An Arabian Journey
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An Arabian Journey

One Man's Quest Through the Heart of the Middle East

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An Arabian Journey

One Man's Quest Through the Heart of the Middle East

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The acclaimed author of Walking the Americas shares his epic journey through the war-torn Arabian Peninsula in this fascinating travelogue. Following in the footsteps of famed explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer Levison Wood brings us along on his most complex expedition yet: a circumnavigation of the Arabian Peninsula. Starting in September 2017 in a city in Northern Syria, a stone's throw away from Turkey and amidst a deadly war, Wood set forth on a 5, 000-mile trek through the most contested region on the planet. Wood moved through the Middle East for six months, from ISIS-occupied Iraq through Kuwait and along the jagged coastlines of the Emirates and Oman; across Yemen—in the midst of civil war—and on to Saudia Arabia, Jordan, and Israel, before ending on the shores of the Mediterranean in Lebanon. Like his predecessors, Wood travelled through some of the harshest and most beautiful environments on earth, seeking to challenge our perceptions of this part of the world. Through the people he meets—and the personal histories and local mythologies they share—Wood examines how the region has changed over thousands of years and what it means to its people today.

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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780802147332
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Travel

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Also by Levison Wood
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Epigraph
  8. Introduction
  9. Map
  10. 1. The Edge of Arabia
  11. 2. The Call to Prayer
  12. 3. Yalla
  13. 4. Kurdistan
  14. 5. Jihad: This Is War
  15. 6. Holy Destruction
  16. 7. The Land Between the Two Rivers
  17. 8. Searching for Treasure
  18. 9. Cities of Gold
  19. 10. Ghosts and Echoes
  20. 11. Rub‘ al-Khali
  21. 12. The Mountains of Dhofar
  22. 13. Into the Forgotten Land
  23. 14. Pirate Waters
  24. 15. Footsteps in East Africa
  25. 16. The Secret Kingdom
  26. 17. Pillars of Wisdom: The Hejaz
  27. 18. A Paradise of Sand
  28. 19. The Holy Land
  29. 20. The Road North
  30. 21. Running the Gauntlet
  31. 22. The Final Battle
  32. 23. Land of Milk and Honey
  33. 24. Where It All Began
  34. Acknowledgements
  35. Photo Insert
  36. Picture Acknowledgements
  37. Index
  38. Back Cover