Glory in a Camels Eye

Posted on 16 June 2017 by Jeffrey Tayler

Marvelously entertaining and frequently harrowing, Glory in a Camel s Eye recounts the American travel writer Jeffrey Tayler s dangerous three month journey across the Moroccan Sahara in the company of Arab nomads Glory in a Camel s Eye gives us an intimate, often surprising portrait of Saharan Africa the cultural conflicts between native Berbers and Arabs, the clashes between devout desert dwelling nomads and their city dwelling counterparts Fluent in Arabic, Tayler assembles an image of modern life very much at odds with our Western assumptions He observes and reports with eloquence and an eye for the improbable Outside. Free Read Kindle ePUB Glory in a Camels Eye By Jeffrey Tayler – kino-fada.fr What is it with men who decide they want to do something epic and dangerous, then write a book to complain about it The author complains about his companions traditional habits talking about God Islam, washing with sand water not soap , and then he complains because they re too western watch too much TV, live in concrete houses not tents Sorry, but your noble savage doesn t exist just...From Sahara to the Sea by foot, camel and whatever comes your way It s a totally great concept and theoretically a great story and if the author wasn t such a snarky jerk about most of the people and places he encounters it would be even better Dude if you don t actually like it there, don t go One of the common and fundamental problems with travel literature, rivaled only by its inverse the complete and total awe and reverence of all things foreign, regardless of whether the things deser From Sahara to the Sea by foot, camel and whatever comes your way It s a totally great concept and theoretically a great story...Glory in a Camel s Eye also known as Valley of the Casbahs is a beautifully written account of Tayler s arduous trek with Ruhhal Bedouin in 2001 on foot and camel through the Draa Valley in South East Morocco A book conjuring up wonderful desert landscapes, this is a modern day version to rival Arabian Sands which, in similar fashion to Thesiger s book, laments the lost nomadic life of the Bedouin.While volunteering for the Peace Corps, Tayler hears of a wondrous valley in the south of Morocc Glory in a Camel s Eye also known as Valley of the Casbahs is a beautifully written account of Tayler s arduous trek with Ruhhal Bedouin in 2001 on foot and camel through the Draa Valley in South East Morocco A book conjuring up wonderful desert landscapes, this is a modern day version to rival Arabian Sands which, in similar fashion to Thesiger s book, laments the lost nomadic life of the Bedouin.While volunteering for the Peace Corps, Tayler hears of a wondrous v...I have read a few books by this author now, and look forward toThis is another in the series of trips to places that no one ever goes but Jeffrey Tayler and I for one am glad he does and writes so well about it This time it is a trip down the Draa Valley in Morocco with two guides, three camels, and an observant eye for details, which he shares with the reader as the journey progresses Some hardships are obvious and somewhat expected cantankerous camels, the desert itself, sparse su I have read a few books by this author now, and look forward toThis is another in the series of trips to places that no one ever goes but Jeffrey Tayler and I for one am glad he does and writes so well about it This time it is a trip down the Draa Valley in Morocco with two guides, three camels, and an observant eye for details, which he sh...As a travel writer, the neo Victorian Tayler shares in the new fad of young professionals experience as a consumer commodity Alienated from the traditions of his own society, he attempts to buy a traditional experience from members of an exotic society colonized and degraded by the very Anglo European imperial culture that constitutes his own ironic inheritance.Unfortunately, his inspiration is the romantic adventurer Wilfred Thesiger rather than thedomestically minded Freya Stark Clu As a travel writer, the neo Victorian Tayler shares in the new fa...Probably Jeffrey Tayler doesn t come up with the silly titles for his books that emphasize the danger in his travel escapades This is the second of his travel books that I have read and he does seem to like what might otherwise be considered ill advised trips but he survives to write and publish about it Tayler speaks Arabic and Russian and his descriptions of his interactions with his Arab guides are the most interesting aspect of this book It took my about fifty pages to get into this Probably Jeffrey Tayler doesn t come up with the silly titles for his books that emphasize the danger in his travel escapades This is the second of his travel books that I have read and he does seem to like what might otherwise be considered ill advised trips but he survives to write and publish about it Tayler speaks Arabic and Russian and his descriptions of his interactions with his Arab guides are the most interesting aspect of this book It took m...The best read yet on the harsh realities and romantic illusions of the deserts and their peoples, a trek by foot and camel from Mhamid, southeast of Marrakesh and at the head of the Draa to Tan Tan on the west coas...A very good travel memoir a genre I usually like the idea ofthan the execution of Because as much as I enjoy stories from actual live, I get frustrated when I feel robbed of story or craft While sometimes I was annoyed by this narrator, I enjoyed his honesty and that he didn t hide or color his biases It made his insights and his joys all the richer This part o...Tayler along with two guides takes off across the Sahara Desert I can add this trip to the list of trips I will never take Worst of all was the picture Tayler gives of his stop in the home of a Muslim saint flies covering the food children with snotty noses the smell of an...Mildly interesting travelogue on its own, written by a former Peace Corps volunteer who returns to Morocco I loved it for evoking parts of Morocco that I happen to know well, especially the Berber villages of the Souss Draa.

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16 June 2017

Jeffrey Tayler