“Many Englishmen have written about camels. When I open a book and see the familiar disparagement, the well-worn humour, I realize that the author's knowledge of them is slight, that he has never lived among the Bedu, who know the… — Wilfred Thesiger Copy Share Image
“I pondered on this desert hospitality and, compared it with our own. I remembered other encampments where I had slept, small tents on which… — Wilfred Thesiger Copy Share Image
“Yet I wondered fancifully if he had seen more clearly than they did, had sensed the threat which my presence implied – the approaching disintegration of his society and the destruction of ‘his beliefs. Here especially it seemed that the evil that comes with sudden change would far outweigh the good. While I was with the Arabs I wished only… — wilfred thesiger Copy Share
“I had learnt the satisfaction which comes from hardship and the pleasure which derives from abstinence; the contentment of a full belly; the richness… — Wilfred Thesiger Copy Share Image
In the desert I had found a freedom unattainable in civilization; a life unhampered by possessions, since everything that was not a necessity was… — Wilfred Thesiger Copy Share Image
“Many Englishmen have written about camels. When I open a book and see the familiar disparagement, the well-worn humour, I realize that the author's… — Wilfred Thesiger Copy Share Image
I knew instinctively that it was the very hardness of life in the desert which drew me back there - it was the same… — Wilfred Thesiger Copy Share Image
For me, exploration was a personal venture. I did not go to the Arabian desert to collect plants nor to make a map; such… — Wilfred Thesiger Copy Share Image
