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25 May 2010. The Soqotra archipelago has been hard hit by a cyclone and has had very heavy rains in the last 5 days, with high winds too on Abd al Kuri that has destroyed a whole village and many houses and caused the death of a young girl:

http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=2213&MainCat=3

http://www.earthweek.com/2010/ew100521/ew100521i.html

9 November 2009. The bibliography has been updated with contributions from Vladimir Agafonov.

14 October 2009. Details of a Royal Asiatic Society conference to be held in London on 31 October 2009. Pdf file

6 October 2009. English leaflet updated. See Benefits of Membership.

11th August 2009. An article on a misunderstood new gecko of the genus Hemidactylus here.

28 July 2009 - A new article on Soqotra bird life by Richard Porter is here

The bird list of Soqotra has been updated (2/08/2009) by Richard Porter. Here

Details of House Crow eradication from Soqotra here

The Chairman of Friends of Soqotra has written a newsletter and an invitation to meet at the 2009 AGM in Tübingen, Germany, 4-6 September 2009. Go Here.

Download details of the 2009 AGM. (How to get there, accommodation etc.)

For the latest news (31 May 2009) of Soqotra download here.

Mohammed Aidrus Ali is looking for help with his research into the "Formation of the Civil Administration in the Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom 1948-1967". If you can help go here. Also in Arabic.

The bibliography has been updated with contributions from Dana Pietsch.

The website was updated on 27 May 2010