Griechenland: Paulas Permakultur-Paradies
Ein Mitmach-Projekt der besonderen Art: Im Einklang mit der Natur leben und dabei sich selbst neu entdecken. Mit Paula führe ich ein Gespräch über Permakultur, den Flow des…
Tag: travel
Vanlife Griechenland
Minimalistisch und Energie-Autark leben. Wie ist es mit dem Campervan in Griechenland zu überwintern? Geht das? Wie ist so ein Leben als moderner Nomade? Mit dem Entschluss ins Vanlife…
Book Launch on Almanac Lore of the Arab gulf
I will be giving a book launch on my recent book on Gulf almanac lore via Zoom for the Qatar National Library on February 22, 2023. Details about…
A Methodist in Palestine
In 1904 the proud D.D. Methodist Robert William van Schroik, at the age of 61, boarded a German steamer in New York for a 70-day trip to the…
Ethnography.com launches on Youtube thanks to Chinese Smartphones in Africa
Greetings Ethnography.com aficionados! My previous post “What Happens if Chinese Smartphones Teach English Lessons in Tanzania?” is now on Youtube. Keeping up with the times, Tony and I…
A Whirlwind Tour of Okla Homma
New Directions: An Insider’s Look at Native American Collections SAR President’s Circle members embarked…
Damanhur. Tanz von Kunst und Spiritualität
Wie atemberaubend! Gerade zurückgekommen vom Tempel der Gemeinschaft Damanhur. Tief in den Fels gehauen, 3 Etagen – per Hand. Und so kunstvoll gestaltet, dass es einem die Sprache…
Krim: Perle des Schwarzen Meeres
Krim, “die Perle des Schwarzen Meers”: Hier erlebt man beeindruckende Naturlandschaften, spannungsgeladene vielseitige Geschichte, faszinierende Kultur(en)! – komm mit auf eine Reise…
Taizé: Wo die Seele singt
Taizé: ein romantisches Dörfchen im französischen Burgund, inmitten von Weinreben und Kuhweiden – warum strömen jedes Jahr zigtausende junge Menschen aus allen Ländern der Welt hierher? Taizé al…
Vanlife Frankreich – Vollzeit leben im Van
Mit dem Van durch Frankreich – Wie lebt es sich Vollzeit im Van? Unsere Frankreich-Highlights und über autarkes Leben im selbstausgebauten Campervan. Projekt Vanlife Was anfangs nur eine…
Seasonal Knowledge and Arab Gulf Almanacs
I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book: Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition of the Arab Gulf. Details about the book, including a free…
Yemen Film 1973
This exquisite film was produced in 1973 and filmed in 1972, thus representing Yemen half a century ago. It is now available on Youtube. The filmmakers were Karen…
Cairo in Old Photographs
Check out this website for a number of photographs of Cairo in the early part of the 20th century.
Lebanese Music at Baalbek
This is a beautifully filmed and played Youtube video of Lebanese music performed in the ruins of a temple in Lebanon.
Old Algiers
a century old postcard of Algiers
Travels in Arabia
One of the books I picked up over the years was a summary of early travelers to Arabia by Bayard Taylor, a noted traveler and poet. The 1892…
Who Owns the Holy Land?
As another year draws to a close, it is hard not to think in larger terms of the course of the last century. The world has seen two…
Loti on Palestine
First English translation of ‘La Galilée’, an account of Pierre Loti’s travels in the Holy Land from Jerusalem to Beirut, via Damascus and many other interesting places, in…
With Pierre Loti in Persia
My friend, the historian G. Rex Smith, has recently translated into English a marvelous travel diary by the French military official and traveller Pierre Loti (1850-1923). It is…
Tim MacIntosh Smith
Read the article about Tim, whose writing on Yemen is terrific.
Rethinking Egyptian Cosmology and the Grand Canyon
Desert View of the Grand Canyon (©el-Sayed el-Aswad, October, 2021) This article relates to a previous paper entitled “Egyptian Cosmology and the Grand Canyon” published by Tabsir on…
Water and Summer Heat in Alexandria
Stanley Bridge, Alexandria (© el-Sayed el-Aswad) After one year of being forced to stay indoors (April ?2020 to May 2021) due to the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Yemen Military in the early 19th century
The Library of Congress has an online print of an engraving by Andrea Bernieri. It does not appear to be based on an actual observation by the artist.…