A Vision of Yemen: The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide

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By Alan Verskin *10

Published March 6, 2019

A Vision of Yemen (Stanford University Press) is the reflective first-hand account of Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew who accompanied the European orientalist Joseph Halévy on his archaeological tour of Yemen in 1869. This is the first English translation of Habshush’s work.

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