The “skyscrapers” in Shibam, Yemen were first constructed about 500 years ago using mud bricks, then repaired over and over again through the years. While the five to nine story buildings in this “Manhattan of the Desert” look impressive, the city only houses around 7,000 residents.
Shibam consists of narrow alleys where the sun almost never reaches
The backside of Shibam with the town wall around it
Shibam skyline with the walls of the wadi in the background
One of the wider streets of Shibam
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Hello my dear Forget-me-Not
You are completely right. It's a simple beauty in yemen. I also hope to visit yemen and enjoy the simplicity there. Yemen is a simple and wonderful country. It has a lot of traditional customs which are difficult to find them in other arabic countries.
Thanks my dear for your nice comment.
best wishes
Forget-me-Not said:
Hello Rem Ali,
How great those pictures are !!! The Yemenit architecture is one of the main reasons i want to go in Yemen. It is so amazing when we think that those "many stories builtings" were built, out of mud bricks, soo many years ago.No high technology for them... just hard men's work and ingeniosity. Simply beautiful !
How great those pictures are !!! The Yemenit architecture is one of the main reasons i want to go in Yemen. It is so amazing when we think that those "many stories builtings" were built, out of mud bricks, soo many years ago.No high technology for them... just hard men's work and ingeniosity.
Simply beautiful !
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You are completely right. It's a simple beauty in yemen. I also hope to visit yemen and enjoy the simplicity there. Yemen is a simple and wonderful country. It has a lot of traditional customs which are difficult to find them in other arabic countries.
Thanks my dear for your nice comment.
best wishes
Forget-me-Not said:
How great those pictures are !!! The Yemenit architecture is one of the main reasons i want to go in Yemen. It is so amazing when we think that those "many stories builtings" were built, out of mud bricks, soo many years ago.No high technology for them... just hard men's work and ingeniosity.
Simply beautiful !
Thanks for sharing those pictures.