Wadi Dawan (Arabic: وَادِي دَوْعَن, romanized: Wādī Daw‘an) is a desert valley in central Yemen.

Located in Hadhramaut Governorate, it is noted for its mud brick buildings and honey production.

On January 18, 2008, an ambush attack on Belgian tourists traveling in a convoy through the valley took place.

A convoy of four jeeps carrying 15 tourists to Shibam were ambushed by gunmen in a hidden pickup truck.

[3] In the wake of the attack, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht originally rejected that Al-Qaeda might be responsible, explaining that although the possibility could be avoided, internecine disputes and latent Islamism were also to be taken into account.