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by Aidan Hartley, HarperCollins, 2003. Pp. xii + 446. Illus. Hb. £20. ISBN 0-00-257059-9. Pb. £8.99. ISBN 0-00-653121.
To all those with experience of East Africa and South Arabia this book is a ‘must’, but it will also interest a far wider readership. It is both a family biography and the…
Edited by David Peacock and David Williams
Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2007. Pp. xiv + 151. B/w photographs, maps, tables and diagrams. Hb. £35. ISBN 978-1-84217-225-4.
This book comprises seven papers of unequal quality. Two papers (those by Peacock/Williams/James and Sedov) are based on original…
by Colonel Sir Hugh Boustead KBE, CMG, DSO, MC. Foreword by The Lord Luce, GCVO, DL. Published by Craven Street Books, Fresno, California, 2002. Pp. xii + 240. Illus. Maps. Index. Pb. £18.99/$21.95. ISBN 0-941936-70-8.
Hugh Boustead (1895–1980), the son of a tea planter in Ceylon, lived a life of…
by Engseng Ho
University of California Press, November 2006. Pp.xxvi + 357.4 Maps. 2 tables. 25 b/w photographs. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £35.95. ISBN 0-520-24453-2. Pb.£13.95. ISBN 0- 520-24454-0.
For centuries Hadhramis were obliged to leave their poor and arid homeland to seek their fortunes in the…
Book review The Church of Scotland South Arabia Mission 1885–1978: A History and Critical Evaluation
by James McLaren Ritchie
Tentmakers Publications, Stoke-on-Trent, 2006. Pp.430. Map. Illus. Appendices. Bibliog. Index. ISBN 1-901670-18-X.
The Church of Scotland Mission to South Arabia was founded by a young orientalist and missionary of ancient Scottish lineage, Ion Keith Falconer, who died of…
by Theo Padnos, The Bodley Head, London, 2011. Pp. 293. £12.99. ISBN 978-1-847-92084-3.
This is a book of ignorance: the author's ignorance and that of his fellow tulab (students); ignorance about Islam, about reality, about the human condition. Those hoping that the book's subtitle might reward…
by Ahmed A. Saif
Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, 2001. Pp. xii + 273. Figures. Tables. Glossary. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £45. ISBN 0-7546-1702-5.
This book, based on the Yemeni author’s doctoral thesis at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, examines the development of…
by Susanne Dahlgren, Syracuse University Press, New York, 2010. Pp. xvi+ 371. Gloss. Bibliog. References. Appendices. Index. Illus. Map. Hb. £40.50. ISBN 978-0-8156-3246-7.
‘Throughout its history, Aden has seldom left a visitor indifferent’, contends Dr Susanne Dahlgren, as she introduces the…
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
There is, of course, a longish and well-established tradition of Englishmen writing about Arabia, and much of it is in a similar vein. Take a romanticisation of the ‘noble bedu’, add a sense of the spiritual cleanliness of the desert, throw in a dash of half-acknowledged sexual…
by Trevor H. J. Marchand
Curzon Press, 2001. Pp. xiv + 285. Maps. Plates. Figures. Glossary Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £45. ISBN 0-7007-1511-8.
In 1996-97 the author, a young Canadian architect turned anthropologist, spent a year working in Sana’a with a team of traditional builders, the Bayt al-…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
