Britain's First Yemenis

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Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Mohammed Alsaedi, published by Al-Jazeera broadcasted as part of Al-Jazeera World series in 2015 - English narration

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The story of one the UK's oldest Muslim communities - and the challenges facing their British-Arab descendants today. Yemenis are among the longest-established Muslim communities in Britain. They have put down firm roots in several coastal towns and industrial cities across the country. Yemeni sailors worked in the British merchant navy in the engine rooms of steam ships leaving the old colonial port of Aden in the mid-19th century. When British sailors were called to fight in World War One, their places were taken by Yemeni men who then started to settle in the UK. Their lives were tough, working first as seamen and then as cheap labour in heavy industry in England and Wales.