremonies.
		There are certain social groups that specialise in music making, but in every case the distinction is made between the amateur, who would never accept payment, and the professional, for whom the performance of music is a vocation.
	www.al-bab.com /bys/articles/bakewell95.htm (1336 words)

	Yemen
		The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, and is a part of the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
		The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
		On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole - an American guided missile destroyer - was attacked by waterborne terrorists as the American ship was refueling in the port of Yemen.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Yemen (358 words)

	Arabic Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Before the spread of Islam, Arab music incorporated music traditions of the Sassanid dynasty (224-651) in Persia and the early Byzantine empire (4th century to 6th century) and of sung poetry from the Arabian Peninsula.
		Music theorists of the 10th century and 11th century, such as al-Farabi and Avicenna, produced their own theories of music based on what they had learned from the Greeks and on the music of their own times.
		Musical accomplishment lies in the musician's technical virtuosity, creativity, and subtlety in suggesting other modes, other compositions, or even the music of other artists.
	www.arab-world-information.com /arabic_music.htm (3559 words)

	Yemen - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Yemen, Republic of, country in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula (Arabia).
		Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), commonly North Yemen, former country of Asia, now the northern part of the Republic of Yemen, in the southwestern corner...
		Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of (PDRY), formerly People's Republic of South Yemen, commonly called South Yemen, former country of Asia, now...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Yemen (146 words)

	Yemen - Photos, Maps, Videos, Flags, Facts, More -- National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Yemen's highlands volcanic soils yield cereal crops.
		Most coffee groves (Yemen invented the drink in the 11th century, and mocha is named for the Red Sea port, Al Mukha.) have been replaced by fields of kat, chewed as a stimulant.
		Yemen's modest oil reserves provide most of the revenue, but it is the poorest country in the Middle East.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_yemen.html (529 words)

	Yemen - Traditional Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The most significant individual style of art music in Yemen is based closely on poetry, including both classical Arabic poetry as well as that of Yemeni poets over the past centuries and up to today.
		Many variants on this style exist in Yemen, and as a historical form, this was the specifically Arabic musical style which first made a world impact during the early Islamic Empire.
		The styles in Yemen are especially fluid in rhythm, with a wide variety of metrical patterns derived from poetic language, and articulated without strong rhythmic accents.
	www.medieval.org /music/world/yemen.html (383 words)

	Documen.tv Documentary film VOD DVD Yemen music In the country of the Queen of Sheba
		The " magyal", is in Yemen a daily gathering where friends chew the " kÃ¢t " together, talking and listening to music or poetry.
		In the Yemeni society music can't be separated from poetry.
		Then profane music is replaced by the muezzins' sacred music, their voices echoing each other from one minaret to another.
	www.documen.tv /asset/Music_of_Yemen.html (198 words)

	The Music of Islam, Vol. 11 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The music of Yemen is extremely rich in genres, repertoires and configurations, functional relationships, modalities of performance and instruments.
		Yemenite music in general, and regardless of all the differences between layers of tradition and local and regional styles, has a particular attraction and charm, virtues which have been praised since ancient times.
		Music of Yemen was recorded in the home of well–known Sana'anian physician, musician and musicologist Dr. Nizar Ghanem in Old Sana'a.
	www.blacksun.com.cob-web.org:8888 /releases/13151.htm (565 words)

	SYLLABUS
		Since religion is the basic component of traditional Jewish culture, it is clear that musical performance is linked to the social events (rites and ceremonies) of the Jewish calendar and the Jewish life cycle.
		This session explores the main characteristics of the Yemenite Jewish liturgy (particularly its plurivocality), the diversity of styles according to the different areas of Yemen, the music of the diwan and finally how the Yemenite tradition became to be perceived as the most "authentic" of all Jewish music traditions.
		Jews excelled in music making in most of the non-Jewish societies where they were forced to live for two thousand years as a religious minority.
	www.biu.ac.il /bar-e-learn/english/course_music.htm (596 words)

	Music
		Zydeco music speaks for the history of its region and culture through the French accordion and the celebratory African rhythm.
		This music, derived mainly from Spain's Gitano Gypsies, but also heavily influenced by the Spanish, and to a lesser degree by the Moors and Sephardic Jews, is quite versatile and as diverse as those influences.
		The music is sung in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English.
	wwwiz.com /issue26/html/article5.html (1575 words)

	UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World: Yemen
		Hadramawt has always been the centre of culture for Yemen and the Arab world, with poetry being the most important expression of its cultural life.
		It is nearly always meant to be sung, and it is highly likely that the ancient monodic songs of the pre-Islamic period have been preserved in this valley.
		This is a rare opportunity to hear the mythical lute of Sanaa or the lyre, which has disappeared even from Greece.
	www.unesco.org /culture/cdmusic/html_eng/yemen.shtml (148 words)

	sufi.html
		Music in Yemen has gone through major changes in the second half of this century.
		The pattern and melody that survived the past centuries with considerable stability and consistency have suddenly lost their immunity to change.
		Actually I am gratified with your interest, and by the way, you are the only newspaper that came to me seeking to shed light on the history of music in Yemen over the last four or five decades.
	www.aiys.org /webdate/hari.html (973 words)

	Recording review: Music From Yemen Arabia: Sanaani, Laheji, Adeni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yemen sits on the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula where the Indian Ocean meets the Red Sea.
		These songs were recorded in 1973 and originate from the city of Sanaa, the sheikdom of Lahej, and the port of Aden.
		Oud musician Hassan al Zabeede is from Lahej, a sheikdom on the southern borders of North Yemen.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/yemen.html (320 words)

	Simple Song Lyrics - We've got all the lyrics! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	www.simple-song-lyrics.com /y_lyrics/song_lyrics_yemen-music_of_the_hi... (453 words)

	Yemeni arts and culture
		A highly classical style of music sometimes known as Sana'ani song.
		Born in Hodeidah in the 1950s, Ahmad Fathi has become one of Yemen's most famous musicians, noted for his creativity and brilliance in playing the lute [Yemen Times, 15 Feb 1999].
		Music and poetry Musicians and poets Music on line
	www.al-bab.com /yemen/soc/culture.htm (333 words)

	NPR : 'Masada Songbook': Zorn Redefines Jewish Music
		Composer and saxophonist John Zorn has pushed back the boundaries of Jewish music with everything from klezmer music to hard rock.
		There are now over 200 pieces in the catalog, which take their inspiration from klezmer, Middle Eastern and classical music.
		Music of the Human Heart May Hold Clues to Healing
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5009271 (276 words)

	World Music: The Hot List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Misia is a Portuguese singer who is a princess of fado -- the national music of Portugal.
		Each of these recordings were created on location in the 1970's and are representative of the instruments and musical styles of these regions.
		Recorded in the 1950's, Folk Music and Song of Italy (a sampler of different traditional song styles), Calabria (songs of work and celebration sung by fishermen, women, and children), and The Trallaleri of Genoa (featuring trallalero, an improvised five-voiced male polyphonic style), capture specific elements of Italian musical culture.
	www.insideworldmusic.com /library/blhot3.htm (388 words)

	The Music of the YEMENI (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Jews of Yemen were almost isolated from 400 BC until 1948 when they returned to Israel.
		Their dance and music seem to have been effected by their society in Yemen.
		There are many similarities between the Yemenite arab music and dances to that of the Yemenite Jewish music.
	members.aol.com.cob-web.org:8888 /yalnet/yemjew.html (206 words)

	Yemen - Time - Weather - Coins - Hotels - Music
		Its in the southern part of Yemen and in the region of HADHRAMAUT GOVERNORATE.
		Stay Inside - the new frontier of the music - free, music, rock, lyrics, song, mp3, download, author, pictures...
		Music: Stay Inside - the new frontier of the music - free music, rock, lyrics, song, mp3, download, author, rock.
	www.exxun.com /Yemen/k_lk.html (331 words)

	Top20Yemen.com - Your Top20 Guide to Yemen!
		It was known to the Romans as "Arabia Felix" ("Happy Arabia") because of the riches its trade generated; Augustus Caesar attempted to annex it, but the expedition failed, but Persian King of Kings were more successful and Yemen became a Persian province in 597/8 under a Persian satrap.
		Just as each governorate has a cultural and ethnic similarity to another so each has its cultural differences from the others, such as in its method regarding the Yamaani Music.
		English is used as foreign language and is taught in public schools, starting from grade 7.
	top20yemen.com (2052 words)

	Music and Songs
		Arabic Classical Music is one of the world's major musical systems.
		Arabic Music is needed to be able to listen to music.
		Arabic Music is complex in its rhythms and arrangements.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /courses/mjiyad/music.html (702 words)

	Yemen / Sana'a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is music which should be known more widely.
		The liner notes contain a discussion of Islam, Islamic music, history in general...
		Along with the extensive discussion, valuable especially to someone relatively unfamiliar with Yemen and/or Arabic music, this recording is especially valuable for its variety of voices, both male and female.
	www.medieval.org /music/world/cds/clt13151.html (295 words)

	Country Music Reviews
		Included are the legendary tracks of Frank Proffitt with his version of "Tom Dooley", which was the Kingston Trio's inspiration for their recording.
		Jody lives for the traditional music, and that can be heard in his music.
		Various Artists: Sunshine State Swing - Western Music on Los Angeles Radio 1944-49- Spade Cooley and T. Texas Tyler are featured.
	www.downhomemusic.com /new_rel_country.asp (243 words)

	Yemen News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News
		Yemen calls for action to stop Israel's 'brutal massacres' in Gaza
		Yemen says it needs $48 billion in next decade to prepare for GCC membership
		PM to be briefed on Australian trio arrested in Yemen
	www.einnews.com /yemen (478 words)

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