A Time in Arabia
Living in Yemen's Hadhramant in the 1930s
$29.48
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2013
Summary
Doreen Ingrams was the first European woman to live in the Hadhramaut, an isolated, bone-dry region of southern Arabia, then little changed since biblical times, now part of the Republic of the Yemen. Her husband was an Arabic speaking British official, sent as a political advisor to the local Sultans,who succeeded in brokering a truce between the perennially feuding tribes. The Ingrams arrived by boat in 1934, and during their ten-year residency travelled throughout the region by camel an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781906011802 |
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| ISBN-10: | 190601180X |
| Author: | Doreen Ingrams |
| Publisher: | Eland Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Eland Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 135mm |
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‘This is a book about a lost world… written with nostalgic sympathy and love for those whom it describes.’ Stewart Perowne, RGS
‘Speaking fluent Arabic in the local dialect, she was received into the homes of rich and poor, where no European woman had ever been seen before.’ Independent
‘This book is wholly enchanting… written in an easy and entirely unpretentious style.’ Neville Barbour
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