The Lost Oases

LibriVox recording of The Lost Oases by Ahmed Hassanein. Read in English by Steven Seitel. This book was published in 1925. Oxford-educated Egyptian diplomat and geographic explorer, Hassanein Bey (Ahmad Muhammad Hassanayn), with two companions and a few cranky camels, trekked south across the vast sandy Libyan desert, from the Mediterranean to the Sudan, in the process rediscovering and confirming the locations of two “lost” oases known previously only through “vague tradition.” More than just a record of scientific and geographic discovery, the book evinces a deep respect and reverence for t