This book is a study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian
Gulf and Oman in the past 150 years. It analyses the significance
of the dhow and how coastal communities interacted throughout their
long tradition of seafaring.
In addition to archival material, the work is based on extensive
field research in which the voices of seamen were recorded in over
200 interviews. The book provides an integrated study of dhow
activity in the area concerned and examines the consciousness of
belonging to the wider culture of the Indian ocean as it is
expressed in boat-building traditions, navigational techniques,
crew organisation and port towns.
People of the Dhow brings together the different measures of
time past, the sea, its people and their material culture. The
Arabian Gulf and Oman have traditionally shared a common destiny
within the Western Indian Ocean. The seasonal monsoonal winds were
fundamental to the physical and human unities of the seafaring
communities, producing a way of life in harmony with the natural
world, a world which was abruptly changed with the discovery of
oil. What remains is memories of a seafaring past, a history of
traditions and customs recorded here in the recollections of a
dying generation and in the rich artistic heritage of the
region.
The book was awarded a major prize in 2006 by the Abdullah
Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Foundation and the British-Kuwait Friendship
Society for the best scholarly work on the Middle East published in
the UK in 2005 and is one of the most significant and prestigious
awards in this field.
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