**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. 1 ## **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. 2 ## **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. 3 ## **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: salehbinghalib@hotmail.com ## **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._ 4 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: Rashid.rukhsana@gmail.com ## **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: maijacalvert@gmail.com ## **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. 5 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: alex.ingrams@gmail.com ## **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: sverre.driveklepp@gmail.com We congratulate Sverre and Nina on the birth of their second grandchild Edvard, born 3rd October 2021. ## **NEWS FROM USA BRANCH** **John Mulholland** (jmulholland45@aol.com) 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. 6 ## **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)_ 7 - 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: w.gaerte@yahoo.com ## **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: firetexion@gmail.com ## **NEWS FROM SINGAPORE BRANCH** Local Coordinator Farah Bahajaj may be contacted by those Friends residing in Singapore: fabjajrp@gmail.com 8 ## **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: mickwalton@libero.it 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. 9 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 2020. 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 10 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. 11 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 12 **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 13 ## **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 14 **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 15 **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: wfacey@medinapublishing.com 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/ 16 **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 17 **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 debbie.usher@sant.ox.ac.uk Tel: 01865 284706 Fax: 01865 274529 **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: **hadhramaut@btinternet.com** The password for reading newsletters on our website www.hadhramaut.co.uk is _**frankincense**_ 18 ## **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 19 ## **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 20 **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) 21 ## **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. 22 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". 24 i) 25 ## **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. 26 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 28 ## **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: mickwalton@libero.it 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** 29 ## **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? 30 ## **CONTACT DETAILS** **FRIENDS OF HADHRAMAUT: Registered Charity No. 1062560 Address: 48 Richmond Park Road, London SWl4 8JT UK Telephone: +44 (0) 20 83929823** _(The telephone is not always attended; messages may be left and are dealt with regularly)_ **Email: hadhramaut@btinternet.com** **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** 31 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