A World In a Homeland 

Yemen --- as a people, a culture, and a homeland --- is an integral part of the Islamic and Arab worlds. It is a natural extension of the Islamic civilization, whose humanitarian features have been cooperatively elaborated by many peoples and nations in accordance with enlightened and enduring principles. It is also the heir to a deep-rooted indigenous civilization.

The ancient and the Islamic civilization confer on Yemen unique characteristics that have enabled it to be receptive to dialogue with other civilizations and to be open-minded about upholding its past with the rich scientific and creative offerings of the modern age.

With this creative engagement between the particular and the general, Yemen has been able to revive its rich, but hitherto dormant, heritage--which drives it also toward further constructive interaction with other cultures.

Accordingly, the Yemen Heritage and Research Center, Being aware of the true potential of modern communication to bring together disparate people and to sweep away the barriers that separate them, is working diligently to build a bridge for dialogue among nations. The goal of the Center is to spread the benefits of the output of the human mind irrespective of bias or orientation.

Activities of the Center

Research: 

The Center strives to achieve the following:

• To encourage research in the human and social fields and to organize discussions, lectures, and annual conferences on Yemen's past, present, and future;
• To publish the proceedings of these activities in books and pamphlets;
• To seek out and sponsor with the potential and the skills to prepare, print, and distribute such studies.

Library: 

The Center sees to establish the following:

• A Yemen "Heritage Library" that will gather, photograph, edit, and publish as much material as possible about Yemen's heritage both within and outside Yemen, using the best methods and techniques available; and
• A "Contemporary Library" to inventory and gather all pertinent material that has been written about Yemen in Various languages. This includes the works of travelers, artists, Orientalists, and anthropologists as well as all documentary sources and social and humanistic studies about Yemen and other countries.

Journal:

The Center will publish a quarterly magazine, al-Masar, to cover its activities and to reflect its interests and its intellectual outlook on Yemen and well as global issues.