Shibam is known as the "Manhattan of the desert," because it's made up of mud brick skyscrapers that shoot ... Guardian's Beth McKernan took a look at the cost Yemen's civil war is having on ...

1533: Shibam, Yemen Shibam, Yemen, is home to the world’s oldest skyscraper city, known as 'the Manhattan of the desert.' Built in the 16th century, its mud-brick towers stand between five and ...

However, unlike New York's famous steel and stone skyscrapers, Shibam was built using ... in 2015 due to the civil war that broke out in Yemen a year prior. As the conflict caused Yemen's economy ...