On Friday, May 13, the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn welcomed back its great friend,<\/p>\n
Yemeni silver jewelry expert Marjorie Ransom, who delivered a fascinating talk entitled Jewelry<\/p>\n
Empowering Women: A Yemeni Story.\u00a0 She shared selections from her jewelry collection in person and<\/p>\n
via a slide presentation.\u00a0 Her talked covered the history of jewelry-making, how women use their silver,<\/p>\n
the silver makers, and the differences in all of these across Yemen.<\/p>\n
Ransom also introduced her new book, Silver Treasures from the Land Of Sheba: Regional Yemeni<\/p>\n
Jewelry\u00a0 (The American University in Cairo Press, 2014), which highlights her vast knowledge and 30-year<\/p>\n
experience in studying the art of traditional Yemeni silver jewelry.<\/p>\n
The entire event was very well received by the 40 guests in the Museum\u2019s Russell J. Ebeid Library &<\/p>\n
Resource Center. The audience was diverse: Yemeni families, non-Arabs, Korean students and people of<\/p>\n
all ages.\u00a0 Prior to her talk, Ransom enjoyed one-on-one conversations with Professor Andrew Shryock,<\/p>\n
Rasheed Alnozili \u2013 publisher of the Yemeni American News, along with Ali Baleed Almaklani (ACCESS<\/p>\n
Board member and Executive Director of Yemen American Benevolent Association) and other attendees.<\/p>\n
The AANM is very grateful to Fawzy Alghazali, the owner of Mocha Caf\u00e9, who sponsored the reception<\/p>\n
following Ransom\u2019s talk. It was Arabic hospitality and generosity at its best, with a delicious spread of<\/p>\n
dinner and dessert that delighted the guests. More very gracious hospitality was shown to Ransom and<\/p>\n
her entourage during a later dinner at Sheeba, where owner Ismael Aljahmi served the party and shared<\/p>\n
great conversations over dinner.<\/p>\n
The jewelry event was followed by lively Global Fridays concert by Abdulrahman Al Akhfash, an expert in<\/p>\n
Yemeni traditional music. The performance also featured Yemeni traditional dancers and some young, up<\/p>\n
and coming talent. It was the final Global Fridays concert of the series\u2019 Winter Spring 2016 series.<\/p>\n