"I’VE been to Hadramaut many times, but there is always a desire to return. There is a feeling that is difficult to express. The heart feels calm and at ease over there,” said 70-year-old Abdurrahman Alaydrus, who still hopes to return to Yemen, in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. He recalls every corner he has visited, and can describe in detail the city and its people.

Is Hadramaut as beautiful and as enticing as Abdurrahman Alaydrus mak