Fascioliasis is a plant-and waterborne zoonotic parasitic disease caused by two trematode
species:(i) Fasciola hepatica in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania and (ii) F …

Coastal and marine cultural heritage (CMCH) is at risk due to its location and its often
indefinable value. As these risks are likely to intensify in the future, there is an urgent need to …

The Socotra Archipelago (Yemen), a group of four islands off the north-eastern tip of Africa in
the western Indian Ocean, has a population that relies heavily on small-scale fishing for …

Few images are as evocative as the silhouette of the Arab dhow as, under full sail, it tacks to
windward on glittering waters of Red Sea before moving across the face of the rising or …

This article presents the results of a project to 3D laser scan and digitally model 14
watercraft from the Qatar Museums collection, comprising a range of regional vessels: most …

People create narratives of their maritime past through the remembering and forgetting of
seafaring experiences, and through the retention and disposal of maritime artefacts that …

Abstract Suakin (Ar. Sawākin) is the second important town of Sudan and a port for Muslim
pilgrims bound for Jeddah Its economy is primarily based on fishing. Long before the …

The persistence of dhow shipping around the Arabian Peninsula is puzzling nowadays,
since almost every commodity can be carried easily and cheaply through the global network …

This thesis focuses on the traditional logboats of Coquí, an Afro-descendant community in
the Pacific coast of Chocó, Colombia. It considers these boats as an entry point into the life …

This article looks at a specific southern Arabian sailing vessel named the Wolf (al-Dhi'b), in
order to better understand the life of a coastal trader on the southern Arabian coast that lived …