Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, I haven?t read Barr?s book, but I?ve studied Sykes-Picot. That, and the Balfour Declaration (the promise to give Palestine to the Jews), are still haunting us nearly a century later. For the other list members, Sykes-Picot was the agreement between Britain and France to divide up the Arab provinces of the Turkish Empire during World War I. France got Syria and Lebanon, and Britain got Palestine (later divided into Jordan and Israel) and Iraq. The British had promised the Arabs that they could have all of these provinces as an independent Arab state after the war, then betrayed them by giving Syria and Lebanon to France and promising western Palestine to European Jews. The Arabs and Jews were both angered by these contradictory promises, and the British decided to walk away and let the Arabs and Jews fight it out. They?re still fighting. The media in the US often portrays the conflict between the Jews and Arabs as intractable because ?Those people have been killing each other since the beginning of time.? That?s completely false. Jews and Arabs (and other Muslims) lived together peacefully until after WWI. Another good book on this is ?The Peace to End All Peace? by David Fromkin. http://www.amazon.com/Peace-End-All-Ottoman-Creation-ebook/dp/B003X27L7C/ -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 1/17/15, 7:06 PM, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >Have you read "A Line in the Sand" by James Barr. It's about the >Sykes-Picot >Agreement of 1916 and the long term implications of it that are still >with >us today. > >Douglas > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> >To: <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 9:28 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] Shakespear of Arabia > > >Captain William Shakespear was an officer in the Indian Army (the British >army in India was a separate force from the regular British Army) who >served as a political officer (a sort of diplomat and colonial >administrator) in Kuwait. He traveled a lot in what is now Saudi Arabia, >and photographed the people and places he visited. One of his photos is >the first known photo of an Arab tribal army on the march, made during one >of the wars between the al-Saud and their enemies, the al-Rashid of Ha?il >in northern Arabia. > >If you want to see more of his work, and that of other pioneering >photographers in Arabia, I?d suggest these books: > >http://www.amazon.com/Saudi-Arabia-Caught-Time-1861/dp/1859640907 > >http://www.amazon.com/Kuwait-First-Photographers-William-Facey/dp/18606427 >1 >3 > >I have both. Until the 1950s, Riyadh, Ha?il, Buraidah, and other towns in >central Arabia were still mud-brick towns using the same architectural >styles that would have been seen in ancient Babylon! Kuwait town , Mecca, >Jeddah, and Medina were more modern in appearance due to their greater >contact with the larger Islamic world. They looked like towns in Syria, >Palestine, and Iraq did at the time. > >The Kuwait book is especially cool because of the many photos of >traditional Arab wooden sailing vessels. The largest type, called a >Baghlah, resembled European sailing ships of the 1700s. > >The history of the middle east has always fascinated me. Even if I were >not interested in photography, these two books would still be favorites of >mine. > >-- >Chris Crawford >Fine Art Photography >Fort Wayne, Indiana >260-437-8990 > >http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > >http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > >On 1/17/15, 12:26 PM, "Phil Swango" <pswango at att.net> wrote: > >>A friend sent this interesting piece about a British photographer working >>in the Arabian peninsula in the WW1 era. >> >>http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30796539 >> >> >>-- >>Phil Swango >>307 Aliso Dr SE >>Albuquerque, NM 87108 >>505-262-4085 >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information