Women & Travel

Freya Stark in Iraq and Kuwait
by Malise Ruthven

For Freya Stark her experiences in Iraq must count amongst her most romantic. She first arrived by car in the late 1920s, driving across the open desert in the company of pilgrims bound for Mecca. On a return visit in 1930 the desert was in full bloom with tulips, anemones and marigolds and, as the guest of a Bedouin sheikh, she stayed in a tent filled with white mattresses and purple cushions. On her various expeditions to Kuwait she again visited the marsh Arabs and also witnessed the bustle of the fishing fleets and pearl diver's boats. She enjoyed the bazaars of Kuwait City, and leaves us with a photographic record from before the oil boom which replaced much of the old city's architecture and way of life.

ZC0044    Freya Stark in Iraq and Kuwait                        $45.00

	contains 0 items
Proceed to Checkout
Continue shopping:   Product Catalog    Geographic Catalog
Back to top