In October 2019, The Guardian's Beth McKernan took a look at the cost Yemen's civil war is having on its ancient cities. Shibam is no longer getting funding to preserve its mud brick buildings ...
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16th century 'Manhattan of the Desert' with mud skyscrapers facing existential threatA remarkable 16th-century city, hidden in a barren stretch of Yemen's desert ... However, unlike New York's famous steel and stone skyscrapers, Shibam was built using an unexpected material ...
Harbia Al-Himiary has a special connection to Sana'a, whose war-damaged buildings she is helping to restore, as part of a ...
Harbia Al-Himiary has a special connection to Sana'a, whose war-damaged buildings she is helping to restore, as part of a UNESCO-supported initiative. "There is a common language between me and the ...
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