The ides of August finds me translating a chapter on Prophet Muhammad's (p.b.u.h.) hijrat - journey from Mecca to Madina- and reading Thesiger's travels in the 'empty quarter'. It is very interesting to read similar descriptions- waterskins covered with cloth, milking strangers' camels or goats, and again strangers appearing from nowhere to inform you about the road or your enemy's movements.
Not long before Ramadan now.
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