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Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Thomas F. Walters; et al (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 36pp with b/w and colour photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story is about the life and work of Bertha Spafford Vesta and the American Colony in Jerusalem. Other articles describe the city of Taif in the Hejaz mountains; desert characteristics (picturing Al Hasa, Qatif, Haradh, Bedouin etc); a forecast of the oil industry in 1990 (speculating on energy demand, 2-helicopter families etc) and Aramco's role; a history of Jerash; and ancient Egyptian funerary art. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr and Thomas F. Walters.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Burnett H. Moody; et al (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 40pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story profiles foreign correspondents covering the Arab world and the stories and personalities they have been working on. These include LA Times Middle East Bureau Chief Joe Alex Morris (pictured on the cover), Tom Brady, Milan Kubic, Elias Antar, Paul Delifer, John Lawton, and others. Other content includes the Dhahran Fashion Show hosted by Aramco women of Dhahran, Abqaiq and Ras Tanura; wildlife on Juraid Island; Jordan's efforts to promote camel camping tourism in Wadi Ram in the wake of the occupation of Jerusalem and the West Bank; ancient Egyptian humour; and the 3rd installment from Wallace Stegner's "Discovery! The Story of Aramco Then" with illustrations by Donald Thompson. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr and Burnett Moody.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Tor Eigeland; et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 40pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story presents Daniel da Cruz and Tor Eigeland's beautifully illustrated first-hand account accompanying a convoy to the site of a planned Aramco exploratory well "in a remote corner of the Empty Quarter". Other content includes Kathe Tanous (Mrs Mooslie)'s sketches of the Middle East; life in a Palestinian refugee camp seen through the eyes of Ibrahim Ali Badran, a farmer who fled Tel Aviv in 1948; the rescue and reconstruction of an Egyptian temple at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and the 9th installment from Wallace Stegner's "Discovery! The Story of Aramco Then" with illustrations by Donald Thompson. Photographers include Aramco's own Tor Eigeland.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Tor Eigeland; Khalil Abou El-Nasr; et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 36pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Near fine. This special "Quest for Knowledge" issue is entirely dedicated to education and training in the Arab world. Articles include a history and description of Al Azhar University in Cairo; the American University of Beirut; 15 years of progress in developing education in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia; technical training in support of industrialisation; special needs; Aramco's contributions to education in Saudi Arabia; the University of Jordan; and the new breed of Arab colleges and universities, 18 out of 27 of which founded since 1946. The latter includes a detailed table of principal four-year colleges and universities across the Arab world with data on faculty, student enrollment, budget, languages, etc, distinguishing national from private or foreign institutions. Photographers include Aramco's own Tor Eigeland and Khalil Abou El-Nasr.