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Verstehen/Einfühlen in Arabian Sands: Wilfred Thesiger as Traveler and Anthropologist
Using Geertz's Verstehen/Einfühlen distinction, this article begins with an overview of the travel writing and anthropological work about Oman, concentrating on the southern region of Dhofar. The article then situates Wilfred Thesiger's classic Arabian Sands ([1959] 1991) within these two genres as an example of a writer who is able to show understanding for and empathy with his Bedu traveling companions. Thesiger's Verstehen is demonstrated through comparing the details he gives of Bedu culture with current manifestations. His Einfühlen is shown through his overarching concern for his companions and his respectful descriptions of their life, avoiding the typical Victorian condescension toward \"natives\" and the self-absorbed gushing of many modern travel writers. Based on seven years of studying the culture of southern Oman, the article argues that Thesiger's writing shows a rare combination of accuracy and empathy, which elevates his book to a model of both anthropological and travel writing.
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SIR WILFRED THESIGER 1910-2003
An obituary for Sir Wilfred Thesiger who died at the age of 93 on August 24, 2004 is presented. Thesiger, a legendary explorer and traveler, had become well known in geographic circles for his superb evocation of desert Arabia and the photogenic marshlands of southern Iraq.
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Adventurer, writer Wilfred Thesiger, at 93
Mr. [Wilfred Thesiger], much honored for his vivid photography, colorful books, and all-around daredevil spirit, led a life defined by wanderlust and asceticism.
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Great Victorian explorer who left his heart in the desert OBITUARYWILFRED THESIGER
Born into an aristocratic family in 1910 in what was then Abyssinia, he had the sort of exotic African upbringing his fellow English schoolboys could only dream of. At the age of six, he watched, awe-struck, as the victorious armies of Ras Tafari, later Emperor Haile Selassie, marched into Addis Ababa, where [Wilfred Thesiger]'s father was British minister, parading their prisoners in chains. It was a defining moment.
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في الواجهة الخلفية لهذا الكتاب \"الرمال العربية\" تظهر صورة للمؤلف الرحالة البريطاني \"ويلفرد ثيسجر \"و الذي أطلق عليه أصدقاءه البدو اسم \" مبارك بن لندن\" .يظهر مبارك في الصورة و هو مرتدي الدشداشة العمانية و مصرا و خنجرا و ممسكا بعصا ، و اكتسب وجهه سحنة البدو بعد أن عركته الحياة الصحراوية القاسية . حيث يشرح و يلفرد -أو مبارك - تفاصيل رحلته التي قام بها في ربوع الربع الخالي خلال خمس سنوات (1945 -1950) متنقلا على ظهر ناقة مع جماعة من البدو بين مناطق عمان و حضرموت و السعودية و الإمارات, و رغم أنه قدم لهذه البلاد كمندوب من بلاده لاجراء بعض الدراسات المسحية ؛ إلا أنه يعتبرها أسباب عرضية و أنه استخدمها كوسيلة لتحقيق طموحه و متعته الشخصية في الترحل في الصحراء حيث ذكر مرارا أنه وجد ذاته في عزلة الصحراء مبتعدا عن مظاهر المدنية و التحضر . فالكتاب يعتبر توثيق لما جرى في رحلته.
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