In the 1980s, Kurpershoek travelled the Saudi desert in search of the living chronicle of Saudi Arabia, the oral poetry of the bedouins. His expedition and enco... » 

In the 1980s, Kurpershoek travelled the Saudi desert in search of the living chronicle of Saudi Arabia, the oral poetry of the bedouins. His expedition and encounters are recorded in great detail in this part travelogue, part book of poems and analysis of contemporary and traditional Saudi society. «