221x142mm, Hardback
ISBN: 978-1-914325-98-4 Price: £25.00 Available: May 2023 available for pre-order:
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An Arabian Princess from Zanzibar
The Many Worlds of Emily Ruete Sayyida Salme/ Emily Ruete edited and translated by Gisela Vogler Return to an era when Zanzibar, then part of Oman, was ruled by sultans; enter a vanished world of harems, slave trading, and court intrigues.
When this true insider's story burst onto the scene in German in 1885 it caused a sensation, rapidly being translated English and seized upon by audiences across Europe. This remarkable account, by the sultan's daughter who had fled her gilded cage with her lover, a German merchant, offers a compelling look at nineteenth-century royal life in Africa and Arabia.
In a new and original translation, Gisela Vogler brings the story back to life, contextualising with letters the princess later wrote home and building a broader and deeper picture of the remarkable cultural contrasts of the Princess’s life. A captivating read for all interested in Zanzibar, Eastern Africa and Oman as well as students of Arabic, Islam, and women's studies. |
About the Author
Gisela Vogler-Fiesser is a German art historian and physicist by academic background. Her interest in anthropology and the study of heritage and tradition has resulted in publications ranging from a trilingual rendition of a well-known Gaelic poem Eilean Na h-Oige / Island of Youth in 1985 through to A Harris Way of Life (2002), following the work of Marion Campbell, the Harris Tweed weaver who did so much to preserve the Hebridean craft into the modern age. Gisela has been visiting Salalah, Oman, regularly since 2013. Dhofar's Nomads (2023), is her most recent book, a fascinating exploration of the way of life of the changes since Oman's Renaissance. |
