Join ASTENE for the online launch of their new book Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists: Changing Patterns of Travel to the Middle East from Medieval to Modern Times with readings, music and discussion.
Book synopsis:
The men and women travellers discussed here travelled for a wide variety of reasons — religious, commercial, military, diplomatic, or sometimes even just for a holiday! — but whatever their prime motivations, they were almost always also inspired by a sense of curiosity about peoples and places less familiar than their own. By recording their experiences, whether in words or in art, they have greatly contributed to our understanding of what has shaped the world we live in. As Ibn Battuta wrote: ‘Travelling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller!’
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Early travellers’ contributions to the first reconstructions of Egyptian history
Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
