Series: Adobe Towns
Shibam
A film by Stefan Tolz
© 2004 / 43 min (German+French) and 52 min (English) / Digi Beta / 16:9 / Stereo
The second part of the series features the city of Shibam in Yemen. Shibam is called “Chicago of the desert”: the over 1000 year old town indeed resembles the skyline of an American city. More than 500 mud-built skyscrapers (some with eight floors) are placed next to one another. The narrow lanes look like a labyrinth. The oldest houses of this old colony are more than 400 years old. Shibam was the capital of the former oasis Hadramaut and the starting point of the legendary “Incense Road”.
