A Vision of YemenIn 1869, Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew, accompanied the European orientalist Joseph Halvy on his archaeological tour of Yemen. Twenty years later, Habshush wrote A Vision of Yemen, a memoir of their travels, that provides a vivid account of daily life, religion, and politics. More than a simple travelogue, it is a work of trickster tales, thick anthropological descriptions, and reflections on JewishMuslim relations. At its heart lies the fractious and