"Bread & Henna" Book Launch & Talk (Hybrid)

British-Yemeni Society

Join us for the book launch of "Bread & Henna", a captivating memoir by Ianthe Mary Maclagan. Presented by the BYS and Caabu.

The Arab British Centre

The author will give a talk about her experiences in the Middle East and answer your questions. This is a hybrid event, so you can attend in person or online. Tickets are £5 for BYS/Caabu members and £8 for the general public. Refreshments will be served to those joining in-person.This event is presented by the BYS (<a href="https://b-ys.org.uk" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">British Yemeni Society</a>) &amp; Caabu (<a href="https://www.caabu.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Council for Arab-British Understanding</a>)

<h2>My time with the women of a Yemeni mountain town</h2><ul><li>Details the author’s encounters with the women of a small town in the Yemeni mountains between 1981-83

</li><li>Offers a unique and moving insight into a country now largely renowned only for war and humanitarian disaster 
</li><li>Combines the findings of anthropological fieldwork with the personal knowledge gained from immersing yourself in an entirely different culture 
 </li></ul>“As a window into women’s lives it must be unparallelled. A ready-made classic.” 
– Tim Mackintosh-Smith
An engaging travel narrative, Bread and Henna provides an intimate portrait of Yemeni life through insights into the cuisine, practices, and traditions of an ordinary town. After a gruelling road journey, the anthropologist couple are initially taken in by a family who provide support and hospitality – but charge extortionate rent. In turn, the couple set up on their own, struggling with isolation and practicalities as the author begins to integrate herself into a new community, forming connections with the women living nearby along the way. 

This memoir will enthrall lovers of travel writing, people interested in the workings of different societies and the lives of women, and those who have travelled to Yemen – or have yearned to do so.

About Ianthe Mary Maclagan
Ianthe Mary Maclagan was born in 1952. In 1981, she spent eighteen months living in the small Yemeni town of Safaqayn in Jebel Hufash. Her experiences formed a key component of her social anthropology fieldwork, completed as part of her PhD from the University of London. In the years that followed, Ianthe made several trips to Yemen before the outbreak of war made further travel impossible. 

She is also the author of "Food and Gender in a Yemeni Highland Community" in Culinary Cultures of the Middle East, eds. Sami Zubaida and Richard Tapper, 1993. I. B. Tauris.

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