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Ibb ( ar, إِبّ, ʾIbb) is a city in Yemen, the capital of Ibb Governorate, located about northeast of Mocha and south of Sana'a. A market town and administrative centre developed during the Ottoman Empire, it is one of the most important medium-sized cities in the country. It is situated on a mountain ridge, surrounded by fertile land. As of 2005, it had a population of 160,000. History Ibb has been occupied since ancient times, and due to its strategical importance, the Ottomans used it as an administrative centre. It thrived as a market town and the Ottomans established the Wednesday market in Ibb. Ibb was governed by a semi-autonomous emir until 1944, when the emirate was abolished. At times in its history many people have migrated to Ibb from areas of Yemen which had been experiencing drought, to find work in farming. In the mid 1950s there was reportedly an outbreak of smallpox in the city. German explorer, Hermann Burchardt, photographed the city in 1901 ...
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Governorates Of Yemen
Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (''muhafazah'') and one municipality ( amanah): Notes: a - Also known as Sanaa City b - Socatra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of Hadramaut, data included there The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (''muderiah''), which are subdivided into 1,996 sub-districts, and then into 40,793 villages and 88,817 sub villages (as of 2013). Before 1990, Yemen existed as two separate entities. South Yemen consisted of modern Aden, Abyan, Al Mahrah, Dhale, Hadramaut, Socotra, Lahij, and Shabwah Governorates, while the rest made up North Yemen. For more information, see Historic Governorates of Yemen. See also * ISO 3166-2:YE References {{DEFAULTSORT:Governorates of Yemen Subdivisions of Yemen Yemen, Governorates Yemen 1 Governorates, Yemen Yemen geography-related lists Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. ...
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Ibb University
Ibb University () was established in Ibb Ibb ( ar, إِبّ, ʾIbb) is a city in Yemen, the capital of Ibb Governorate, located about northeast of Mocha and south of Sana'a. A market town and administrative centre developed during the Ottoman Empire, it is one of the most important ... as an official university in 1996. It was founded by Nasser al-Awlaki. The university consists of 11 faculties: * Faculty of Medicine and Health Science * Faculty of Dentistry * Faculty of Engineering and Architecture * Faculty of Science * Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine * Faculty of Administrative Sciences * Faculty of Education * Faculty of Education – Al-Nadirah * Faculty of Arts * Faculty of Law * Faculty of Specific - Al-Saddah Centres: * Centre for Development and Quality Assurance * Centre for Computer and Information Technology * Centre for Languages and Translation * Centre for Psychological and Educational Counselling * Engineering Consultancy Centre * Centre fo ...
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Jibla, Yemen
Jiblah ( ar, جِبْلَة) is a town in south-western Yemen, south, south-west of Ibb in the governorate of the same name. It is located at the elevation of around , near Jabal At-Taʿkar (). The town and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List due to its purported universal cultural value. The historical Palace of Queen Arwa is located in the town. History Following the assassination of the Sulayhid 'Ali ibn Muhammad in 1067 CE, Arwa al-Sulayhi's husband Ahmad became the ''de jure'' ruler of Yemen, but he was unable to rule, being paralysed and bedridden. He gave all of his power to Arwa, one of her first actions was to move the capital from Sana'a to Jibla, in order to be in a better position to destroy Sa'id ibn Najar, and thus avenge her father-in-law's death. This she managed to do by luring him into a trap in 1088. She built a new palace at Jibla, and transformed the old palace into a great mosque where she was eventually buried.M ...
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Aghrab Beni Awad
Aghrab Beni Awad is a village in the county of Bada'an, Province of Ibb, in the Republic of Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha .... Aghrab is famous for its agriculture and high school, Shohatee High School. Aghrab Web Site
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Hamdan Dammag
Hamdan Dammag (Arabic:), (born in Ibb 28 November 1973) is a Yemeni computer scientist and a prize-winner novelist. He has several poetry and short stories publications. He is the son of the foremost Yemeni novelist Zayd Mutee' Dammaj. He is the editor-in-chief of ''Ghaiman'', an Arabic literature journal, the vice president of the Yemen Center for Studies and Research (YCSR) and the Vice President of thInternational League for Peace and Human Rights(ILPHR) - Geneva. He has several publications in computer science and literature. He received his Ph.D in computer science from the University of Reading The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 192 ... in 2005. As part of his Ph.D., he introduced a new safety-oriented variant of Statecharts, called Safecharts. Publications Bo ...
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Iman University
Iman University (also al-Iman University, el-Eman University, or al-Eman University; ar, جامعة الإيمان; ''Jāmiʿat al-Īmān'') is a Sunni religious school founded in 1993 in Sanaa, Yemen.Arabic website
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''Al-Iman'' means ''the Faith''. As of January 2010, it reportedly had 6,000 students. Its founder and principal director is Abdul-Majid al-Zindani, who is classified by the

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Abdul Majeed Al-Zindani
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (; born in 1942 in Ibb, Yemen) is a leading Islamist, founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen, head of the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood political movement and founder of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah, based in Saudi Arabia. He has been described by Daniel Golden of ''the Wall Street Journal'' as "a charismatic Yemeni academic and politician." and by CNN as "a provocative cleric with a flaming red beard".Yemeni leader lashes out at U.S. as protests continue
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Al-Zindani spent his early college years in , and stu ...
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Zayd Mutee' Dammaj
Zayd Mutee' Dammaj (Arabic:زيد مطيع دماج), (1943 - March 20, 2000) was a Yemeni author and politician. He is best known for his short novel '' The Hostage'' which was selected by the Arab Writers Union as one of the top 100 Arabic novels of the 20th century. Life and work Dammaj was born in As Sayyani District of Ibb Governorate."Zayd Mutee Dammaj Biography (1943-2000)"
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His father Sheikh Mutee' bin Abdullah Dammaj was a committed revolutionary activist against the rule of and went on to establish a political party named Al-Ahrar in in 1943. He ...
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Abdul Aziz Al-Maqaleh
Abdul Aziz Al-Maqaleh ( Arabic:; 1937 – 28 November 2022) was a Yemeni poet and writer. He followed the school of free poetry and he was the Yemen's first poet to win the Al-Owais cultural Award. Life and career Al-Maqaleh was born in 1937 in the village of Maqaleh in the governorate of Ibb and studied and finished his BA in 1970. In 1977, he received his master's degree and PhD from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. From 1982 to 2001, Al-Maqaleh worked as the President of Sana'a University, and then as the Head of the Center for Studies and Research Yemen, Sanaa. Al-Maqaleh died in Sana'a on 28 November 2022, at the age of 85. Works Selected Poetry * There Must be Sanaa, 1971 * Marib Speaks (in conjunction with Ambassador Abdu Othman), 1972 * A Letter to Saif bin Dhi Yazan, 1973 * Yemeni Footnotes On the Alienation of Ibn Zreik al-Baghdadi,1974 * The Return of Waddah Yemen,1976 * Writing with the Rebellious Sword of Ali bin al-Fadl, 1978 * Exiting from the ...
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Abdul Karim Al-Iryani
Abdul Karim Ali Al-Iryani or Al-Eryani (; ar, عبد الكريم علي يحيى محمد عبد الله الإرياني‎; 12 October 1934 – 8November 2015) was the Prime Minister of Yemen from 29 April 1998 to 31March 2001. Al-Eryani, along with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, was the Secretary General of the General People's Congress (GPC). Early life and education Born in Iryan, a village in the central highlands of Ibb, in 1934, Al-Iryani belonged to a prominent family that had held government posts in the region for centuries; many of his ancestors and relatives were judges. He studied in the United States, receiving a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from the University of Georgia in 1962, a Master of Science in agriculture from the same institution in 1964, and a PhD in Biochemical Genetics from Yale University in 1968. Career Before Yemen's unification, Al-Iryani served in the government of North Yemen as Minister of Development (1974–1976), Minister of Edu ...
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Abdul Rahman Al-Iryani
Abdul Rahman Yahya Al-Eryani ( ar, عبد الرحمن الإرياني, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Yaḥyā al-Iryānī; 10 June 1910 – 14 March 1998) was the President of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) from 5 November 1967 to 13 June 1974. Originally a leader of the Free Yemeni Movement (Al-Ahrar) opposition group during the time of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, al-Eryani served as Minister of Religious Endowments under North Yemen's first republican government and later became the only civilian politician to have led Northern Yemen. He was eventually overthrown by Ibrahim al-Hamdi and died in exile. Early life Abd al-Rahman al-Iryani was born in the village of Iryan in 1910. His father, Yahia al-Iryani, was the Chief Judge of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen and a highly regarded Sharia scholar. His mother, Salwa al-Iryani was well known for her charitable efforts in her village. Abd al-Rahman started his education in his village Iryan until the age of 16 when he l ...
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