“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(5 March 1921): 11; (7 March 1921):10 ; (8 March 1921): 13
Ahmed Hassanein
Standard Name: Hassanein, Ahmed
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Dedications | Rosita Forbes | RF
finished writing her book on 19 February and dated her preface in March, still in Egypt. It was excerpted in The Times on 5-8 March 1921, before volume publication, |
| Friends, Associates | Rosita Forbes | She apparently had a friendly, teasing relationship while journeying with Ahmed Hassanein
, who went with her to Kufra but who was not, it seems, the creative mind behind the journey. Magazine publisher Sir Neville Pearson |
| Reception | Rosita Forbes | The Times Literary Supplement reviewer said the book was vividly written, showing signs of haste but also the impress of actuality. Cana, Frank Richardson. “Secrets of the Senussi”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 1020, 4 Aug. 1921, p. 492. 492 |
| Travel | Rosita Forbes | RF
and her fellow-traveller, Ahmed Hassanein Bey
, reached the oasis of Kufra in south-eastern Libya, after a difficult camel journey through the desert. In her autobiography she writes his name Ahmed Bey Hassanein. Forbes, Rosita. Gypsy in the Sun. Cassell, 1944. 37 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Travel | Rosita Forbes | She weathered at least one attempt to have her killed, as well as coming close to death from thirst and from hostile locals. In the desert her party passed a group of human skeletons as... |
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