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Hospitality

12 May ’11
By: Kate GriffinFiled under Geography, History. Tagged mountains, red earth, Syria, tea, village. Bookmark the permalink.

Hospitality has always been enumerated among the Eastern virtues. It still subsists in Syria, but prevails most in villages and small towns; among the Bidoween Arabs, and the inhabitants of the Castravan mountains. The hospitable reception that European travellers experience … Continue reading→

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Sura, Sura!

9 May ’10
By: Kate GriffinFiled under Geography. Tagged children, mountains, sura sura, village, Yemen. Bookmark the permalink.

Walking through a mountain village in Yemen, I met a gang of children. ‘Sura, sura!’ was the cry that followed me wherever I went. Continue reading→

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