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i hope that whoever wrote that section was not a saudi arabian. i edited because it was ignoring the saudi role in yemen and the fact that saleh's government used al-qaeda against houthis. The article is about yemen not Somalia, yet a large portion of the section was discussing the "historical good relations" between Yemenis and Somalians. uh.. no they don't especially the tribes who look down to Somalians as slaves. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.23.14.212 (talk) 09:14, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yemeni people

I don't get it; why isn't there an article for Yemenis as an ethnic group? I searched it, but it took me to a disambiguation page, and the only similar option was the page on Yemen Demographics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.117.24 (talk) 18:49, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

History of Yemen

The history (on this page and all of the history pages) is very vague about the origins of Yemen itself, the word, the modern concept. Has this area always been called Yemen? When it was incorporated into other empires in ancient times was Yemen considered a place? Or is Yemen a modern creation. Or to put it a different way, is there a mountain range or some geographic feature to the north that defines the border? I looked it up because I saw that Saudi Arabia was most of the peninsula, and I was curious how the tip ended up being different countries... the info I sought wasn't really here.

Demographics

A question about Yemen's Demographics: I have read that Yemen has a native black population who do not have recent African origin. It is believed that these people are decendants of the first wave of people to leave Africa thousands of years ago. There are only a few populations of these people that still exist. The Andamanese are one of the more famous groups from that lineage.

There is no mention of these people in the demographics section. Is there actually a native, non-african, black population who have been omitted, or do these people not actually exist? It would be good if someone who actually lives or has lived in Yemen could clarify this for me. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.30.68.206 (talk • contribs) 09:36, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

The part about "a native black population who do not have recent African origin. It is believed that these people are decendants of the first wave of people to leave Africa thousands of years ago." is, of course, nonsense. If they really were so long in Yemen, they would have mixed up with the rest long time ago. This is not the remote Andaman islands. The lighter majority is in Yemen for a long time. СЛУЖБА (talk) 02:13, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, most of the black population live close to the sea, either the red sear or arabian sea, and believed to be the remenants of the army of Ashab Alfeel, Ibrahah Alashram, from the Habashi Invasion to Yemen. Some of the troops just stayed in Yemen and lived there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.20.170.189 (talk) 07:15, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]


There is a statistic for the Shia/Sunni Split in Yemen being 13-15/85-88 and as its citation it links to the Yemen embassy in Canada site, however I visited that site and the Yemen Embassy in Canada says that there are 55% Sunnis and 42% Shia, I am changing it to reflect the information of the cited site —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.52.215.67 (talk) 23:25, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The UNHCR web site to which a link is provided in the article here (footnote 36) and the Yemeni sources all give the break down for Sunni/Shia (Zaydis, Ismailis, Imamis) as 53/47 and 55/45 respectively. Whoever is tampering with these figures, is counting that his vandalizing this article will not be discovered by keeping the citations on, but misrepresenting their content. That is a shame. By changing figures on Wikipedia, he/she cannot change the facts on the ground in Yemen itself. One hopes that the religious war being waged in the Middle East between the Wahhabis and the Shias do not become pervasive here as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Izady (talk • contribs) 03:19, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In page about North Yemen it is said it had population of some 7 milion in 1990. In page abouth South Yemen, it is said that it had population of some 2,6 milion in 1990. And just 20 years later, unified Yemen has population of some 23 milion? How come? —Preceding unsigned comment added by YossarianBa (talk • contribs) 20:44, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing odd. Yemen has a VERY high fertility. СЛУЖБА (talk) 02:18, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Population

The info box says a population of 23 million as of 2009, while in the demographics subsection it says 28 million in 2005, that's a horribly large difference. Could someone sort that one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.71.31.52 (talk) 03:04, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Longitude

Longitude "12d 24m E" of the capital is wrong. Also say "the population" instead of "the size, in terms of population". --User:Jidanni 2006-07-24

I fixed the phrasing, at least. -- Beland 23:35, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Culture?

why is ONLY Qat under culture? Yemen has a FAR richer culture than some leaf you chew, refer to www.myspace.com/yemeni_culture.com, -Mokha 128.208.35.227 22:57, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted this segment and planning to post (very soon) something meaningful to it to replace the shallow piece that was definitely a misrepresentation to the rich culture of Yemen. My apologies to the person who originally posted this, but, I just can’t allow Yemen’s face be distorted on my watch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.165.144.50 (talk) 01:07, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sana'a

Could someone clarify why Sana'a population is listed as being larger than the governate it is in? Does it extend beyond the governate, or are these numbers from two different years, or are they just wrong, or what? -- Beland 23:37, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the population listed is wrong —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.55.144 (talk) 19:50, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sana'a population listed is not city population, the city proper is separate governorate Amanat al Simah and so capital population is not included in Sana'a governorate as capital is not its part. The population numbers are official 2004 national census Bogomolov.PL (talk) 06:14, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Human Rights (Shiaa)

The Zaydi Shiaa's are not discriminated against. All presidents and powerful military leaders of Northern Yemen and of united Yemen are of Zaydi orgin. But the problem with Al-Houthi is a new problem with the extremist militant Zaydi group called Al-Shabab Al-Mo'men. It only involves a few thousand fighters it does not involve the millions of Shia's in Yemen. The supreme Shiaa council and its leader are unknown to most people. I tried searching for it on the internet and only found the mentioned quote. Thinking that the president was advised to kill all shia's is really stupid because he would not kill his own tribe in such a tribal country. Wikiarabia (talk) 12:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The mentioned reference is a blog and is not considered a reliable source. What the reference says makes no sense and was not published in any newspaper. The reference only contains the quote by the head of the Supreme Yemeni Shia and does not say anything about discrimination against shia's.

This is a link to a more unbiased report about the Saada war.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/shabab-al-moumineen.htm

This link confirms that the president himself is Zaidi.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6331149.stm

If you insist on putting the quote by the shia supreme council you have to put the other side of the story.

Wikiarabia (talk) 13:27, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1. The first sentence claiming that Zaidiyyah Shias are subject to abuse by the government is not mentioned in any of your references. This is User:Zeydi's opinion and should be removed.

2. The quote form the Chief of the Yemeni Supreme SHia Council. This Council is unheard of. I tried searching google in both Arabic and English and the only thing I could find was this quote. This council doesn't even have a website. There is no name for the Cheif of the Council. There is no way he could know what advice is given to the president. Even if all this were true why should this be put in the Human Rights section of Yemen if the President received bad advice from some Iraqi advisors. Besides the President himself is Shia(FACT) and his tribe are Shia(FACT) and in such a tribal country he would not kill his own tribe so this whole quote doesn't make any sense.

3. Al-Sistani's opinion is biased simply because he is a religious Shia figure who has never been to Yemen he was only told the story from the Shia rebels. I accept leaving this sentence but you should also add a sentence quoting somebody from the Yemeni government calling those Shia'a rebels Terrorists so you could have all points of view.

4. I don't see what the quote from Nizar Hamzeh has to do with the Human Rights of Shia muslims. Besides that is a personal opinion of some Academic.

5. All what User:Zeydi has written is one side of the story. There must be another side which is the war that his been going on since 2004 because this is the main cause of everything mentioned by User:Zeydi.

6. There should be a separation between the vast majority of Shia Muslims in Yemen and Al-Houthi's followers. There is no discrimination against Shia Muslims in General and here are some examples (remember Shias are about 40% of the population):

A. The current President and all previous presidents (of northern Yemen) were Zaydi Shia (FACT) B. All official Mofti's of the Republic of Yemen were Zaydi Shia (FACT) C. The Big Mosque in Sana'a (the Capital) is a Zaydi Shia mosque and the Friday Prayer in this mosque is shown everyweek on national TV (FACT) D. The president's relatives are the most powerful people in the country and they're mostly Zaydi Shia (FACT).Wikiarabia (talk) 09:31, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Since there is an unbiased article on the Sa'dah insurgency which explains everything about that war I suggest having a short paragraph like this:

Since the start of the Sa'dah insurgency hundreds of Zaydi Shia's accused of supporting Al-Houthi have been arrested and held without charge or trial. Some Zaydis reported harassment and discrimination by the Government because they were suspected of sympathizing with the al-Houthis. However, it appears the Government's actions against the group were probably politically, not religiously, motivated. Wikiarabia (talk) 10:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Economy

Yemen is a poor country but it is not the poorest country in the World at least not by GDP per Capita. Such statetment should have a reference to some statistics not just stated as a fact because it is not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiarabia (talk • contribs) 09:55, 4 July 2008 (UTC) In fact according to IMF [1] there are 47 countries that have less GDP per capita than Yemen. The the iraqi aid to Yemen is a lie because Iraq itself was under sanctions and Iraqi children were dying because of lack of medicines. If there was any aid the reference should mention how much money was paid to Yemen and provide reliable resources.Wikiarabia (talk) 10:04, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Sana'a links

The actual title of the article for Sana'a is now just that. All of the links in the article refer to San'a', which merely redirects to the article. Is this intentional or outdated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.36.124.14 (talk) 01:03, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

tiny mistake

the image with cheney is wrong because he's now no longer vice president. that image description needs to be changed. im new to wikipedia so i dont know how to do it.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.55.210.172 (talk • contribs) 00:14, 20 February 2009

Hi there, welcome to Wikipedia. The caption already says "former" Vice President? To get started with editing, take a look at Wikipedia:Tutorial. — Hex (❝?!❞) 01:04, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

♥ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.24.252.110 (talk) 21:13, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Only republic on the arabian peninsula?

It says in the intro that Yeman is the only republic on the Arabian peninsula. What about Syria (Syrian Arab Republic), Israel (State of Israel), Lebanon (Republic of Lebanon) and others? YeshuaDavid (talk) 12:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Those are not on the Arabian peninsula. TastyCakes (talk) 14:38, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm sorry I take that back, according to that article it looks like Syria is within the political and geographical definition of the peninsula. So I agree, the intro should be changed... TastyCakes (talk) 14:40, 30 March 2009 (UTC) Sorry again, I was looking at Jordan, not Syria. It seems by the political definition of the Arabian peninsula, the article is correct. However since the "geographical definition" includes parts of other republics, perhaps this statement should be removed as misleading... TastyCakes (talk) 14:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Independence?

Why does it not say anything about Yemen's independence from the United Kingdom in the infobox? Flosssock1 (talk) 21:41, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm I agree it should seem to say it. I've added it in. TastyCakes (talk) 21:12, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Flosssock1 (talk) 14:47, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

page view

Wow, this article went from 3.500 page views on December 20, to 39.500 page views on December 30. [2] The Ministry (talk) 21:36, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why two governate maps?

Given that this article is part of the English version of Wikipedia, what is the point of including a second map of the governates in Arabic? phreakydancin (talk) 20:23, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Already dealt with by 14 July 2010

Government and politics

Why doesn't this article have a Government and politics section like every other country article on Wikipedia? That seems like pretty basic information to include. Kaldari (talk) 05:40, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The History of Yemen and Foreign relations of Yemen articles are very brief, and do not adequately cover the governing structures or relations of the nation. The inclusion of a Government and politics section seems quite important. CSvensgaard (talk) 03:26, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Have started a Governance section, including details of the administrative divisions. Anyone care to add information on national government? Skinsmoke (talk) 17:42, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Done It's back! The sections on Politics and Administrative divisions were lost during a vandal attack on 28 February 2010. An editor partially reverted the attack, but missed these two. I have restored the deleted text under Governance. Skinsmoke (talk) 18:07, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology of Yemen

The article '[[3]]' states regarding the etymology of the name Yemen the following: "Yemen or al-yaman means "the south". One etymology derives Yemen from yamin the "right side" as the south is on the right when facing the sunrise; yet this etymology is considered suspect. Another derives Yemen from yumn meaning "felicity" as the region is fertile; indeed the Romans called it Arabia Felix." This would imply the origin of the word is from some Arabic word. But the Cambridge History of Islam, Vol 1A, page 6 passingly remarks the following: "[...]may possibly be called the Yemenites, from a Sabaic word which denotes south". This would mean, or for that matter any other Arabic origin, Yemen has been named from the vantage point of a place north of Yemen, which is strange. Anyone has any idea? Can someone add this origin somewhere in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prophetoffrivolity (talk • contribs) 12:12, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since both Arabic and Sabaic are Semitic, they could have had the same words. I'm not a specialist on this, however.
I don't see any oddities in a country taking the name its' neighbours call it. Such examples are abundant in history.
I'm adding this etymology to the article. СЛУЖБА (talk) 02:33, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed this entry after I put in my entry on Etymology below. I'm doing a copy and paste: There is something wrong with this section about the source of the word "Yemen". I can't speak for the word yumn, but it appears that the word "falicity" actually means something like happiness, not fertility. Also the Latin word "felix" actually means lucky, not firtile. Apparently the Roman reference to "Arabia Felix" actually ment "Lucky Arabia" and not "Firtile Arabia". This is according to Wiktionary upon looking up the word "falicity". The "Arabia Felix" name for Yemen makes me very curious about what happened there for the Romans to consider it lucky.DavidHenrickson (talk) 12:27, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Population of Sana'a

I corrected a caption to reflect its Aramco World citation, and used the one million present population from the chart of governates. However, it looks like the present population is about two million: http://www.bing.com/search?q=Sana'a+Yemen So my caption fix was probably wrong, but I can't count noses and won't make all the figures agree. Bing isn't a splendid source. Maybe someone else could? - 67.224.51.189 (talk) 01:12, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Where is Hawta?

I can't find it on any maps, but the NYTimes has an article about it.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world/middleeast/22yemen.html Ydorb (talk) 21:42, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yemen need help

Please I don't want Iraq II. But i think if we don't speak abut this. Lot of people will death: petrol is the matter, the fast money ist the problem... Realy the terrorist send in a fly Bombs?? please, i don't think so... if one terrorist could one attack don't send bombs in a fly, they don't are so much stupid!! Petrol, new construcction, new market for: the bigs companys!!!! this companys are the terrorist!! and FMI, EEUU, Europe help there... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.33.85.97 (talk) 23:54, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Yemen

Isn't this country also known as the Yemen? For example, there is the book Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday. This may be an exclusively British English usage, but it does exist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rredwell (talk • contribs) 19:35, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A Presidential republic?

This article defines Yemen as a Presidential republic, with a directly elected executive president, but according to its own Government section, the Head of Government is actually the Prime Minister, who must be approved by two-thirds of the Assembly of Representatives. This appears to be the definition of a semi-presidential republic, in which the Prime Minister and President share executive power and the Prime Minister must be approved by the legislature, so why is it defined as a Presidential republic?--90.199.141.85 (talk) 20:05, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As of today the president on the page is listed as "unknown" -- is this a sign of "abuse", or did Saleh get overthrown, and the new head of government has not yet been determined? Stopde (talk) 12:30, 21 November 2011 (UTC)Stopde[reply]

هاى بدى اتعرف ممكن

[[Link titlFile:Bold texte]] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.239.111.14 (talk) 20:44, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

شاب جزائري حر

هل استطيع التعرف...... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.200.53.243 (talk) 09:31, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing yet on Yemen's climate, the object of my inquiry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.40.56.184 (talk) 13:49, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Saleh is President according to incumbant Yemeni authorities.

It is a bad thing that Wikipedia underrepresents the official view of incumbant Yemeni authorities that Saleh is still President. СЛУЖБА (talk) 23:24, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see it was an uncited anon edit. I reverted it on this page. Needs to be reverted on other pages as well. СЛУЖБА (talk) 00:28, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology

There is something wrong with this section about the source of the word "Yemen". I can't speak for the word yumn, but it appears that the word "falicity" actually means something like happiness, not fertility. Also the Latin word "felix" actually means lucky, not firtile. Apparently the Roman reference to "Arabia Felix" actually ment "Lucky Arabia" and not "Firtile Arabia". This is according to Wiktionary upon looking up the word "falicity". The "Arabia Felix" name for Yemen makes me very curious about what happened there for the Romans to consider it lucky.DavidHenrickson (talk) 12:05, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Territory

Could someone make the island of Socotra on the map in the country infobox green, as it belongs to Yemen. RikSchuiling (talk) 09:27, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yamnat

Under "Etymology", the word "yamnat" is said to be in Old South Arabian. I was puzzled, as the script of the same only used consonants. Perhaps some other version gives vowels.

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