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Yemen, of cowse, was one of rhe .egios to embnce hlam
very sly dd pscefitly dd the Yeneris conributed goerously
and bmvely lo fte spcad of Isld ali arcund the world. Countries
like Indonsia and Malaysia dd otheB in slnh Asia od Anict
converied to Islam not by $ar bul by the Yemenj tradeE whose
hlamic conducl ud cbmcter airacted tlte natives ofthose arcas to
become Muslims as they e today. Many people of Yemeni orisin
de stil living iD 6ese comties. (Pakistan Studj€s. l99l: I1).
Ttuoudout history Yenen rcmained one couay till 1839
wheD tle Britisl ocar+ien is south€m per ed fo. tle firsr tim
anificial borders werc crcal,ed and Yemen becme twor South and
Nonll Si@ th€q $e British nned the Soulh a.d white rhe Nonh
was ruled by a Yeheni noEch called 1n4d. The sinDtion
rerm<strong>tn</strong>ed so util 1962 *-hen rh€ Nonh got ri.t of rh€ molmhy
tluou8h a rcvolulion ed a new repLblican sysreD was esl,bt$hed
for the fr.s! tim€. lhis revolulior inspi.ed ihe yelMis ir the South
to rcvolt against the British Finally, in 1967 the South yemd got
its indeperdence and a social$ srale w6 fosded. The rwo si:ates
were n€ver happy with e&h o$er and in lr@y tirnes weu ro war.
Thh conflict cme to an end in 1990 when rhe two pus (me
logether md ujfied- Now Yemen is one coury wm one
govement and bs teesrablished irs ow! democraric sysiem. <strong>tt</strong> h
Eyng_hard lo regam ils pat 8lory. bur ir camot te.p pace will) rhe
2.2 EDUCATION BEFORE REVOI,UTIONS
2.2.1. Edrstion B.fore 1962 Revolutioo (No<strong>rt</strong>h)
Beforc the 26d September RevolLnion in 1962, educatjon in
s modem shape did nor exi<strong>rt</strong>. fi. or y form ofedu.ariotr that was
avail.ble was Islamic reachine ed ?//, ,r. rec,Lj& Some o,he.
Rlared subjecis-did exisl such as AEbic g"nl|B ed inje.rion.
I ne ofly goar ot eduqbon wa to tc{h DUDils to rcad ed eTile.
schools in rle form known roday did nor €xisr ChildEn used
1o study in wbat w6 called *a/are", (religious schools). It was verv
comon b se ch dren l{:ming udr! rees or even rccks. SE;