4th year student Oleg Sokolov took part in the XXXVI Annual Session of St Petersburg Arabists, held from April, 7-9, at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts. The title of his report was “The Genre of Historical Novel in the Modern Yemen Literature”. The information about the Session agenda can be found at the website of the Institute: http://www.orientalstudies.ru/rus/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3611&Itemid=48.