Modern Society & Culture
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The World of the Tahawy Bedouin and their Purebred Arabian Horses [Hardback]
Bernd Radtke (Author); Kirsten Radtke (Author)
$49.99ISBN: 9780956708151
Published by : Medina Publishing
The Tahawy Bedouin have been famed breeders of pure-bred Arabian horses for centuries. Part of the great tribe of Banu Sulaym, they roamed the Nejd of the Arabian peninsula until a wave of tribal migration nearly a millennia ago t... .... Learn More -
Wings Over Arabia [Hardback]
Roger Harrison (Author)
$59.99ISBN: 9780956417077
Published by : Medina Publishing
On 2 June 2006, a team of three gliders, one chase plane, support crew and all-terrain vehicles gathered at a fiercely hot and dusty airfield 50 kilometres outside Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. The pilots, two Saudi Pr... .... Learn More -
ASIL: Photographic Studies of the Purebred Arabian Horse [Hardback]
Tariq Dajani (Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9780957023383
Published by : Medina Publishing
There's something instantly recognizable about the photography of Tariq Dajani. It's a combination of what he photographs and his curiosity in seeking a personal connection with this subject, captured using modern photographic met... .... Learn More -
Living to Some Purpose: Memoirs of a Secular Iraqi and Arab Statesman [Hardback]
Adnan Pachachi (Author); Peter Sluglett (Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9780957106031
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
OFTEN DESCRIBED as Iraq’s elder statesman, Dr Adnan Pachachi has enjoyed one of the longest and most distinguished political careers of modern times, both domestically and on the world stage.
In a life spanning ni... .... Learn More -
The Principles of Arab Navigation [Hardback]
William Facey (Editor); Anthony R. Constable (Editor)
$70.00ISBN: 9780957106017
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Throughout History, the Indian Ocean has been a zone of interaction between far-flung civilizations served by ports, and connected with the Mediterranean by the Gulf and Red Sea. The shows that were the vehicles of commercial and ... .... Learn More -
Fibs, Facts and Farces: Tales from the Arab World [Paperback]
John Carter (Author)
$14.95ISBN: 9780957023345
Published by : Barzipan Publishing
The recent history of the Arab World presents a dismal story of pain, horror, and suffering. The causes are many and the blame game endless. However, the happy experiences of one Englishman throw a quite contrary light on current ... .... Learn More -
Anywhere but Saudi Arabia!: Experiences of a Once Reluctant Expat [Paperback]
Kathy Cuddihy (Author)
$14.95ISBN: 9780956708137
Published by : Barzipan Publishing
When Bechtel offered Sean Cuddihy a transfer to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1976, his wife Kathy agreed to go along on one condition: that it was only for two years, not a minute longer. This reluctant commitment turned into a 24-year... .... Learn More -
The Purebred Arabian Horses of Iraq: Myths and Realities [Hardback]
Dr. Mohammad Al-Nujaifi (Author)
$65.00ISBN: 9781909339019
Published by : Medina Publishing
For the first time, the story of Iraq's purebred Arabian horses is recounted in words and pictures by a prominent Iraqi whose family has been breeding horses for generations, since the family migrated north from Arabia with their ... .... Learn More -
Seen in the Yemen: Travelling with Freya Stark and Others [Hardback]
Hugh Leach (Author)
$90.00ISBN: 9780955889455
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
Yemen is justly famed as one of the world's most dramatically beautiful countries. Seen in the Yemen brings the people, architecture and landscapes of this ancient culture alive to the reader through the medium of the author's remarkable black-and... .... Learn More -
Dubai High: A Culture Trip [Paperback]
Michael Schindhelm (Author); Aurore Belkin (Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9780955889479
Published by : Arabian Publishing Ltd
In early 2007, writer and theatre director Michael Schindhelm was appointed by the Dubai authorities as consultant on a projected opera house, and in early 2008 found himself with a broader remit as director of the newly founded Dubai Culture and ... .... Learn More

