The Camel's Neighbour: Travel and Travellers in Yemen by Andrew Moscrop Paperbac

Description: The Camel's Neighbour by Andrew Moscrop Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Both a personal travelogue and a reflection on travel and travellers in Yemen, The Camels Neighbour offers a unique window into the country and provides a context and alternative to the often dehumanising stories of conflict and crisis. Publisher Description In 2014, a coup détat in Sanaa paved the way for a devastating conflict in Yemen. Doctor Andrew Moscrop cancelled plans to return to the country that he had once called home. Instead, he returned to his diaries and delved into memories of a time when he lived in a rambling old tower house in Sanaa. As the war unfolded, he re-read the accounts of past travellers to the country. And while working in Greece, treating refugees from other Middle Eastern war zones, he began writing a book set in Yemen.Both a personal travelogue and a thought-provoking study of past travellers in Yemen, The Camels Neighbour offers a unique window into the country. Importantly, it delivers a context and a valuable corrective to the dehumanising stories of conflict and crisis that have characterised this corner of Arabia in recent years.Evocative descriptions of Sanaa and its unique cityscape, as well as empathetic portrayals of people encountered and events experienced, all create a narrative by turns contemplative and unexpected. The author finds himself caught up in the fallout of the Danish Cartoon Crisis, is involved in an outbreak of polio, and witnesses close-up the distinctly undemocratic re-election of Yemens President. Meanwhile, his sense of humour is tested when he gatecrashes the Queens birthday party at the British Embassy and is urinated upon by a goat during a hair-raising car journey.Examining the impressions of earlier visitors, Moscrop explores how Yemen has been seen and understood by foreigners from Europe and America. These past visitors include blundering missionaries, avaricious merchants, aristocratic Englishmen, and unlikely spies such as Norman Lewis and Freya Stark.Moscrop delivers an intriguing and original perspective on Western encounters with the Islamic world, examining the imagery and clichés by which Yemen has been represented from the sixteenth century to the present. Ultimately, he unravels a story of how Yemen became an unknown country with a forgotten war. Author Biography Andrew Moscrop trained as a doctor in Edinburgh, studied history in London, and public health at Harvard. Since Yemen, his work has taken him to Cambodian prisons, Pakistani clinics, remote Nepalese health posts, as well as refugee camps in Greece. He has written extensively for the medical press and his work has appeared in a number of major journals. Details ISBN 190993089X ISBN-13 9781909930896 Title The Camel's Neighbour Author Andrew Moscrop Format Paperback Year 2020 Pages 352 Publisher Signal Books Ltd GE_Item_ID:133537933; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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