Book of Khidr

The city of Shibam, in the desert of Ramlat al-Sab'atayn, known as the first city on earth with a vertical masterplan and for its mudbrick-made high-rise buildings. Dating from the pre-Islamic period, it was the capital of the Hadramawt Kingdom and one of the three major cities of the Qu'aiti Sultanate. Yemen, 1941. Photographer unknown.

The city of Shibam, in the desert of Ramlat al-Sab'atayn, known for its mudbrick-made high-rise buildings. It was the capital of the Hadramawt Kingdom and one of the three major cities of the Qu'aiti Sultanate. Yemen, 1941. Photographer unknown.

Ferdinando Scianna (Italian photographer, writer, author, and a member of Magnum Photos), self-portrait of the Italian photographer, Yemen, 1999. Photograph courtesy the artist and Magnum Photos.

Ferdinando Scianna (Italian photographer, writer, author, and a member of Magnum Photos), Sanaa, Yemen, 1999. Photograph courtesy the artist and Magnum Photos.

Michel Tahar, A graveyard in Aynat, Hadhramaut region, Yemen

Harry Gruyaert (Belgian photographer, born in Antwerp in 1941), Street scene, Sana’a, Yemen, 1995

Lorenzo Meloni, Yemen, 2010

Harry Gruyaert (Belgian photographer, born in Antwerp in 1941), Young girls in Hadiboh, Island of Socotra, Yemen, 1995

Nikos Economopoulos (Greek photographer born in Kalamata, in 1953), Sana’a, Yemen, 1992

Pascal Maréchaux, Yemen.