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Number 25 NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2022

Since our last fundraising event in Essex in 2019, our local coordinators in Norway regret very much that we have decided to postpone our Oslo event for the third year running due to the uncertain conditions prevailing in Europe. We shall keep you informed of any future gatherings.

Salah al-Quaiti, our valiant, dedicated "man on the ground" has also been affected by the ongoing situation on his home turf in Hadhramaut, as he has found his movements somewhat curtailed. After his courageous attempts to help the local population cope during the terrible trials at the height of the coronavirus epidemic in 2021, he has continued to assist needy families with food, medical aid and transport. Due to intermittent Wifi connections and electricity cuts, it has not always been possible to maintain regular contact with him. Salah is a brilliant arranger and we wish him and his family well and hope that they remain safe as the war in Yemen enters its eighth year. The original idea and concept of the charity would have been useless and got nowhere without the enormous amount of time and hard work he has put in.

Our £25/€30 life membership fee is to cover myriad administrative expenses, which are annually open to public scrutiny and audit on the UK Charity Commissioners website. FOH is entirely nonpolitical with an international membership of over 600 Friends of all ages and professions. We have three worthy patrons who have a proven track record of great affection for and knowledge of the Hadhramaut.

FOH would like to thank you all for helping Hadhramaut.

PLEASE INFORM US IF YOUR POSTAL/EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED

FONDATION BERFRED

We remain immensely grateful to the Fondation Berfred in Geneva for their magnificent donation of £47,366.49 towards the purchase of life-saving medical equipment. With the agreement of the very generous, anonymous donor, it is hoped that medical items can be purchased locally in Aden/Sanaa/Mukalla to be used by hospitals in Hadhramaut. These include anaesthesia machines, mobile surgical suction units, electro-surgical units, patient monitors, operating tables, X-ray machines and ventilator models. Salah is currently looking into the best possible options to identify those areas where the need is greatest and where the hospitals we hope to supply have a proper, functioning hospital team.

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COMPLETED PROJECTS

Aid was sent in Ramadan (April) 2021 to help poor and needy families to buy basic foodstuffs. Whereas in 2020, a ration of foodstuffs for the month of Ramadan cost YR 23,000, in 2021 Salah reported the cost had gone up to YR 40,000.

The urgent need of the day, according to our man on the spot, vice-chairman Salah, is to provide sustenance to the very poor in the form of foodstuffs as they simply do not have the money to buy even the most basic groceries. As in previous years, our whole focus remains on providing essential food supplies to deprived communities throughout the Hadhramaut. Salah cannot stress enough to all Friends the prime necessity of directing all the funds at his disposal towards alleviating hunger and on providing medical aid to those Hadhrami families who cannot afford to buy medicines or seek treatment at local clinics and hospitals. More than 350 families in al-Shihr, al-Mukalla, alGhurfah, Tubala, al-Qatn, Ghail BaWazir, Tarim and Seiyun have been helped in the past year with basic food items (rice, flour, oil, sugar, tea, tuna cans, tomato paste, pasta). Medical aid was distributed to more than 30 individuals in Wadi Hadhramaut and along the coastal areas in the form of medicines and financial aid towards surgeries for children and the elderly. Numerous university students from needy families have been helped with transportation costs from their lodgings to their campus. 23 midwives at al-Qatn hospital have been provided with shoes and uniforms.

Al-Zahra School, al Qatn, Wadi Hadhramaut

Text books were supplied to the school to be distributed amongst the pupils.

Sports, Youth and Culture Club, al Qatn, Wadi Hadhramaut

The local population is highly appreciative of the 3 rooms built by FOH last year. These are being used for administration, meetings, exhibitions, tournaments and for hosting visiting teams. The cafeteria, storeroom and generator room are also proving to be highly valued as well as the 5 lavatories.

Salah is looking forward to constructing a large, fully equipped gymnasium, which can be used for bodybuilding, martial arts, general fitness, boxing, wrestling and exercise.

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LEGACIES AND WILLS

Those thinking about leaving a legacy to FOH can check our bona fides by consulting the website of the Charity Commission of England & Wales: www.charitycommission.gov.uk . We have been registered with the Commissioners under Charity Number 1062560 since May 1997. If you are planning your will (or making additions to an existing one) we cannot over emphasise how grateful we, and the poorest people of Hadhramaut would be for a bequest from you. If there is a particular project you are interested in supporting, or specific terms and conditions you would like to make, please contact the treasurer at our registered address, or ask your solicitor to do so.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS

Carsten Pigott	Brian Fyfield-Shayler	Mick Walton
Dr. H Daniyal	Alexander-Sandy Cumas	H Ahdab
Alison Dingle	Seif Usher	Richard Worth
Zaki Farooq	Dr. James Allan	Pr. Abbas Hilmi
Elizabeth Foster-Hall	Gail & Roger Partridge	Lady Green
Quentin Rappoport	Anthony Giambagno	Pius Fischer
Christopher Baker	David Bryer	Jill Hammans
Alex Ingrams	Dina von Randow	William Maxwell
Ulla Calvert	Dr. Hannelore Schönig	Ruth Hildebrandt
Wolfgang & Helga Gaerte	David & Margaret Bryer	Jiffreya Mahamoor
Mary Bridge	James Budd	Hisham Hafiz
MF & A Hydes	Karim Mustafa	Marilyn Fountaine
Noor Misbahuddin	Margarethe Østern	Jonathan Addleton
Martin Bloomfield	Peter & Pat Taylor	Susan Alder
Bushra Yousuf	Shireen Karrim	Habiba W Ally
Isabel & Andrew Dawson	John & Georgina Harding	Michael Sargent
Muhammed bin Dohry	Heather Davidson	PJ Egan-Williams
Jane Fleming	Robert Worth	Ann & David Grainger
John & Patricia Ducker	Olivia Reade	Dr. Willi Steul
Tempe & Robert Mansfield	Caroline Dawnay	The Earl of St Andrews
Nina Kneppen & Sverre Driveklepp	Zerin, Umar & Loren Razzaque	Abdullah, Zaida & Yumna Zain
Christopher & Primrose Arnander

Our heartfelt thanks to these Friends who continue to support us through standing orders: Lady Bute, Lord Green of Deddington, J Lush, E Whitaker, C Arnander, T Petouris, SH AlJuffali, Q Rappoport, P & S Ingrams, BA Fyfield-Shayler, Dr. FJ Pocock, Z Farooq and the Mohamed Ali Foundation . We hope other Friends will consider setting up standing orders to help our cause.

We would like to offer our profuse thanks to two families in Saudi Arabia who wish to remain anonymous.

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NEWS OF THE CHAIRMAN

In July 2021 Saleh al-Qu’aiti was appointed Director, General Directorate Foreign Affairs at the EU for the Southern Transitional Council in Yemen presided over by Major-General Aidarous Qassem Al-Zubaidi. He thanks Dr. Noel Brehony and Muhammed bin Dohry for their congratulatory messages. He was pleased to meet FOH Barbara Schumacher at the Red Sea Film Festival in November 2021. Those wishing to contact Saleh: [e-mail]

NEWS OF THE VICE-CHAIRMAN

5.5.2021 Heavy rains caused flash floods in Hadhramaut, killing 5 and displacing 80 families. “People have never seen such heavy flooding for the last three decades” according to a resident of the Aideed district in Tarim, which was the worst affected. Severe damage was caused to houses which had been built irresponsibly on or near the watercourses, thereby restricting the flow of the flood waters. Salah was able to distribute cash, food and mattresses to 20 families in the stricken areas whose homes were destroyed. The joy on the faces of these destitute families was palpable as they rushed out to receive donations from Salah.

Salah distributed food items to more than 200 families during Ramadan 2021. He also visited the family of master-builder Karamah Obaid twice, giving them assistance as well as the family of the 3 blind sisters in Adaan near Qaudha.

Ali Salah al-Qu’aiti sent FOH this message from Yehya Madfa’, a member of the al-Qatn Youth Club: “Our club has been blessed with its Director Salah al-Qu’aiti. We are privileged to have him as our leader; such a respected and educated individual who has taken the club to new heights and worked tirelessly to raise funds and support from local and national entities. Salah and the Captain of the handball team Daweel Muhammad make al-Qatn proud”.

Haneen Jassem, an 11 year old girl from Shihr was diagnosed with a brain tumour in Cairo in July 2021. FOH sent funds towards her surgery costs.

Salah is pleased that apart from his two older stalwart sons, Muhammed, now working in the General Surgery Department at al-Kuwait University Hospital, Sanaa and Ali, who runs his pharmacy in al-Qatn, his third son Ghalib, who has graduated in Law from Hadhramaut University, is helping him a lot with matters relating to FOH.

NEWS OF THE ADVISER

I am afraid I am not achieving very much these days. I seem to have aged 10 years in the last 2! I am not as mobile as I was and can only be reached by mail: 5 Quant Park, Tavistock, Devon PL 19 0JQ.

NEWS OF THE TREASURER

Sultana al-Qu’aiti attended the online AGM of the DJG (German-Yemeni Society) in May 2021 with LC Wolfgang Gaerte, Ruth Hildebrandt and Dr. Hanne Schönig as well as the virtual Jemen Ausstellung Alte Kultur-Aktuelle Konflikte hosted by the Arabisches Haus Nürnberg.

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She provided information on Doreen Ingrams to Alison Shane Price MBE (Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society) for her presentation in Kuwait in October 2021.

Sultana was very pleased to meet up with veteran FOH Alan D’Arcy and Gary Mundy in Torquay and Brian Fyfield-Shayler in Tavistock in October 2021.

She was delighted to attend the marriage ceremonies of Princess Caroline Murat and Dr. Antoine Turzi in Paris in November 2021 where she met FOH Henri and Genevieve Zipper de Fabiani.

She attended the funeral of Anthony Smith CBE on 11[th] December 2021 at Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford in appreciation of his generosity to FOH. FOH Susan Hitch gave a moving address.

NEWS FROM PAKISTAN BRANCH AND NEW LOCAL COORDINATOR

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Rukhsana Rashid (FOH 7.7.97) as our very first Local Coordinator based in Islamabad, where she has worked very hard over many years in helping the editor produce our newsletter, which has gone from strength to strength due to her commitment and vigilance. We welcome you on board and look forward to expanding our membership in Pakistan: [e-mail]

NEWS FROM FRENCH BRANCH

Jose-Marie Bel presented Theodore Monod’s film Le vieil homme et la fleur at a gallery in La Valette-du-Var in October 2021 where he exhibited his water colours on Yemen and he also launched his book Au Yemen avec Theodore Monod . He presented a paper on Socotra at the AGM/conference of FoS in Ghent in October Socotra Mission’s Stories Memories (1999-2014) . He held an exhibition at Espace Reine de Saba Trésors photographiques retrouvés, mer Rouge, Erythrée, Ethiopie 1880–1936 : Exposition Trésors photographiques retrouvés en Afrique Orientale italienne • Espace Reine de Saba (offi.fr) where he presented his new catalogues.

Local Coordinator: [e-mail]

NEWS FROM NETHERLANDS BRANCH

Alex Ingrams (LC Netherlands) would like to emphasise that the shelters which FOH have been building in various schools are to be used for all kinds of recreational activities.

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I started as the Netherlands LC last year. It's been wonderful to be more involved in the work of FOH although I have a difficult time meeting with other supporters given all the social restrictions at the moment. The group of Friends here is a small contingent and as a result of the pandemic there have been few opportunities to meet or share our experiences of the Hadhramaut. However, I’m looking forward to making new connections in the coming months. Are there any readers of this newsletter out there who can recommend Yemen or Middle East interest groups, organisations, clubs, etc that I can explore in the Netherlands? Please contact me: [e-mail]

NEWS FROM NORWEGIAN BRANCH

Sverre Driveklepp and Nina Kneppen regret deeply that the Oslo event they have been planning for since 2020 has to be postponed yet again. They remain ever optimistic that once the unfolding situation in Europe stabilises, they will be able to host a new invitation to Norway: [e-mail]

We congratulate Sverre and Nina on the birth of their second grandchild Edvard, born 3rd October 2021.

NEWS FROM USA BRANCH

John Mulholland ([e-mail]) has made his old friend Ambassador Jonathan Addleton , who served in Yemen as USAID Programme Officer, a member of FOH. In November 2020, Jonathan was appointed Rector of Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan, the fraternal institution of Kinnaird College for Women, the alma mater of our treasurer! He also alerted us to the fact that the recent Zanzibari Nobel Prize winner for Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah’s ancestors hail from Wadi Doan, Hadhramaut!

John is still riding his bike 200 miles a week whilst looking after FOH interests in the States. He has been able to visit cousins in Peru. Doubtless, he shall soon recruit FOH's first Peruvian Friend. He is very keen to host a fundraising event in the USA.

Many thanks to John for highlighting our work by voluntarily writing an article Educational Development in Hadhramaut for his friend Danilo Piaggesi’s organisation K4D ( Knowledge for Development ) for inclusion in the book Cases on Applying Knowledge Economy Principles for Economic Growth in Developing Nations in order to give “a greater unique exposure to FOH highlighting the positive impact of our projects on the citizens of Hadhramaut, and at the same time, an objective basis for measuring our progress”. An abstract and introduction from the article follows.

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Educational Development in Hadhramaut

John M. Mulholland (Friends of Hadramaut, USA) and Sultana Feroze al-Qu'aiti (Friends of Hadhramaut, UK)

Source Title: Cases on Applying Knowledge Economy Principles for Economic Growth in Developing Nations

Copyright: © 2022 Pages: 19 DOI:10.4018/978-1-7998-8417-0.ch008

Abstract

This chapter will define the goals and describe the methods of Friends of Hadhramaut's (FOH), a UK-based charitable trust, efforts to nurture the seeds that will evolve to embrace the goals of the knowledge economy (KE) in Hadhramaut. As a charitable organization, FOH focuses its support on the health/medical and educational sectors of society. FOH has made additional strides to focus on girls' education and on those who have what we call “learning disabilities,” a label which covers a broad range of dysfunctions. This chapter will focus on FOH's methodology and achievements in the educational sector.

Introduction

The reader will likely ask, “Where is Hadhramaut”? As shown in the map (Friends of Hadhramaut Newsletter, 2021) below, it is the largest of Yemen’s 17 provinces (also frequently referred to as “Governorates”) and found on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Map of Yemen and the Hadhramaut

(Friends of Hadhramaut Newsletter, 2021)

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• The complete article is available online for purchasing at special conditions https://www.igi global.com/chapter/educational-development-in-hadhramaut/296222

NEWS FROM GERMAN BRANCH

The Corona-Pandemic has hit us in Germany no more and no less than in most other countries. This means that our work is very much curtailed. We could not, unfortunately, recruit any new members and no special events took place. However, thanks to our close connections with the Deutsch-Jemenitische Gesellschaft (German-Yemeni Society) some things could be done. The Jemen-Report (No 1/2 2021), the really excellent annual magazine of the DJG, published a 3-page article written by me, describing our current projects and how the coronavirus has hit Hadhramaut; in some places the fear of Covid-19 being eclipsed by hunger and the shortage of clean drinking water. I can provide copies of the journal to those interested.

The DJG regularly mentions FOH on its website together with other societies like the British, Austrian, Polish-Yemeni Societies and the Friends of Soqotra. Do take a look at the DJG's homepage. On Facebook there are quite a lot of interesting articles in English and a really hilarious Hadhrami version of "jingle bells" which makes you want to sing it all year round! https://www.facebook.com/DeutschJemenitischeGesellschaft

Some of us took part digitally in a number of conferences and lectures organised by the DJG. The DJG and its magazine celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2020. For obvious reasons, this event was postponed to August 2021 and took place in the "Arabian House" in Nuremberg together with the Vernissage of a Yemen-exhibition. On this occasion the DJG announced its intention of getting some of the Yemeni-Societies and individuals linked closer together and to start an archive with culturally important illustrations of Yemen.

Local Coordinator, Wolfgang Gaerte: [e-mail]

NEWS FROM CANADIAN BRANCH

Unfortunately due to the pandemic our yearly fundraising event was cancelled (again) but in lieu of this myself, James Allan and Anthony Giambagno all made personal donations.

Local Coordinator, Alexander Cumas: [e-mail]

NEWS FROM SINGAPORE BRANCH

Local Coordinator Farah Bahajaj may be contacted by those Friends residing in Singapore: [e-mail]

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NEWS FROM ITALIAN BRANCH

FOH Mick Walton (LC Italy) and Carolyn Snelling organised a 200[th] birth anniversary conference

on Sir Richard Burton at the Torquay Museum, where FOH Yousif Al-Nasser opened the conference with a recitation of the azzan beautifully executed by Tamim, a Qatari student. FOH Patricia Loudon, her sister Corinne Hillman-Bickle, Julia Sanders and Sultana Al-Quaiti attended the conference.

Dear Amici, I'd like to send my personal season's greetings to all Amici, and I hope we will be able to meet at some point in the not-too-distant future. I would also like to remind you that a lifetime membership of Friends of Hadhramaut costs a mere €30, and makes a very thoughtful gift for friends and relatives of all ages. Not only will the money help the people of Hadhramaut, but the recipient of your gift will be reminded of your generosity every time they receive help. Mick Walton: [e-mail]

R to L: Dr Tim Winter, Dean Cambridge Muslim College L to R: Patricia Loudon, Corinne Hillman-Bickle, & Yousif al-Nasser, Director Torquay Mosque Yousif al-Nasser & Julia Sanders

CONDOLENCES

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Gay Arnott (FOH 27.9.01) who passed away in California

Our deepest sympathy to Corinne Hillman-Bickle and Patricia Loudon on the death of their brother Jeffrey Christopher Hillman, former Professor of Engineering at Witwatersrand University, Pretoria on 4[th] May 2020 in Durbanville, Cape Province, South Africa.

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Our deepest sympathy to the family of Nasser Awadh , the well-loved cook/bearer of our two patrons Jim and Joanna Ellis, who died in Seiyun in 2020

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Dr. Runa Mackay (FOH 6.11.97) on her death in June

1. She was a most kind and generous donor, always commenting on our newsletter with great interest. Sultana adds: I can never forget her affectionate interest in and zeal for the Hadhramaut which she visited with a group of FOH. She will be greatly missed for her quiet dedication and matter of fact humility and her passing leaves a big vacuum for many of us. She founded Scottish Medical Aid for Palestinians and wrote Exile in Israel published in 1995.Her story as a pediatrician is medically impressive, socially moving and politically trenchant.

Our deepest sympathy to Ron, Katrina, Chris, Ashley, Clive and Dennis on the death of Valma Streatfield (FOH 29.7.97) at home near Reading on 10[th] June 2020 aged 88. We are delighted that her daughter Katrina, who lives in Perth, Scotland, has taken on her membership of the Friends.

Our deepest sympathy to Mrs. Susan Shenstone and family on the death of her husband Ambassador Michael Shenstone (FOH 24.2.98) in Toronto on 8[th] September 2020 at the age of 91. Michael Shenstone led a distinguished career as a foremost expert on the Middle East at the Department of External Affairs and served as Canada’s ambassador to Austria and Saudi Arabia

Our deepest sympathy to the family of John Pegg (FOH 12.12.97) who died in October 2020 at the age of 85 in Okehampton, Devon

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Warren D. (Skip) Snair (FOH 23.9.14) who passed away in Montreal on 10[th] February 2021 at the age of 77. He worked for The Rolling Stones, as a newspaper columnist for The Sunday Express, as a ski instructor and was the Director of Promotions for Standard Radio in Montreal. He raised funds for the Montreal Children’s Hospital. He will be sorely missed by his family and his many friends.

Our deepest sympathy to Julia Basirov and family on the death of her husband Oric L’vov-Basirov (FOH 9.6.99) in London on 11[th] February 2021. Sultan Ghalib al-Quaiti adds: “My friend Oric was a renowned Iranologist, archaeologist and historian. He was known as a master of dead languages with a particular expertise in funerary inscriptions. He was appointed Research Associate at SOAS and lectured there extensively as well as at universities across the world. He was a founding member of the Society for Iranian Oral Studies and co-founder of The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies. He will be sorely missed.”

Our deepest sympathy to Shafik Rahman on the death of his mother Begum Furrok Rahman in Leeds on 14[th] February 2021 at the age of 84

Our deepest sympathy to Dr. Mai Yamani and Dr. Maha Yamani and their families on the death of their father H.E Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani in London on 22[nd] February 2021 at the age of 90 and on the death of their mother Layla Faidhi in Grasse on 3[rd] April 2021 at the age of 90

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Our deepest sympathy to Ambassador Shehryar and Sonia Akbar Khan on the death of his brother Shahzad Akbar Khan in Karachi on 6[th] March 2021

Our deepest sympathy to Sabiha Omar on the death of her brother KM Aleem in Arizona on 9[th] March 2021 at the age of 62

Our deepest sympathy to Sabahat Khan on the death of her father Mir Behbood Ali Khan in Hyderabad Deccan on 26[th] March 2021

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Ahmad Hussain al-Fadhli on the death of his uncle Sultan Ahmad Abdullah al-Fadhli , former Sultan of the Fadhli Sultanate in the Western Aden Protectorate (1962-66), in Cairo on 15[th] April 2021

Our deepest sympathy to Ibtissam al-Bassam on the death of her brother Ambassador Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Bassam in Cairo on 18[th] April 2021

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Jose-Marie Bel on the death of his mother Monique Juliot ( nee Colas) in Guadeloupe on 12[th] May 2021

Our deepest sympathy to Gail, Calvin and Fergus on the death of their beloved spouse and father Roger Hugh Partridge (FOH 6.12.05) in Little Bookham on 17[th] May 2021. He was “desperately sad about the terrible civil war in Yemen…so much of the beauty and history being destroyed, people killed by bombs and starvation”. He always retained such wonderful memories of his trip to Hadhramaut in 2005. His and Gail’s many generous contributions to help the beleaguered people of Hadhramaut will never be forgotten

Our deepest sympathy to Omar Mukharesh on the death of his brother-in-law Dr. Ronald Brooks in Virginia, USA in June 2021

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Susan K Pigott (FOH 2.9.04) who died in Rutland on 20[th] July 2021. We are delighted that Carsten Pigott has taken on her membership of FOH: “Thank you for offering me the opportunity to assume Sue’s life membership of the Friends – I should be pleased and honoured to do so. I am currently Chair of Rutland’s largest charity Voluntary Action Rutland and member of the Ethiopia Heritage Trust (UK)”

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Elizabeth Mary Carys McClure Brown (FOH 8.11.05) who died in Bridgend on 5[th] August 2021. We are delighted that her daughter Susan Alder has taken on her membership of the Friends: “I am honoured that you have invited me to continue Mum’s life membership of your charity. She was very much loved by us all and we miss her terribly”. In 2006 Carys single-handedly encouraged the Bridgend Soroptimists to help our Sewing Centre in Fuwwa. She collected 65 cartons containing no less than 50 sewing machines and material. In 2012 she raised funds through the Soroptimist International Project for building new classrooms at al-Sabah Secondary School for Girls, al-Aneen.

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Our deepest sympathy to the family of Annette Tremayne (FOH 4.3.97), amongst our first 100 Friends, on her death in Tavistock on 11[th] September 2021. She witnessed the signing of the FOH Trust Deed on 15[th] April 1997

Our deepest sympathy to Dr Razia Sultanova on the death of her mother Galia Abuzar Sultanova who died in Tashkent on 29[th] September 2021 aged 86

Our deepest sympathy to Caroline Dawnay on the death of her mother Lady Margaret Boyle , daughter of the 8th Earl of Glasgow, later Lady Margaret Stirling-Aird, in Scotland on 17th October 2021 aged 100. Her work at Bletchley Park alongside the code-breakers in the Second World War will not be forgotten

Our deepest sympathy to Rashida Masood and her family on the death of her sister Tahira Masood in Lahore in November 2021

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Anthony Smith CBE (FOH 9.4.97) President of Magdalen College, Oxford (1988-2005) who died on 28[th] November 2021 following a long illness. Tony Smith had a long and distinguished career in broadcasting culminating in the role of Director of the British Film Institute but it was as President of Magdalen that he will be most remembered. Sultan Ghalib, a former alumnus and friend adds: “Magdalen owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Tony. His Presidency was characterized by his unwavering devotion to the College, his infectious pride in its buildings, music and academic life. I can never forget his kindness and care towards my family”.

Our deepest sympathy to Munawwar Hussain and his family on the death of his brother in law Haji Aftab Hussain who died in New York on 3[rd] December 2021

Our deepest sympathy to Huraiby, Salwa, Hanaa and Ramzy on the death of their father Faisal Abdullah Ghalib El-Huraiby in London on 28[th] December 2021

THANKS

Gail Partridge on donating her fee for conducting a funeral for the second year running to FOH

Dr. James Allan for his donation in memory of his friend Warren Snair who was an avid sportsman. He has asked for these funds to be ear-marked for the al-Qatn Sports Club

Pius Fischer for pointing out a typo in the Contact Details on the back page of Newsletter 24

Wolfgang Gaerte for helping the treasurer yet again write an article on FOH for the Jemen-Report 2021 after an assiduous translation into German and to Marie-Christine Heinze for publishing it

Susan Mears for recommending FOH write a prologue to Tears of Gold by Hannah Thomas (Echo Point USA) to “draw international attention to FOH and the important work it does in Hadhramaut”: www.susanmears.com

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Barbara Schumacher for her enrollment of the treasurer in the Deutsche-Jemenitische Gesellschaft on an annual basis

Paul Hughes-Smith for bringing Yemeni Music from the 80s to our attention, curated by composer Natik Awayez, offering a taste of the musical richness of Hadhramaut, Aden and Sanaa

Danilo Piaggesi and Helena Landazuri for including a report about FOH in their forthcoming publication entitled Cases on Applying Knowledge Economy Principles for Economic Growth in Developing Nations, both from K4D ( Knowledge for Development ), a not-for-profit organisation in special consultative status with the United Nations

Munawwar Hussain for posting newsletters in USA and to Canada; Saara Rashid for carrying newsletters to UK; Fatima al-Qu’aiti and Caroline Islam for posting UK newsletters; Raziff alJunid for posting newsletters in Singapore; Rukhsana Rashid for posting newsletters in Pakistan

Peter J Egan-Williams for celebrating a “Special Anniversary” with a donation to FOH

Julia Sanders for driving the treasurer from Torquay to Tavistock

Salah al-Quaiti for facilitating a meeting between FOH Carolyn Perry (bulletin editor International Association for the Study of Arabia) and Riyadh Ba-Kamoom, General Manager in Yemen’s General Organisation of Antiquities and Museums, to discuss recent developments at the Mukalla Museum

David Grainger for donating three sets of his most impressive work on the Geology of Saudi Arabia to FOH

The British-Yemeni Society for inviting FOH to contribute a page on our recent activities in their next journal edited by Dr Thanos Petouris

Patricia and John Ducker for hosting FOH Nanina Shaw Reade, Olivia Reade and Audrey Allfree at their home in Gloucestershire

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CONGRATULATIONS

Princess Caroline Murat on the marriage of her nephew Prince Joachim Murat to Yasmine Bin Breik (from al-Shihr) in Paris in February 2021

Stephen Day , Sir Harold Walker , James Firebrace and Julian Lush on their letter to The Times regarding “Aid Cut for Yemen” in March 2021

Dr. Naheed Khan (Consultant Neurologist, London Bridge Hospital) on her forthcoming coauthored publication The Neurological Examination (OUP) and on hosting a webinar to raise funds for Medical Aid to Palestinians (MAP) in June 2021

Alia Komsany on the birth of her baby daughter Jude in New York in March 2021

Abdul Aziz al-Abdullah and Shrouq on the birth of their baby daughter Adela in Jeddah in April 2021

Professor Dr. Ingrid Hehmeyer , Ryerson University, Toronto on her zoom lecture Wasserbau und Wassermanagement im Jemen to the Südarabische Salon in April 2021

Ann Mytton on the celebration of her 80[th] birthday in April 2021

Sultan Ghalib al-Qu’aiti on being appointed Honorary Vice-President of the Sir Richard Burton Society and on the publication of his new book Fair Play or Poisoned Chalice: The Last Years of Britain’s Presence in Southern Arabia (Darf UK 2021). Peter Danby-Smith writes: “I found it most interesting as it is very much the view from the other side of the fence so to speak. It goes to balance all those books by Political Officers and others who served in Hadhramaut in the 1950s and 60s”

Francois Burgat , Emeritus Senior Research Fellow at the French CNRS, on his participation in a webinar in April 2021 The EU and the War in Yemen: The Current Situation and the Way Forward

Angela Kilmartin on her appointment in May 2021 as Mayor of Witham in the county of Essex and on her 80[th] birthday celebrations in Witham in November 2021 which the treasurer attended along with FOH Rukhsana Rashid

Rupert Wise on his wife Linda Davies’ new book 10 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Money (Illustrations by Nick Bashall) launched in June 2021

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Peter Danby-Smith on being the first FOH to bind a set of 24 newsletters!

Shehla Farooqui on her son Omar’s initiative Coded Minds Pakistan based in Dubai and on the birth of her grandson Eissa in Dubai in 2021

Mick Walton on his recent book Dinner with the Burtons (Edizioni L’Omino Rosso 2021) in which Sultana Al-Qu’aiti has been thanked

Lorna Branczik on her son Alexander’s appointment as Chairman of Sotheby’s Hong Kong (Head of Modern and Contemporary Art for South Asia)

Dr. Shahina Ghazanfar is currently working for the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, she would like to get in touch with any FOH in the Cambridge area. She was awarded the Linnean Medal for Botany 2021 by the President and Council of the Linnean Society (London)

Anum Ayah on her marriage to Shabaaz Maqbool in Yorkshire in June 2021

Omar & Lina Mukharesh on their daughter Loulwah’s appointment as Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School

Ambassador Jamie Bowden OBE on his re-election as Director and Trustee of the Anglo-Omani Society in July 2021

Bettina Muscheidt on her appointment as Head of the EU Delegation to Nicaragua in 2021

Salma Samar Damluji on her new publication The Architecture of Yemen and its Reconstruction in July 2021 (Laurence King)

Hamid Ismailov on his recent novel Manaschi (Tilted Axis 2021) which received an excellent review in the Times Literary Supplement (October 2021) comparing the author to Solzhenitsyn and on his forthcoming April 2022 tour of universities in the USA to promote his novels

Peter Harrigan on his appointment as Honorary Secretary of the Saudi British Society in September 2021

Saeed Chinoy on his 80[th] birthday which he celebrated in Kuala Lumpur in September 2021

Dr. Nizar Ghanem on his recent book published in Khartoum Ashjaan Somaniyyah/Odes of Sorrow (October 2021)

Dr. Francis Pocock on being elected a Fellow (Chemistry) at his alma mater St. Edmund Hall, Oxford in 2021

Caroline Cabot is in multi-tasking mode well into her ninth decade: www.artlinkglobal.com

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Alison Shan Price MBE FRGS on her lecture on Doreen Ingrams delivered in Kuwait in October 2021 at the Dar al-Athaar al-Islamiyyah

Henri and Genevieve Zipper de Fabiani on the birth of their first grandchild Alexandre in Paris in October 2021

Professor Dionisius A Agius (Exeter University) on his recent book The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic World

Dr. Antoine Turzi on his marriage to Princess Caroline Murat in Paris in November 2021

John H Bunney on his new book Eltham Lodge A Unique Restoration Building (Club House of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club Impress 2021)

Elizabeth A Loving on editing Pearl’s Diary 1906-1930 The life and times of Pearl, Lady Montagu of Beaulieu (Beaulieu Enterprises Limited 2017)

William Facey on the recent publication of the first-ever biography of Charles Huber, amongst the foremost 19[th] -century explorers of Arabia. This new and fully annotated translation of his travels (1880-81) can be obtained at: [e-mail]

He has also written a biographical introduction to Geraldine Rendel’s Across Arabia , Three Weeks in 1937 (Arabian Publishing London 2021)

Ghalib Salah Al-Quaiti on his graduation from Hadhramaut University in 2021 with his father, the Vice Chairman

Michael John Gifford HMA Kazakhstan on being awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list 2022

Angus McDowall on David McDowall’s (his father) updated seminal work A Modern History of the Kurds (Fourth Edition IB Taurus)

Raziff Al-Junied on his appointment as Singaporean Consul-General in Dubai

Clara Rachel Eybalin Casséus on her recent book Une Caraïbe Décoloniale – Ressusciter Les Ancêtres à Travers La Langue (Editions Universitaires Europeeennes 2022) https://www.omniscriptum.com/author-biography/clara-rachel-eybalin-casseus/

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Dr Razia Sultanova on her forthcoming publication Modern Afghanistan: Surviving War, Occupation and the Taliban (Pen & Sword Books Ltd 2022)

NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Audrey Allfree has moved from London to Wiltshire: “I met Philip my husband (author of Hawks of the Hadhramaut ) in March 1963 on the P&O Himalaya. He was returning to Aden after 3 months leave with his brother in the Blue Mountains and I was going to UK”.

Michel Mouton has retired as Director of the Institut Francais de Proche-Orient in Beirut

The Leila Ingrams Memorial Webinar Covid-19 and Higher Education in Palestine was hosted in March 2021 by the Friends of Birzeit University to commemorate the Doreen and Leila Ingrams Scholarship Fund, established in 2004 to support women with special educational needs studying at Birzeit University, Palestine. It was heartwarming to see several FOH attend: T Petouris, E Ingrams, P & S Ingrams, S al-Qu’aiti, A Ingrams, H Strouts, J Brown, J Taylor, A Allfree, P Hughes-Smith, C Gordon and Lord Green of Deddington

Mrs. A Hydes , having found our details in a Muslim Directory in her local library in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, called the registered office to verify the existence of FOH! Thanks to Fatima alQu’aiti’s swift response, she promptly sent a donation in Ramadan. Such are the serendipitous encounters which FOH engenders

Ambassador Ron Neumann participated in the annual American Academy of Diplomacy speaking event at Texas Tech University

An old Kuwaiti banknote found by Andrea Hess in her chalet in the Bavarian Alps was sent to our sole Kuwaiti FOH Alison Shan Price MBE who very kindly exchanged it at the Central Bank and remitted the equivalent in sterling to our account. Such gestures are very touching and attest to the goodwill that lies in the hearts of our loyal supporters

Nabeel Qureshi relocated from Cambridge, UK to Honolulu in 2021

Nael Islam has started an e-commerce business selling Moroccan handicrafts: www.alifzainmorocco.com

Ambassador Mark Hambley continues to be a trustee of The New Century Foundation

A new book South Yemen's Independence Struggle: Generations of Resistance - - - https://aucpress.com/product/south yemens independence struggle/ was published in 2021. It is based on Anne-Linda Amira Augustin's PhD dissertation

Jonathan Addleton has just completed his first year as Rector/President of Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan

Stewart and Sandra Hawkins are faring well in France and remember FOH with fondness

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Pia Kanaan has moved on from Guildford High School for Girls to a small school in Rougemont (Vaud)

In Mukalla, the Prince Claus Fund led a project to restore, reconstruct and renovate important cultural landmarks and sites that have been affected by the conflict along with a local partner, the Daw'an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation

We regret to announce the death of Deborah Rose Luxmore Manley on 24th January 2020, a founding member of ASTENE (The Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East), who was always gracious regarding publicising FOH at ASTENE conferences

It is with sadness that we announce the death in Jeddah in August 2021 of the Emir of Dhala, Sha'fal bin 'Ali Shaif al-Amiri at the age of 95. He ruled the Emirate in the former Western Aden Protectorate from 1954-1967

We regret to announce the death of Don Foreman , Secretary General of the International Monarchist League for ten years, on 13th August 2021, aged 73. He had attended our garden party in Kent in 2001 and included an article about us in the 1999 journal

Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford. This Archive exists “with the aim of preserving and making available for research the papers and photographs of individuals who have lived or served in the Middle East”. The already extensive collection includes material from the Yemen. Anyone who is wondering what to do with their old records/photographs should consider offering them to this archive. The link to the website is https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/research-centres/middle-east-centre-archive Ms. Debbie Usher, Archivist, Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford OX2 6JF [e-mail] Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

Dr Razia Sultanova is Chair, ICTM SG on Global History of Music; Editor-in-Chief, "Encyclopaedia of Music of the Turkic-speaking World" (in preparation); Research Fellow, Sarajevo University; Research Fellow, University College Cork; and Research Fellow, Cambridge Muslim College

Marjorie Ransom's unique collection of 40 Yemeni costumes and 300 pieces of jewelry has found a safe and prominent home in the Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Bloomington, USA

Angeles Epinosa is leaving the Middle East after more than 30 years as a Correspondent for Pais , but will keep in touch with the region writing articles as a contributor

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

We welcome comments, suggestions and contributions and reserve the right to edit any material submitted to: [e-mail]

The password for reading newsletters on our website www.hadhramaut.co.uk is frankincense

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Corrigenda

The Euro € IBAN number on the back page of Newsletter 24 should read: GB31NWBK60721262509578

The photo of Fflur Raw-Rees (Newsletter 24 page 3) was incorrectly captioned. It should read: Al-Hawtah Palace Hotel, Wadi Hadhramaut, January 2000

Baroj (Newsletter 24 page 2) to read Barwaj

9 new Friends joined in 2021 from Saudi Arabia, USA, Germany, Pakistan, Oman and UK

Comments on Newsletter 24

Kuwait :

What an interesting newsletter, congratulations on your outstanding work

Germany :

It is heartbreaking to see the conflict continue after so many years

Mit grossem Interesse habe ich den FOH newsletter gelesen

Such an amazing feat and wonderful work at a time when everything seems so bleak! So glad Salah’s sons are continuing the good work… a testimony to the FOH network… you are making an impact locally, especially with the youth

Spain :

Hadhramaut deserves world attention as a cultural gem to be discovered by a larger audience

Albania :

An excellent newsletter… packed with so much information. Congratulations to all for the excellent job

France :

How much effort and time must have gone into an amazing newsletter

Congratulations on your complete report of the work FOH does, and on continuing efforts in the Hadhramaut under the most difficult conditions

Pakistan :

Congratulations. Excellent production… very diversified content, showcasing wonderful work being done for Hadhramaut

I must congratulate FOH on producing such a fascinating newsletter with such interesting information, news and articles. The details of the projects undertaken to bring relief to the people of Hadhramaut are very impressive; the funds raised being clearly well spent

Canada :

The newsletter was excellent… all efforts behind it are outstanding

USA :

Georgia : It’s not a newsletter, it’s a mini-book! The effort that goes into it beggars the mind… I was very impressed by the on-the-ground work you succeeded in organising and executing in Hadhramaut. Congratulations!

Washington DC : What an amazing newsletter

Virginia : A very impressive newsletter

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Holland :

A fabulous newsletter… very interesting to read …full of so much good and inspiring news about what FOH does... beautifully presented

Norway :

You do fantastic things for the people. We are very impressed by the enthusiasm and commitment that FOH puts in for the good of the Hadhramis. Our problems in connection with the pandemic appear to be very trivial in relation to what a war-torn country is experiencing. There are bright spots in the newsletter as FOH is constantly carrying out projects for the greater benefit of the population

Sri Lanka :

What an amazing newsletter. Congratulations to all your members for their wonderful support and work for a very worthwhile charity project

Wales :

Most interesting reading…you have all accomplished such valuable work

It is always a pleasure to read the newsletter with its interesting content and report on members’ various activities and the almost miraculous interest FOH has engendered worldwide

Surrey :

The most comprehensive newsletter

Well done… what an interesting newsletter... thrilled that you have extended FOH membership so far afield

Oxfordshire :

As always, the newsletter is outstandingly impressive. First with the good news of what FOH has been able to do this last year, but also alas of the huge mind boggling needs. How wonderful that Salah’s sons are becoming involved and how really lovely that one of them is already a doctor. FOH could of course not have achieved so much without the amazing essential work that Salah has done. We must be ever very grateful to him

What a tour de force… an interesting newsletter. Salah is doing great work on the ground

We really admire the courage and tenacity of FOH in helping the people of Hadhramaut who are the victims of events over which they have no control

Kent :

A very informative newsletter telling a good story of solid progress in these difficult times… I wish you and your colleagues all the best in your work

London :

Splendid newsletter… congratulations on all the splendid work you do and for the funds you have raised

Very enjoyable… a vast amount of work must have gone into it

FOH is one of those organisations where one can be sure every penny one gives goes to its intended purpose and for the good of all Hadhramis without exceptions. May you be able to continue this work for years to come! The newsletter is remarkable for the wealth of information it contains

Dartmoor :

Utterly incredible, moving and wonderfully informative newsletter

Gloucestershire:

We read with great interest your amazingly detailed and comprehensive newsletter Much enjoyed reading the newsletter

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Fife :

Sincere congratulations for the very successful work FOH does… your last newsletter was a masterpiece and really inspired confidence in the way any funds raised are spent Chester :

Such a worthwhile organisation

Tavistock:

Congratulations on a superb issue, so informative, detailed and positive in outlook…. Salah is to be admired and appreciated for what he and his wonderful sons have done and continue to do in the service of the people of Hadhramaut

Well done for all your efforts for the people of Hadhramaut

Leeds:

FOH is doing some phenomenal work Somerset:

Bless you all at FOH for all that you have done and are doing in the Hadhramaut Edinburgh:

I have (enjoyed) being a supporter and Friend of Hadhramaut for many years Cambridge:

I offer my respect for all the good work you do in Hadhramaut

ARCHIVE ON HADHRAMAUT

We ask Friends to contribute short articles for this section

Anthony McLauchlan wrote to the Daily Telegraph in 2021 from East Sussex: “Over 60 years ago, as a serving RAF officer in Arabia, I worked with a variety of local units raised under the Raj: Aden Protectorate Levies, Federal National Guard, the Hadhrami Bedouin Legion - then all under British command, now long fallen into history”.

Harub Mohammed al-Kharusi , whose lineage is firmly rooted in the Sultanate of Oman, has written a biography of his father, Mohammed bin Said bin Abdullah al-Kharusi, born in Zanzibar, based on their close relationship. Harub is the seventh child amongst fifteen siblings. In chapter 3, he discusses his father's work as Governor of Hajr province ( liwa ) and then Shibam province in Hadhramaut where he served for 22 years until his departure in 1960. Abui, A Journey Across Oman, Yemen and Zanzibar 1903-1977 (published by Mazoon, Sultanate of Oman: www.mazoonprinting.com)

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Photographic Exhibition at the Royal Geographic Society, London September 2021

A photograph of a calcite stone pillar (dating from 658 Himyari calendar) found in the Hadhramaut stating that King Abraha had visited the Hadhramaut to quell a rebellion, claiming to be the ruler of Ethiopia, Sabaa, Dhu Reidan, Hadhramaut and Yumnat.

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Mukalla From the Air 1932 tl(;-P/ IT i* 23

Various Photographs of the Mukalla Gateway Built Circa 1921

This historic gateway, built during the reign of Sultan Ghalib bin Awadh al-Quaiti I (1911-1926), was sadly destroyed shortly after the takeover by the NLF towards the end of 1967 when Salim Ali al-Kindi became governor of Mukalla. In 1938 Alan Villiers wrote: "The camel park by the West Gate of Mukalla was always full of life, with camels from the interior bringing their burdens and waiting for new ones".

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The Tomb of Sheikha Sultana Bint Ali

One of the most famous women in the history of Hadhramaut is the mystic Sheikha Sultana bint Ali. She lived in the city of Hawta near Bor where she practised and taught the sciences of sufism from a very young age, according to the historian Muhammed bin Ahmed al-Shatri. She also wrote poetry, much of which is sung in Hadhramaut today. Sheikha Sultana established her own ribaat (hospice/sufi lodge) which survived for some time after her death.

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Kaleidoscope on al-mukalla I ij. iii 27

Sea chart of the coast of the Arabian Peninsula

Image courtesy of Forum Rare Books, 't Goy-Houten, The Netherlands

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ITEMS FOR SALE

The items listed below are for sale from the FOH registered address

Mick Walton has donated copies of Sir Richard Burton and his Circle at £10 each, the proceeds of which he will donate to FOH: [e-mail]

Copies of Hadhramaut and its Diaspora: Yemeni Politics, Identity and Migration (ed. Dr. Noel Brehony) at £25 each

David Grainger has donated 3 sets of The Geologic Evolution of Saudi Arabia, A Voyage Through Space and Time to FOH at £50 per set (published Saudi Geological Survey 2007)

English bone china mugs with FOH logo at £10 each or £18 for 2

A metal/enamel lapel badge produced by Thomas Fattorini Ltd and designed by Owain Raw-Rees at £5 each

FOH ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

Our audited accounts and official returns (as required by UK law) are prepared by the Treasurer and presented to the Charity Commissioner online by our Corresponding Secretary Fatima AlQu’aiti, after an Independent Examination by Geoff Calvert OBE. The accounts may be inspected on the Charity Commissioner’s website: www.charitycommission.gov.uk

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GIFT AID

Gift Aid is extremely valuable to FOH and may be claimed only on unencumbered donations upon which the donor has paid UK Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax at least equal to the amount of Gift Aid claimed in the relevant tax year.

WANTED

We are looking for a Local Coordinator in Australia and India .

We have lost touch with valued FOH Barbara Birtles (21.8.97) from Offerton, Stockport UK & Marisa Wilson (15.4.97) from USA. Would anyone know of their whereabouts?

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CONTACT DETAILS

FRIENDS OF HADHRAMAUT: Registered Charity No. 1062560 Address: 48 Richmond Park Road, London SWl4 8JT UK Telephone: [phone]

(The telephone is not always attended; messages may be left and are dealt with regularly)

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.hadhramaut.co.uk

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/FriendsofHadhramaut/

Please make all cheques payable to "Friends of Hadhramaut" Sterling Account

NatWest Plc 22 George Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1JW UK Sort Code: 60-07-20 Account Number: 11723971

IBAN: GB37NWBK60072011723971 BIC: NWBK GB 2L

Life Subscription: £25

Euro Account

NatWest Plc Bedford Square, Tavistock, Devon PL19 0AQ UK Sort Code: 60-21-49 Account Number: 62509578

IBAN: GB31NWBK60721262509578 BIC: NWBKGB2L

Life Subscription: €30

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Registered Charity No. 1062560 Sterling Ineomt Expenditure 2021 COME Brought forward from 2020 Subscriptions Donations Reimbuts¢m¢nt of fiwds 56232.51 200.00 35,390.55 60.0(X).00 TOTAL INCOME 151023.06 EXPENDITURE Admintstration Stationery Printing and PhOto￿pYing Postage Phone calls Transportation Arab Network Singapore Web Domain Misdirected transfer of fi]nds TransfeTS to YR (vic¢-Cbair￿'S Account) 365.44 1,029.95 208.00 203.00 548.00 400.00 391.00 60,034.50 87,042.50 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 150,222J9 INCOME LESS EXPENDTfuRE: Balanc¢ at 31.12.2021 1,600.67 SULTANA FS AL-QUAIII

YEMENI RIYAL INCOME & EXPEIYDrruRE 2021 co Bmugbt forward from 2020 20,173,073 Transfers from Sterling account 17.699,IK)O Donations in Hadbranwt 2,340,0(M) TOTAL INCOME 40212,073 Admioistration: Phone calls 310,0(K) Transportation 2,340,0(K) Payment for services 55,000 Aid & Donations: Sports/Youth Club Al-Qatn 837,750 Repair of road in Ruqjl) villagc 150,(X)O Medical equipment to clinics in Ruqib and Harshiyat 90,000 Al-Qaln Hospital 216,IK Foo4 medical and ¢du¢ational aid 5.373,800 9 372 550 TOTAL EXPENDrruRE 9J72J50 INCOME LESS EXPENDrruRE 30,839523 Balanc¢ with MessTS Al-umqi Oocal baDker) 31.12.2021 30,839523 Sultana F S al-Quaiti (Treasurer)

EiJRO ACCOUNT 2021 COME Brougbt forward from 2020 Donations 8029.39 1925. TOTAL INCOME None 0.00 00 INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE" Bajance at 31.122021 995439 SULTANA FS AL-QUArrI MBE

Independent Examiner's Report on the aceounts of The Friends of Hadhramaut (Registered Charity Number 11162560) for the year to 3151 December 2021 I, Geoff Calvert of Garden FlaL 16 Bolton Garden4 London SW5 OAJ, confirm that I have ¢Ka￿]ned the accounts of The Friends of Hadbramaut for the year ending 31" December ?021 under Section 43 of the 1993 Act and in accordance with the generdl direction by the Charity Commissioners. I examined the Sterling, Euro and Yemelli Rial account& The preparation of the charity's accounts is the responsibility of the TrL￿. They have asked m¢ to conduct an independent examination and the accounts will not be audited, as is appropriate for a charity of this si7£. 1 confirn] the accounts have been prepared by the Trustees on a receipts and payments basis and have no re&son to doubt their accuracy. I am qualified to be the Independent Examiner of the charity after a career in financial servic¢s. 4C-b Geoff Calvert OBE 6 October 2022