The next class will be on Thu Feb 9th and we will discuss Rory Stewart. IN the meantime, please email me what papers you wish to write for the class.
Monatsarchiv für January 2012
Meet at Hauptbahnhof
We will meet at Hauptbahnhof and walk up to Plötzensee around. Meet at 10 am by the north entrance.
Thesiger the Photographer
The Thesiger Collection. And a bio: 1946 schafft Thesiger seine erste Durchquerung der Rub al-Chali. 1948, bei der zweiten Durchquerung, legt er 600 Kilometer zurück, ohne an eine Wasserstelle zu kommen. Wieder zieht er durch Gebiete, die noch nie ein Europäer gesehen hat. Sie erreichen nach qualvollen Märschen die Oase As Sulaijil. Dort schlägt ihnen […]
Lowell Thomas and Lawrence of Arabia
Exhibit: T.E. Lawrence, a young British captain wearing Arab robes, helps lead a hodgepodge Arab army hundreds of miles across the desert to capture the port of Akaba. Lawrence is a complex, conflicted figure who accidentally shoots his own camel in the head during the climactic battle. Lowell Thomas, who became one of America’s most […]
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