Posts Tagged ‘Yemeni Jews’

Posted on September 26, 2010 - by mira

Old Sanaa architecture

Tower houses in Old Sanaa can be 300 years old. The multi-story buildings are houses for the extended family, not apartments, and are skillfully built of mudbrick. Traditionally, Yemeni Jews were involved in construction or the making of qamariyas, the stained-glass half-moon-shaped windows above the regular windows, and so the Jewish Star of David can often be seen in the architecture of Old Sanaa, as in this photo.

For more on Old Sanaa’s architecture, read Travelling Through Time in Old Sanaa. For more on a reconstruction project of an Ottoman residence, watch the video Women’s History Comes Alive.