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	<title>The Bohemian and The Bulbul: Journeys in the Middle East (and further east), by Mira Baz &#187; Socotra</title>
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	<description>Published articles, photos and videos on Yemen and other Middle Eastern and Asian countries, by Lebanese writer and traveler Mira Baz</description>
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		<title>A generation without a language</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 10:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A custom that’s near extinction, these poetic contests were once more of a way of life on Socotra than words on paper, like poetry is in most parts of the world.

In the fishing town of Qalansiya, three young boys try to synchronize their paddles while rowing their boat to the beat of their chants. Men all over the island’s coastal towns used to sing poetry as they cast their fishing nets and the valleys echoed with women’s soft voices as they sang poetry and prepared butter oil. The descriptions evoke images of an island once merry with song, drumming up its inhabitants’ energy and pace for the work at hand and delighting its guests as they gaze with admiration.]]></description>
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		<title>The island that no longer sings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 08:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lovers of Fairuz will be familiar with the nostalgia that pervades many of her songs for a past that has been slowly evolving and hybridizing, eventually to disappear. Although the nostalgia peddled by Fairuz revolves around Lebanese village life, the elderly  people of Socotra might be feeling a similar emotion.

However, theirs is not just a longing for an older way of life, but also great fear for the future of their endangered language and cultural heritage.

The Socotri people speak a language, Socotri, or Saqatari as they call it, which has no written form.]]></description>
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		<title>Slump in tourism hurts people of Socotra</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 16:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago is the Arab world’s equivalent of the Galapagos Islands in its biodiversity. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it boasts of indigenous species of flora and fauna found nowhere else in the world.

But the inhabitants of this unique island, already struggling with poverty, are suffering further this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Island of bliss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.mirabaz.com/wordpress/photo-journal/island-of-bliss/" title="Island of bliss"><img src="http://www.mirabaz.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-photoblog/YapbThumbnailer.php?post_id=298&amp;w=180" width="180" height="133" alt="Island of bliss" style="float:left;padding:0 10px 10px 0;" ></a><a href="http://www.mirabaz.com/wordpress/photo-journal/island-of-bliss/" title="Island of bliss"><img src="http://www.mirabaz.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/yet-another-photoblog/YapbThumbnailer.php?post_id=298&amp;w=180" width="180" height="133" alt="Island of bliss" style="float:left;padding:0 10px 10px 0;" ></a>Socotra Island, in Yemen, has white sandy beaches and pristine clear waters that sometimes are painted with a subtle pink hue. They&#8217;re a favorite attraction among tourists, who often camp on the shores. The coral reef in Dhi Hamri is rich with marine life and worth snorkeling in. This view was near the coastal city [...]]]></description>
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