Boomhauer

In general, would you say Yemenis look different to Emiratis? Leave out the Yemenis with visible African phenotype and the Emiratis who might be from Iran.

I always thought Yemenis looked darker , could just be that Yemen being poor meant the people had to toil outside, thus darker.

Can most of you spot an Emirati of recent Yemeni descent from an Emirati whos roots are local?

Oyibopeppeh

Yemenis do it with rucksacs

Tockalosh

Greasier skin, give away and can spot from a mile

Meow

Surely you tell them apart by the headgear?

Boomhauer

When we lived in AD, we had neighbours and family friends who were Emiratis of Yemeni descent, the men just wore the traditional Emirati Kandoora . So I was wondering if they can be told apart when wearing the same dress as other Emiratis.

jackthehat

They never get 'Zits!' - They slide off!

Saff_Parker

Ditto on the darker skin, it's something I noticed, but again I have not seen or met all Emiratis and Yemenis. But definitely seems to be common

Saff

weasel decentral

There are so many tribes in Yemen that its hard to make a generic type, I have met all types of Yemeni. Ones with white skin, blue or green eyes, and light hair to the darker skinned types.
However they are usually slighter build and smaller people, than Emiratis and have finer features (quite similar to Somalians or Ethiopians rather than "normal" African features)

csdf

If they wear sunglasses indoors, they're Emirati.