FirstLook: Mobile Library, Java

FirstLook May/June 2019 PDF
- Photographed by Putu Sayoga

In 2015 Ridwan Sururi of Serang Village, central Java, Indonesia, started the Kudapustaka (Horse library), and since then, three days a week, he has visited villages and schools like Miftahul Huda Islamic Elementary School. On this day he was joined by his two-year-old son, Tria Ramadhan. Together they handed out donated books to the students. As a photographer I did this story because I was also born in a village with difficult access to books. I believe in the power of books, and I know what Mr. Sururi is doing is important.
—Putu Sayoga
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@putu_sayoga @arkaproject

David Dorr's Window East

Matthew Teller

Like other “Grand Tour” travelers of the 1850s, David Dorr visited Europe, Egypt and Palestine. But unlike others, Dorr did not travel freely. His book, A Colored Man Round the World, is the only known account of Middle East travel by an American slave.

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People

Flavors: Chicken with Charmoula

By Mourad Lahlou
Origin: Moroccan

Before the development of the poultry industry in Morocco in the 1970s, it was customary to go to the market and pick out a live chicken. Though it is not as critical in a recipe like this, which marinates the meat in spices and herbs, I still encourage you to seek out the purest ingredients available to you.

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Tastes

The Magnificent Migration

Written by Peter Harrigan
Graphic by Mesa Schumacher

Beginning around 3,000 years ago, humans began domesticating camels in Asia and the Middle East. Adapted for the harshest of climates and traveling long distances, the camel's journey began 40 million years ago—all the way from North America.

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Science & Nature

Camels and Culture—A Celebration

Written by Shaistha Khan
Photographed by Hatim Oweida
Video by Holam Entertainment

Celebrating their national animal, some 40,000 camels are brought by truck, by trek, singly and in herds, to compete in contests of beauty, speed and obedience outside Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Camel-culture exhibits round out the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival.

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Science & Nature

Bling Your Camel

Written and photographed by Beliz Tecirli

Want your camel to stand out from the herd? Don’t think too hard about endurance—it’s pretty much a given for a camel. Speed? Not every camel has it. But accessories? Maybe an artistic fur-cut? That’s up to you.

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Creatives
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Culture

The Art of Saddling a Camel

Written by Doug Baum
Photographed by Nick Keller

Since the earliest days of domestication, the camel’s hump—or humps—have challenged would-be riders. In Africa, Arabia, India and Central Asia, saddle designs have long expressed both utility, beauty and culture.

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Culture

The Culinary Camel

Written by Sara Al-Bassam
Photographed by Hatim Oweida

From Bedouin banquets to hipster hashi-burger food trucks, Camel is one of the world’s fastest-growing health-and-heritage consumer product sectors. How does camel taste? There's only one way to find out.

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Tastes

2019 Gregorian-Hijri Calendar – Camel

Introduction by Peter Harrigan

Herded, saddled, loaded by traders; cared for, sung about and even sung to—one-humped dromedaries prove extraordinary in deserts where the sun is hot; two-humped Bactrians rank no less in others where it is not. Let the rhythmic gaits of our calendar camels carry you along for the year.

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