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The opening as it read in 2015

Silversmith Meysha Abyadh in Sana'a, 1937 Yemenite Jews of Sana'a, circa 1909 The Exile of Mawzaʻ (the expulsion of Yemenite Jews to Mawza') - , ;‎ 1679—1680, is considered the single most traumatic event experienced collectively by the Jews of Yemen , in which Jews living in nearly all cities and towns throughout Yemen were banished by decree of the king, Imām al-Mahdi Ahmad , and sent to a dry and barren region of the country named Mawzaʻ to withstand their fate or to die. Only a few communities, viz. , those Jewish inhabitants who lived in the far eastern quarters of Yemen ( Nihm , al-Jawf , and Khawlan of the east) were spared this fate by virtue of their Arab patrons who refused to obey the king’s orders.¹ Many would die along the route and while confined to the hot and arid conditions of this forbidding terrain. After one year in exile, the exiles were called back to perform their usual tasks and labors for the indigenous Arab populations, who had been deprived of goods and services on account of their exile.

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The opening as it stood in 2020

The 17th-century persecution of Yemenite Jews Silversmith Meysha Abyadh in Sana'a, 1937 Yemenite Jews of Sana'a, 1907 The Exile of Mawzaʻ (the expulsion of Yemenite Jews to Mawza' ) , ;‎ 1679–1680, is considered the single most traumatic event experienced collectively by the Jews of Yemen , in which Jews living in nearly all cities and towns throughout Yemen were banished by decree of the king, Imām al-Mahdi Ahmad , and sent to a dry and barren region of the country named Mawzaʻ to withstand their fate or to die. Only a few communities, viz. , those Jewish inhabitants who lived in the far eastern quarters of Yemen ( Nihm , al-Jawf , and Khawlan of the east ) were spared this fate by virtue of their Arab patrons who refused to obey the king's orders. Many would die along the route and while confined to the hot and arid conditions of this forbidding terrain. After one year in exile, the exiles were called back to perform their usual tasks and labors for the indigenous Arab populations, who had been deprived of goods and services on account of their exile.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Expulsion of Yemenite Jews to Mawza 1679–1680 Silversmith Meysha Abyadh in Sana'a, 1937 Yemenite Jews of Sana'a, 1907 The Exile of Mawzaʻ (the expulsion of Yemenite Jews to Mawza' ) , ;‎ 1679–1680, is considered the single most traumatic event experienced collectively by the Jews of Yemen , in which Jews living in nearly all cities and towns throughout Yemen were banished by decree of the king, Imām al-Mahdi Ahmad , and sent to a dry and barren region of the country named Mawzaʻ to withstand their fate or to die. Only a few communities, viz. , those Jewish inhabitants who lived in the far eastern quarters of Yemen ( Nihm , al-Jawf , and Khawlan of the east ) were spared this fate by virtue of their Arab patrons who refused to obey the king's orders. Many would die along the route and while confined to the hot and arid conditions of this forbidding terrain. After one year in exile, the exiles were called back to perform their usual tasks and labors for the indigenous Arab populations, who had been deprived of goods and services on account of their exile.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Expulsion of Yemenite Jews to Mawza 1679–1680 Silversmith Meysha Abyadh in Sana'a, 1937 Yemenite Jews of Sana'a, 1907 The Mawzaʿ Exile ( Hebrew : גלות מוזע , romanized : gāluṯ mawzaʻ ; 1679–1680) is an event experienced by Yemenite Jews , in which Jews living in nearly all cities and towns throughout Yemen were banished by decree of the ruler, al-Mahdi Ahmad , and sent to a dry and barren region of the country named Mawzaʿ . Only a few communities, inhabitants who lived in the far eastern quarters of Yemen (now Nihm , al-Jawf , and Khawlan in the east ) were spared this fate by their mawali (Muslim patrons), who refused to obey the king's orders. Many would die along the route and while confined to the hot and arid conditions of this forbidding terrain. After one year in exile, the exiles were called back to perform their usual tasks and labors for their Muslim counterparts, who had been deprived of goods and services on account of their exile.

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