ENGLISH

Yemen: the unknown arabia

By Tim , Mackintosh-Smith

Book information

Publisher
The Overlook Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781468309980, 9781590203, 1468309986
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
12 MB (12114145 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
History;HISTORY--General;Electronic books;HISTORY

Description

Arguably the most fascinating and least understood country in the Arab world, Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fantastic. A country long regarded by classical geographers as a fabulous land where flying serpents guarded sacred incense groves, while medieval Arab visitors told tales of disappearing islands and menstruating mountains. Our current ideas of this country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula have been hijacked by images of the terrorist strongholds, drone attacks, and diplomatic tensions. But, as Mackintosh-Smith reminds us in this newly updated book, there is another Arabia. Yemen may be a part of Arabia, but it is like no place on earth.

Similar books