The road to redemption : The Jews of the Jemen 1900 - 1950. Brill's series in Je

Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar / Cover slightly rubbed, otherwise good copy. - Since the rise of Islam, Jews have been living in the Yemen as the only non-Muslim minority. Their status, never enviable, deteriorated in the twentieth century as the Imam Yahya sought to maintain the full force of Islamic law and local custom. The attempts to create ajewish National Home in Palestine, Arab propaganda, new economic realities and local resentments had the effect of further undermining their position. While battling to maintain their rights, the Yemenite Jews started to emigrate. British immigration policies in Palestine, the Imam’s efforts to prevent them from leaving, and British regulations in Aden often frustrated their efforts.

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