Main entry:

Schutyser, Tom.

Title & Author:

Caravanserai : traces, places, dialogue in the Middle East / [photographs and texts] Tom Schutyser ; [for their texts, Reza Aslan [and others]] = Caravansérails : traces, places, dialogue au Moyen-Orient / [photographies et textes] Tom Schutyser ; [pour leurs textes, Reza Aslan [and others]].

Publication:

Milan, Italy : 5 Continents Editions, 2012.

Description:

177 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-176).
Preface = Préface / Tom Schutser -- Traces (Spine of the Silk Road = L'épine dorsale de la Route de la Soie / Andrew Lawler ; The caravanserai = Le caravansérail) -- Places (Historical notes = Aperçu historique) -- Dialogue (Travel notes = Carnet de voyage ; We should mourn these desert staging posts = Lamentation sur les relais caravaniers / Robert Fisk ; A voice in the desert = Une voix dans le désert / Rachid al-Daif ; Reflections on the caravanserais from the perspective of today's Middle East = Réflexions sur les caravansérails du point de vue du Moyen-Orient contemporain / Paul Salem ; Between hope and fear: the "Arab revolution or Arab revolutions = Entre l'espoir et la peur: "la révolution Arabe ou les révolutions Arabes" / Dominique Moïsi ; World wanderer Ibn Battuta in Dar al-Islam = Les voyages d'Ibn Battuta à travers Dar al-Islam / Reza Aslan.
Parallel texts in English and French.

Summary:

The caravanserai were roadside inns built to shelter men, goods, and animals along the Silk Road that connected China, Central Asia, and Europe in ancient times. These staging posts formed the world's first globalized overland network and stand as a testament to a flourishing period of multicultural exchange in the Muslim world. Today, the ruined and restored caravanserai of Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, captured here by Belgian photographer Tom Schutyser, serve as a platform for an era of renewed cross-cultural exchange. Stunning photographs of these vanishing caravan routes and their surrounding landscapes welcome readers to engage in a dialogue on healing relations between the Muslim and Western worlds, in the same way the inns once welcomed travelers, traders, and pilgrims to share goods, ideas, and discoveries.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9788874396047 (English ed.)
887439604X (English ed.)
9788874396351 (ed. française)
887439635X (ed. française)

Subject:

Caravansaries Middle East Pictorial works.
Architectural photography Middle East.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Architectural photography
Buildings
Caravansaries
Karawanserei
Fotografie
Islamische Architektur
Middle East Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
Middle East Pictorial works.
Silk Road Pictorial works.
Route de la soie Ouvrages illustrés.
Asia Silk Road
Middle East
Mittlerer Osten
Seidenstraße

Form/genre:

Illustrated works

Added entries:

Aslan, Reza.

Caravansérails : traces, places, dialogue au Moyen Orient

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280043
Call No.: BIB 216466
Status: Available