Travelling through Yemen Ferdinando Scianna concentrates on the unique beauty of the city of Sanaa.
Rather than displaying lifeless relics,Sanaa preserves the age-old way of living itself.

For 1500 years it was a legendary town;few Europeans had ever visited Sanaa and it earned fame as a city never exposed to foreign influence.

According to Yemeni folklore,Sanaa was founded by Noah's son Shem and is one of the first sites of human settlement.Legend says that Shem came to Yemen from the north seeking somewhere to settle and chose the place shown to him by a bird.The legend still flourishes...