Folk fashion is important in societies across the Middle East. Yemeni traditional clothing has influences from local cultures, even as there have been seismic changes in fashion across the region.

Yemeni Women Testing Traditional Roles In Yemen, women are challenging the laws and traditions that have kept them out of politics and the work force. Two women who are challenging the system are ...

An eldery man dressed in Yemeni traditional attire, including a short curved dagger around the waist known as a ‘janbiya’, sent the British public into a panic when he walked through Liverpool ...

Although the term jambiya is also used in other Arab countries, it is mostly associated with people of Yemen. Men typically above the age of 14 wear it as an accessory to their clothing.

Burning clothing is a traditional Bedouin tribal gesture by women appealing for help Hundreds of women have set fire to their traditional veils in Yemen in protest at the violence used against ...

A seller of Yemeni traditional handicrafts stands inside his store in the Old City of Sanaa, capital of Yemen, on Sept. 27, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua) ...