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Uniek inkijkje in het leven op het Arabisch Schiereiland

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“Ver van mijn Bed” (2011) van Antoinette Vlieger heeft als subtitel “Avonturen op het Arabisch Schiereiland”. Mevrouw Vlieger heeft voor haar promotie onderzoek naar de rechten van dienstmeisjes in het Midden Oosten een aantal maanden doorgebracht in Dubai en Saoedi Arabië, en schrijft boeiend over haar ervaringen daar. Zonder haar hele proefschrift nou meteen in [...]
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Iran reading list

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a reading list for Iran
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My House in Damascus

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I got to know the books of Diana Darke in the early 1990s, when I lived in Turkey. Ms. Darke has written two entertaining, and excellent travel guides about this country, characterized by her thorough knowledge not only of the culture, but also of obscure places where to find the best examples of, say, Armenian [...]
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Midnight in Sicily

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The one book about Sicily I read, during our short trip, is “Midnight in Sicily” (1996), written by Peter Robb. Although the book is advertised by its sub-title, on arts, food, history, travel & Cosa Nostra, the latter is by far the dominant subject. Robb describes, sometimes in sickening detail, how the Mafia turned itself [...]
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Athene Palace

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A classic on Romania is “Athene Palace” (1942), written by the German-American journalist R.G.Waldeck (alias of Rosa Goldschmidt). Ms Waldeck describes from her hotel – the still-existing Athene Palace – the pre-war intrigues of representatives of all powers, except Russia, who meet and still easily mix in Bucharest during the last half of 1940. An excellent, [...]
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Reading list for Romania and Bulgaria

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several books about Romania, and a few on Bulgaria, too
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A reading list for Indonesia

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A list of books, fiction and non-fiction, with Indonesia as its main subject - and my view about those books
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Oorlogsjournalistiek met een twist

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“Duizend Dagen Extreem Leven” (2013) is het boek van een journaliste die drie jaar in Afghanistan heeft gewoond, en daar een geweldig, heel persoonlijk verhaal over heeft geschreven.
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South East Asia reading list

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Obviously, not all of the information contained in the various blog postings of the Indochina blog and the South East Asia blog come from personal knowledge or observation. When travelling we carry a small travel library, to which we kepe on adding, and we do read up on the area prior to departure. Below some [...]
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Lebanon reading list

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As always,  I try to come prepared, visiting a country. This is what I read (and what I still want to read) on Lebanon.   1 – “Lebanon through writer’s eyes”, edited by T.J.Gorton and A.Feghali Gorton (2009), is a collection of extracts from people who have written about Lebanon, or the area that now [...]
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    • an excursion to Malawi February 26, 2021
    • an excursion to Rwanda February 25, 2021
    • Southwest Tanzania February 20, 2021
    • North Tanzania February 13, 2021
    • Zanzibar February 10, 2021
    • the south coast February 9, 2021
    • Mikumi and the Selous February 8, 2021
    • Bagamoyo February 6, 2021
    • Dar es Salaam February 6, 2021
    • The Peggy Guggenheim Collection December 19, 2020
    • Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice December 17, 2020
    • Museo di Castelvecchio November 30, 2020
    • What’s new? November 25, 2020
    • 13. looking back on Italy November 23, 2020
    • 12. Tuscany November 22, 2020
    • 11. Florence November 18, 2020
    • 10. San Marino November 13, 2020
    • 09. Ravenna November 12, 2020
    • 08. another day outside Padua November 11, 2020
    • 07. Vicenza November 8, 2020
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