Introduction; Textiles in Saudi Arabia; The Bedouin & their Lifestyle; The Weavers; The Techniques of Spinning, Dyeing & Weaving; Some Bedouin Textiles from Northern Arabia; Bedouin Weaving of Other Arab Countries; Epilogue; Index.
Dr Yacoub Yusuf Al-Hijji was born in old Kuwait City in 1947, and attended the American University of Beirut. Returning to Kuwait, he joined the government groundwater department as a geologist. Furthering his studies at University College, London, he then went to the United States, attaining his M.Sc. in hydrogeology from Ohio University, and his Ed.D. from Boston University. In 1983 he joined Kuwait University as faculty member. He currently works as a consultant at the Centre for Research and Studies on Kuwait (CRSK). Dr Al-Hijji is an authority on Kuwait's rich maritime heritage, and now devotes much of his time to its study. He has written several articles and books about it, in both Arabic and English, among them The Voyage of Al-Ghazeer and The Art of Dhow Building in Kuwait.
Kuwait and the Sea takes up an important position on the shelf of both Middle East and Indian Ocean historiography.' -- The Middle East in London, Vol 19 The Middle East in London, Vol 19 ...both scholarly and highly readable.[...]The book fills an important gap in the economic history of the Arabian Gulf before oil, a subject that Dr Al Hijji notes has largely been ignored in Western literature on the Gulf.' -- Arab Times Arab Times The book is undoubtedly useful for those interested in Kuwaiti or Gulf maritime history...' -- International Journal of Maritime History International Journal of Maritime History
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