Coal, frankincense & myrrh - Tim Smith

A visual insight into a fascinating and little known Middle Eastern country that maintains a traditional way of life, a place where people still wear national dress and observe the custom of chewing the narcotic plant khat in the afternoons. Yemen, the reputed home of the Queen of Sheba, is at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and Asia due to its positioning on the ancient spice route, making it a meeting point of people, ideas, money and goods. Yemen is now the mother country to Britain's longest-established Muslim communities.