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• malaria
• hepatitis A
• typhus
• dengue

Interessante boeken over Jemen

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  Reisverhaal Jemen - Yemen - Travels in Dictionary Land | Mackintosh-Smith | 14.95 €

  Our ideas of the Arabian Peninusula have been hijacked: by images of the desert, by oil, by the Gulf War. But there is another Arabia. For the Classic... meer

  Our ideas of the Arabian Peninusula have been hijacked: by images of the desert, by oil, by the Gulf War. But there is another Arabia. For the Classical geographers Yemen was a fabulous land where flying serpents guarded sacred incense groves. Medieval Arab visitors told of disappearing islands and menstruating mountains. Vita Sackville-West found Aden 'precisely the most repulsive corner of the world'. Arguably the most fascinating but least known country in the Arab world, Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fictitious. In Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land, Tim Mackintosh-Smith writes with an intimacy and depth of knowledge gained through over twenty years among the Yemenis. He is a travelling companion of the best sort - erudite, witty and eccentric. Crossing mountain, desert, ocean and three millennia of history, he portrays hyrax hunters and dhow skippers, a noseless regicide, and a sword-wielding tyrant with a passion for Heinz Russian salad. Yet even the ordinary Yemenis are extraordinary: their family tree goes back to Noah and is rooted in a land which, in the words of a contemporary poet, has become the dictionary of its people. Every page of this book is dashed - like the land it describes - with the marvellous.

  'Mackintosh-Smith's achievement is to create an entertaining and enlightened view of Yemen, free from the familiar prejudices about Arabs, touched instead by sophistication and savagery, by grim reality and fabulous tales... masterful' - Sunday Times * 'Yemen... is assured and agile: witty, quirky, gossipy, learned, poetic... [Tim Mackintosh-Smith] has created a work that will endure' - The Times * 'Mackintosh-Smith seems incapable of writing a dull sentence, and in him the scholar, the linguist and the storyteller swap hats with marvellous speed' - New York Times * 'Mackintosh-Smith succeeds admirably in shining a light on an obscure corner of the world' - Financial Times * 'He freshens the genre, adding a street-wise sensibility to impressive erudition... very promising and accomplished' - Times Literary Supplement"

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  Natuurgids Socotra, A Natural History of the Islands and Their People | Odyssey guides | 49.50 €

  The science editor is Kay Van Damme. Located in the Arabian Sea, east of the Horn of Africa, the Socotra Islands of Yemen are often referred to as t... meer

  The science editor is Kay Van Damme. Located in the Arabian Sea, east of the Horn of Africa, the Socotra Islands of Yemen are often referred to as the 'Galapagos of the Indian Ocean', known for their many endemic species. In 2003, the islands became a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve, acknowledging the intimate relationship between the islanders and their environment. Its nomination as a natural World Heritage Site is underway. This book provides a comprehensive review of the islands' flora, fauna and people. While documenting the geological history, land and marine biodiversity, ecology, human culture and history, the book also highlights hitherto unexplored aspects of the islands' biogeography, ecology and evolution. It also includes nine case studies illustrating local approaches to achieving conservation and sustainable development. Thoroughly researched and referenced, with contributions from over 100 international and national specialists, the book is packed with the latest scientific, historic and cultural information. Each chapter has been reviewed by specialists renowned in their particular fields. Through this book, the authors hope to arouse interest and engender actions to sustain Socotra's unique natural and cultural history into the future.

   

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