Amiriya Madrasa

Al-Amiriya (Arabic: المدرسة العامرية) is a 16th-century madrasa (educational institution) located in Rada, Yemen.

The monument was in poor condition until 1978 when Iraqi-born archaeologist Selma Al-Radi saw it and enlisted financial help from foreign missions to restore it in a more than twenty-year effort which she led.

[1][2] This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on July 8, 2002, in the Cultural category.

[1] The restoration process revived the art of qadad, a form of waterproof interior and exterior plastering.

In 2004 a documentary film, Qudad, Re-inventing a Tradition, was made on the subject by the filmmaker Caterina Borelli (preview).