Ambition on the Road: Getting Ahead in Arabic Travel Writing
HSSB 4080 4080 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesMonday, Feb 2, 2026 | 04:00 PM Location HSSB 4080 A Syrian merchant known as the ʿAṭṭār set out on a new road in 1765. When he began to write about his journey, he did so with specific aim and purpose: success, prestige, and merit. A few years earlier, in 1758, a Maronite Christian by […]