Married To A Bedouin
$20.61
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2010
Summary
New Zealand born nurse Marguerite van Geldermalsen first visited the lost city Petra with her friend Elizabeth in 1978 on a sightseeing tour of the ancient world. Already looking forward to her beach holiday at the end of the trip, little did Maguerite know she was about to meet the man she would marry, the charismatic Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin craftsman of the Manajah tribe.
A life with Mohammad meant moving into his ancient cave and learning to love the regular tasks of ba…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844082209 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844082202 |
| Author: | Marguerite van Geldermalsen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2010 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Virago Press |
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Critics Review
For anyone who enjoys travel books, especially about the Middle East, this is the real thing - a fascinating account of life as a Bedouin in the late twentieth century written by a Western woman - Mary S. Lovell
In a world troubled by Arab extremism, this sparkling memoir is a refreshing antidote and a rare window into the legendary hospitality and mysterious customs of the Bedouin Arabs - Publishing NewsAbout The Author
Marguerite van Geldermalsen
Marguerite is from New Zealand. In 1978 she met Mohammad Abdallah in Petra, Jordan, married him and moved into his Nabataean cave. In 1985 they moved to the new Bedouin settlement, Umm Sayhoon. She was widowed in 2002. She has three children.
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