Green Notebook from a Bahraini supermarket

Back in 1908, a British diplomat called JG Lorimer wrote a book which ran to 5,000 pages. It was called “Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia”. It was a secret document designed for British colonial staff to understand the region and it remained classified until 1955 when it was revealed to be … Continue reading Green Notebook from a Bahraini supermarket →
Back in 1908, a British diplomat called JG Lorimer wrote a book which ran to 5,000 pages. It was called “Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia”. It was a secret document designed for British colonial staff to understand the region and it remained classified until 1955 when it was revealed to be … Continue reading Green Notebook from a Bahraini supermarket →
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