Witness History - Exploring Arabia's Empty Quarter
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In the 1940s, British gentleman explorer Wilfred Thesiger travelled extensively in one of the world's harshest environments - the Empty Quarter of Arabia. Thesiger lived with nomads in order to cross a desert that was then considered a place of mystery and death. He captured a final glimpse of their way-of-life before the arrival of the oil industry, and was inspired to write the classic travel book Arabian Sands. Simon Watts introduces recordings of Wilfred Thesiger in the BBC archive.
PHOTO: Wilfred Thesiger (Pitt Rivers Museum via Bridgeman Images)
Published on Friday, 22nd November 2019.
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