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Aden tourist information
Aden tourist information
Aden has a long and complex history.
Marco Polo described it as a hub of commerce, where goods arriving by ship from the East were transferred to smaller boats for the trip up the Red Sea and on to Alexandria and Christendom.
At one point it ruled a small empire, the part of Africa just across from it.
In the 19th century, it became a British protectorate.
It was the capital of South Yemen until Yemen was re-united in 1990.
It is a very picturesque city with a mix of traditional Arabic and British influences. It was the capital of the liberal South and is presently changing negatively due to the take-over of the tribal forces of the North. For instance the Soviets banned head scarves for women and for decades, women were relatively emancipated and could carry out university degrees abundantly. Now, the scarves are back on the street. One can also notice a sizeable Somali minority (war refugees).
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