A Kingdom Unseen
Medina Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-911487-42-5 (ISBN)
Most countries have been explored and documented extensively - Saudi Arabia isn't one of them. Still shrouded in mystery, the country and its inhabitants are relatively unknown to the rest of the world. Alex Schlacher travelled the entire Kingdom in search of people and culture and was enthusiastically welcomed by a nation eager to shine a light on its extraordinary citizens in a way that hadn't been done before. The West's view on Saudi Arabia is often narrow and impersonal, and media features tend to cover politics and the economy. Schlacher focused on the private lives of Saudis, and the result is a collection of portraits and stories of people living in a vast country steeped in history, a country on the cusp of change.
Alex Schlacher is a photographer and author, originally from Austria and now living in England. Her work has covered areas as diverse as law enforcement and the military, craftspeople, museums, rugby, working dogs and travel.
Foreword and acknowledgements ix | Maps 41 - 43 | Introduction Through a Magic Door: The Life and Travels of Geraldine Rendel by William Facey 1 | Geraldine Rendel: birth and background 3 | A young diplomatic family 9 | Britain and the Arab world betweem the wars 11 | Saudi Arabia in the 1920s and '30s 12 | First Middle Eastern journey, 1932 16 | Britain and Saudi Arabia, 1932–36 17 | The Rendels' 1937 Middle Eastern journey 20 | Anglo-Saudi tensions, 1937-36 33 | The Rendels: the Second World War and after 35 | George and Rosemary Rendel visit the Kingdom, January 1964 39 | Arabian Journey: Three Weeks Crossing Saudio Arabia by Geraldine Rendel 45 | Foreword 46 | 1 From Basra to Kuwait 47 | 2 Bahrein 59 | 3 From Bahrein to Hasa 63 | 4 Hasa Oasis 73 | 5 From Hasa to ‘Uraira 91 | 6 To Rumaya 101 | 7 Arrival at Riyadh 107 | 8 With Amir Saud in the Palace at Riyadh 125 | 9 Riyadh to Duwadmi 135 | 10 Qai‘iya, Afif, Dafina, Muwaih and Ashaira 145 | 11 Taif 155 | 12 To Jidda to Meet the King 171 | 13 The Queens' Palace at Jidda 185 | 14 Departure 191 | Notes 193 | Sources and References 213 | Picture Credits 219 | Index | 221
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.03.2021 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 99 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Newport |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 284 x 224 mm |
| Gewicht | 1140 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| ISBN-10 | 1-911487-42-6 / 1911487426 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-911487-42-5 / 9781911487425 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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