Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:28:24 -0500 (EST)
From: "Kamran D. Rastegar" <kdr7-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: Question re. locals writing about travelers



For accounts of foreign travelers/exiles in Europe... a couple of
suggestions:

Wilfred Scawen Blunt - My diaries, being a personal narrative of events,
1888-1914 and Wilfred Scawen Blunt - Secret history of the English
occupation of Egypt; being a personal narrative of events.

Both of these contain discussions about certain exiled/travelling
Arab and Iranian intellectuals in Great Britain, among many other issues.
I can't recall which it is, but one has a lengthy discussion of the
travels of Jamal al-Din Afghani (aka Asad-Abadi) in England, as Blunt's
guest. Blunt was an eccentric anti-imperialist aristocrat who made common
cause with many of the Middle East's anti-colonial intellectuals of his day.

-KR




On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 suhak-AT-canada.com wrote:

> Hello to all,
>
> I would like know if there is any
> literature/accounts/writings by local people in the
> West (Europe/North America) about non-Western visitors
> who either studied, were exiled to Western cities, or,
> for some reason, happened to visit for a long time
> during the 18-19th century, or earlier.
>
> Also, if you can suggest material related to writings
> about non-Westerners visiting other non-Western
> countries (or vise versa: writings about Westerners
> visiting non-Western places), that would be great too.
>
> I can easily find material about travel writings (i.e.
> people who wrote about their travels), but I am having
> difficulty locating any writings of people who
> met/encountered visitors/tourists/students passing by
> their cities? Any clues, suggestions, please let me
> know.
>
> THX to all & happy holidays,
>
> Suha Kudsieh
>
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