Zabid

Al Hudaydah Governorate · Yemen

Zabid, Yemen
Photo: Ahron de Leeuw from Amsterdam, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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November to February
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A historic Tihamah plain town once a centre of Islamic learning and the reputed birthplace of algebra's teaching tradition. Its whitewashed houses and old university district earn it UNESCO protection.

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