Talk:Sanaa

Music and Song of Sanaa

Three articles cited at fr:Sanaa#Musique which could be read and cited on the article in both languages. Sorry I don't have time right now but maybe someday, and maybe another french translator does. Thanks 3 kids in a trenchcoat and good luck.

• Samir Mokrani, « Musique et identité au Yémen », Cahiers d'ethnomusicologie, vol. Vol. 20, identités musicales,‎ 2007, p. 191-207 (JSTOR 40233866)
• Jean Lambert, « Le musicien Yahyâ al-Nûnû: L'émotion musicale et ses transformations (Yémen) », Cahiers d'ethnomusicologie, vol. Vol. 23, émotions,‎ 2010, p. 147-171 (JSTOR 23267128)
• Jean Lambert, « Temps musical et temps social au Yémen. La suite musicale et le magyal de Sanaa », MUSIQUE ET ANTHROPOLOGIE, vol. No. 171/172,‎ juillet/décembre 2004, p. 151-171 (JSTOR 27976184)

I asked for research help on the discussion page at fr:Discussion:Sanaa#Musique_et_chant_de_Sanaa, maybe in a few months something will appear there that can be translated. Jaredscribe (talk) 04:26, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

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Article Organization and Structure

It would seem to me that there is a couple topics being discussed in this article that would probably be best handled by separating the information into 2 or 3 articles. User SharabSalam has already noted that the Arabic wikipedia separates the old city from the modern distinction within Yemen, I think that a similar distinction could be useful here, as well as perhaps a sub article which discusses the history of the city. The way the article is currently designed, a lot of space and words are dedicated to the history of the city, which though is interesting, is not particularly relevant to the current demographic, cultural, and geopolitical situation of the city, which might be more important to a reader today. If the history section was shortened to a paragraph equating something to the effect of "... the city has had historical prominence both before and after the arrival of Islam. It had high importance to pre-European Colonial trade societies, and high importance to post-European Colonial islamic academic culture. In recent centuries the city has dealt with instability" this would allow more space and research to current concerns and situations about the city.

In short, I would create two sub articles, one discussing the UNESCO heritage cite of the old city of Sana'a, and one discussing the history, while the current article would be shortened by removing the history, and then could put more focus on current situations which aren't given the full space they deserve. --Smike0512 (talk) 16:14, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

History of Sana'a should be an article Abo Yemen✉ 18:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

BTW, Timeline of Sanaa is an article Abo Yemen✉ 18:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Middle East Research ASH 3230

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2024 and 25 April 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Smike0512 (article contribs).

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More on Jewish Population of Sanaa?

The history of the Jewish population seems very short. Anyway to make it longer? It's very interesting. Thanks! Lotrfan12345 (talk) 18:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Overall corrections and thoughts on how to improve:

While reading through this page I thought it was very well rounded and features a ton of rich information and details about Sanaa, especially for a middle eastern city. Some things I would like to see different though are as follows: I think this page in particular has a difficult time with hyperlinks. These are what make wikipedia useable and its more general topic pages digestible! Something that struck me was the conornavirus section. After having read through it, I failed to see what about Sanaa's experience with covid was so unique that it warranted its own section. The information is useful to some extent, but at this rate, why not have a corona section for every city that was affected? Does it need its own subsection if the cholera outbreak doesn't? I think more information and a greater discussion on solar panels and a consolidation of discussion on the city's energy needs would help keep the page more organized and useful to others - i.e the transportation section talks a lot about energy and resources, so why not have it as part of an energy subsection? Thanks and take care! Matthew Dottor (talk) 05:15, 4 May 2024 (UTC)