Isbn: 9788485091065 - kuwait, un emirato feliz (1 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. A rare Spanish account of Kuwait at the height of its "golden era". Original colour illustrated wraps incorporating a Kuwaiti dhow under sail over an open oyster shell 14x19cm. 36, (2)pp Spanish text including full-page b/w map. Wraps near fine, interiors fine. Worldcat lists 6 locations including the Library of Congress and 5 institutions in Spain (OCLC 5241580). Fernando Frade Merino (1917-2011) was a Colonel in the Spanish army who served in the Spanish Civil War, and in Morocco where he learnt Arabic, about Islam and its manners and customs. He was a member of the Spanish Association of Military Writers (AEME). From 1968 he visited several Middle Eastern countries in order to report back to the Spanish public on the state of the Islamic world. He did this through a series of articles for Ejercito magazine, and in works such as this, including several works on Saudi Arabia, and on Islam. Here, he describes Kuwait's geography, history, people, religious life, its cities and life in them. (Reference: Asociacion Espanola de Militares Escritores (AEME)). …