The Modern Bahoot: Critical Reflections on the Myth of Al-Hamdi

Ibrahim al-Hamdi [1] is a name regarded with exceptional veneration in the popular memory. His name rose through a complicated process over decades to be ranked amongst the central legends in the Yemeni social consciousness. The myth of al-Hamdi – like any other big myth, secular or religious – was either taken for granted as fact or as superstition …
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