Importance of preserving Socotra island

Great news!

A cultural heritage protection program for Socotra

The workshop aims at qualifying the members and developing their abilities in the field of preservation of cultural heritage, an aspect that has not been emphasized in the development and conservation plans...

Pictures from the above linked website article

Thanks for this fantastic initiative and best wishes to this brilliant team!

Julian Jansen Van Rensburg made it!

Great news:

Integrating Soqotra’s cultural heritage into conservation

UAE helps Socotra

https://youtu.be/XqRVdtsnIkg

Incense and imagery: mapping agricultural and water management systems on the island of Socotra, Yemen

Thanks to Julian we are moving on with those enigmatic walls all over the island...

Still a lot of work ahead, but hopefully the knowledge about who / when / why will clear up!

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318277471_Incense_and_imagery_mapping_agricultural_and_water_management_systems_on_the_island_of_Socotra_Yemen
or here:
http://dro.dur.ac.uk/21552/

SOCOTRA, THE ISLAND OF DJINNS. TRAILER

Not new at all, just something to let your thoughts carried away on the first day of this new year...

From 2015 by Jordi Esteva:


SOCOTRA, THE ISLAND OF DJINNS. TRAILER from Jordi Esteva on Vimeo.

Sons of Socotra stage protest rally to demand end of Saudi blockade

As the air bridge between the mainland and Socotra island is blocked since the start of the civil war in Yemen, lack of food, fuel, medicines and other basic materials are getting a vital issue. Some Socotri are addressing the United Nations to end this blockade.

More info here: http://www.sabanews.net/en/news450617.htm

60 missing after ship capsizes off Yemen's Socotra island

As the air bridge between the mainland and Socotra island is blocked since the civil war, people are travelling over the ocean again. Unfortunately yesterday a vessel capsized before the island, carrying mainly women and children.

Our condolences to their families!

Some random links:
http://www.firstpost.com/world/60-feared-drowned-off-yemen-coast-after-boat-disappears-near-socotra-island-3143856.html
http://satprnews.com/2016/12/07/more-than-50-people-missing-after-ship-sinks-off-yemens-socotra-island/
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Ship-sinks-off-Yemen-with-60-aboard/1068-3477886-12r8qj7/