On the move: Life lessons from an Arabian navigator
A talk at Louvre Abu Dhabi this week raised more questions than answers about why Ahmad Ibn Majid, a 15th-century Arabian navigator born in Ras Al Khaimah, isn't more widely celebrated
Rosemary Behan
April 26, 2018
Updated: April 26, 2018 08:04 PM
‘Lion of the Sea’ was the tantalising description of the subject of this week’s lecture at Louvre Abu Dhabi about the 15th-century seafarer and poet Ibn Majid. Surrounded by water and opposite Mina Port, there seemed no better venue for stirring the navigational impulses of a world too often on land-based auto-pilot.
https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/on-the-move-life-lessons-from-an-arabian-navigator-1.725166
