Celebrating IHY by demonstrating that Physics is present in each moment of our lives

For May's IHY theme, the French Cultural Center in Sana'a (http://www.ccclsanaa.com), the Faculty of science at Sana'a University and the IHY-Yemen National Committee organized a special public event to demonstrate the role of physics in everyday life.

Activities and images from this event are available on a separate page

Celebrating IHY by highlighting the first human in space

Thanks to "IHY fellowships" IHY-Yemen got chance this year to participate in the world-wide "Yuri's Night World Space Party." As Kuwait is the only other country celebrating the event in the region, young amateurs of astronomy in the two countries are profiting of this occasion to promote cooperation and to plan for future activities. Maryam Aljoaan, the supervisor of Space Science center in Kuwait Science Club http://astronomy.ksclub.org/ is playing an important role in this regard. (Maryam is now in St. Petersburg studding and preparing herself to be the first Middle East girl in space.)

After exactly 46 years of the first human in space and after about 22 years of the first Middle East man in space, Professor Sultan explains the recent situation of Basic Space Sciences in the Arab countries. An interview made by the wide spread Yemeni newspaper "Athawra" on April 13, 2007 can be read here http://www.althawranews.net/CMS/pdffile/2007/04/13//07.PDF (in Arabic).

Celebrating IHY by promoting space science among the population

At the very beginning of the second semester, we will profit of the 3rd Mars Lunar Total Eclipse to continue our educational purposes through promotion of astronomy to the entire public i.e. not only to those who have interest in astronomy, especially the students and the educators, but also to the ordinary people and more importantly to school pupils: Lectures and exhibitions during the day + Observational session directed to the public mainly for observing the Lunar Total Eclipse.

Using the Media: Yemen TV & Yemen newspapers- we are exerting immense efforts to enhance public consciousness to help improve and develop education and research activities in space science, we have to convince that space science should be included in the science curriculum of the schools and universities, as a track of increasing public knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of space science.

This activity is happening concurrent with the IHY Kickoff in Vienna.

Celebrating IHY by Fostering International Scientific Cooperation

As a part of the IHY 2007 activities, Yemen National Planning Committee decided to organize 1-day-each-month workshop. The title of each Workshop will start with: Celebrating IHY by:

Due to the visit of Prof. Oliver Wright (Department of Applied Physics/Graduate School of Engineering/Hokkaido University/ Japan) to Sana'a University, January workshop was: Celebrating IHY by fostering international scientific cooperation

The following public lectures were scheduled on Saturday 13 January 2007:
1- New findings about the lunar first visibility research: Beyond Danjon's limit By A. H. Sultan at 10:00
2- Watching Ripples on Crystals by Oliver Wright at 10:20
3- IHY resources on the web by Amar Khalid at 10:40

4- Radio Jove by Sallami Mohammed at 11:00
IHY Poster exhibit (During the afternoon)

Computer monitor displaying an animated presentation of:

- How Radio Jove works (During the afternoon)
- And the different steps of Sana'a University Radio Jove installation (During the afternoon)

IHY-Yemen National Kickoff Meeting

A national meeting on IHY took place on 14 May 2006 at the faculty of science Sana'a University, Sana'a Yemen. The National Organizing Committee was chaired by Dr. A. H. Sultan, Head of the Physics Department. The meeting brought together experts and stakeholders in the fields of relevance to IHY such as space science, atmospheric sciences, environmental sciences, etc.

In the meeting a national planning team has been elected as the following:

1. Al-Ammari Sawsan
2. AL-Haddad Nada
3. Al-Hopyshi Ebtsam
4. Al-Kibsi Abdulmalek
5. Al-Mahdi Enas
6. Al-Mas Abeer
7. Al-Sarhi Huda
8. Al-Shahied Amaterazak
9. Al Shawafi Zeiad
10. Dubyan Hamid
11. Fakher Layla
12. Mohsen Ali
13. Nassar Eman
14. Sallami Mohammed
15. Sultan Abdulhaq
16. Wahas Arwa