Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut by Freya Stark

Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut

Freya Stark

288 pages first pub 1936 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1934 Freya Stark travelled alone to the Hadhramaut in what is now Yemen. Then it was a little known country, torn apart by tribal warfare, but it had once been the centre of the rich incense trade. An Arabic speaker, Freya travelled with tribes...

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