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  • EpicThe Adventures of Sayf Ben Dhi Yazanسيرة سيف بن ذي يزنAnonymous · 1400The sira was born in Mamluk Egypt, in the time of the wars against the Christian kingdoms of Ethiopia.Literature
  • Poetryمن أرض بلقيسAbdullah al-Baradduni · 1961not translated into EnglishThe collection appeared in Cairo, a year before the revolution that overthrew the imamate in northern Yemen.Literature
  • Poetryلا بد من صنعاءAbdul-Aziz al-Maqalih · 1971not translated into EnglishThe author was then living in Egypt, from where he returned to settle in Sanaa only several years later.Literature
  • NovelThey Die Strangersيموتون غرباءMohammad Abdul-Wali · 1971A shopkeeper from Yemen, settled in Ethiopia, torn between piety, affairs and the dream of return, in a short novel of exile.Literature
  • NovelThe HostageالرهينةZayd Mutee Dammaj · 1984The novel looks back on the imamate before the revolution, in a society where taking hostages guaranteed the obedience of families.Literature