Wilfred Thesiger

a.k.a. مُبَارَك بِن لَنْدَن‎

Thesiger was a writer, an amazing photographer and an explorer. His most notable works are Arabian Sands (1959) which documented his journey across the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and, The Marsh Arabs (1964) which documented his time living in the marshes of Iraq.

In the desert I had found a freedom unattainable in civilization; a life unhampered by possessions.

Wilfred Thesiger was a distinguished gentleman

I tasted freedom and a way of life from which there could be no recall.

p.s.
I haven’t been (yet) but Wilfred Thesiger’s books and photographs are on display at the Pitt Rivers Museum (which is part of Oxford University 😍).
— Maps of Thesiger’s journeys in Arabia.
— Wilfred Thesiger’s Photo Albums of Arabia, Volume 13

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They were the days

They really were

Do you remember?

Author: Anna Bidoonism

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