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Arabia through the Looking Glass

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Arabia through the Looking Glass

By Jonathan Raban

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About the book

`Of all his generation's travellers, Jonathan Raban is the most sophisticated, writing with a subtle and imaginative brilliance.' Colin Thubron`One of the most humane and visionary of all travel writers.' Jeremy SealInto Jonathan Raban's familiar Earls Court neighbourhood after the 1970s oil boom came new visitors from the Arab world, dressed in floor-length robes and yashmaks. A people apart, little known, Raban wanted to get behind the myth and the rumour to discover the reality of their lives...Show more

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9781780601397

Publisher

Eland Publishing Ltd

Published year

2018

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Arabia through the Looking Glass

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Paperback

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