Tim Mackintosh-Smith studied classical Arabic at
Oxford. At the age of twenty-one, like Ibn Battutah, he headed east
for the real Arabia. His first book, Yemen: The Unknown
Arabia, won the Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award and
was a New York Times Notable Book.
Martin Yeoman is a painter, draughtsman, sculptor, and
etcher whose work can be found in a number of notable British
collections, including those of HM the Queen and HRH the Prince
Wales.
“A thoughtful work of an intensely curious scholar who can write
better than most novelists.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Learned, smartly observant, and very readable . . . An admirable
rarity.”
—The New Republic
“Intoxicating, dazzlingly erudite, yet full of gentle wit and
informed by its author’s profound knowledge of Muslim society, this
book is a breathtaking achievement.”
—Sunday Times (London)
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