al Hudaydah

Al Hudaydah (also written as Hodeidah) (Arabic: الحديدة) is the fourth largest city in Yemen with a population of one million, and the center of Al Hudaydah Governorate. The city has a large number of historical places, particularly in Zabid, which is regarded to be one of the most important Islamic towns in the world . The city is not large enough but it has more than 100 old mosques. Furthermore, the city used to have an old university which is as old as al-Azhar.