A review by tashabye
The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger

5.0

I enjoyed Thesiger's book Arabian Sands better and debated about giving this one 4 stars. Once I finished this book though, I realized it deserved no less than 5 stars. Although I didn't find myself as absorbed in the stories of the Marsh Arabs as compared to the desert Arabians, I was nonetheless so impressed with Thesiger's ability to integrate himself fully into the lives of whatever culture he was living with, in this case the Marsh Arabs. He seemed to fully respect whichever culture he was embedded with, truly wanting to be with and understand them. This comes through completely in his writings. I love that. I have learned so much about these Arabs from Thesinger. He was a master at his craft both in writing and in humanity.