Yemenis
Total population | |
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Yemen : 31,461,438[1]
Yemeni diaspora : 7,000,000 Total : 38,461,438 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Saudi Arabia | 2,000,000 |
Egypt | 700,000 |
Israel | 435,000 (Ancestry) |
India | 300,000 (Ancestry) |
United States | 200,000 |
United Arab Emirates | 100,000 |
United Kingdom | 80,000 |
Madagascar | 60,000 |
Turkey | 40,000 |
Ethiopia | 36,000 |
Jordan | 32,000 |
Malaysia | 20,000 |
Eritrea | 18,000 |
Canada | 8,115 |
Pakistan | 5,000 |
Djibouti | 5,000 |
Netherlands | 3,777 |
Bahrain | ? |
Hungary | ? |
Languages | |
Yemeni Arabic (majority) · Standard Arabic | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Islam · significant minorities of Judaism |
Yemenis or Yemenites (
.Social hierarchy
There is a system of social stratification in Yemen that was officially abolished at the creation of the Republic of Yemen in 1962 but, in practice, this system has not disappeared and Yemeni society is still organized around hierarchical ranks. The difference between ranks is manifested by descent and occupation and is consolidated by marriages between people of the same ranks.
There are five status groups. At the top of hierarchy, there are the religious elites, also called sada. These are then followed by the strata of judges (quad). The third hierarchical status is the qaba’il, who are the peasants who belong to tribes and who live mainly from agriculture and trading. The fourth group is called the mazayanah. This group is composed of people who had no land and provide different kinds of services such as butchers and craftsmen. Finally, at the bottom of the hierarchy are the slaves (a’bid) and even further below them
Diaspora
The Yemeni
Notable Yemenis
- Adam Saleh, Yemeni-American YouTuber
- Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni Nobel Laureate, journalist, politician, and human rights activist
- Anwar al-Awlaki, Yemeni-American imam
- Ali al-Jifri, Yemeni Islamic scholar
- Naseem Hamed, Yemeni-British Boxer
- Shoshana Damari, Yemeni-Israeli singer
- Ofra Haza, Yemeni-Israeli singer
- Zohar Argov, Yemeni-Israeli singer
- Haim Moshe, Yemeni-Israeli singer
- Yahya Saree, Yemeni spokesperson of Houthi movement
References and notes
- ^ "Yemen Population (2022) - Worldometer". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
- ^ Hall, Bogumila. “Subaltern Rightful Struggles, Comparative ethnographies of the Bedouin villagers in the Naqab, and the akhdam slum dwellers in Sana’a.” Ph.D. diss., European University Institute, 2016.
- ^ Yemenis in the UK