A dear friend from Jeddah days, Anne Marie Weiss-Armush, sent me a lovely YouTube clip. It is an excerpt from a BBC documentary entitled The Frankincense Trail by UK journalist Kate Humble. She goes to the roof of an ancient mansion in the heart of Jeddah's old city at prayer time, with a gentleman named Sami. My novel, A CARAVAN OF BRIDES, has an important scene on the roof of one of these houses. Click on the title of this post to watch. You'll get the sense of the old neighborhood and the overwhelming sound of the call to prayer (the Adhaan). Enjoy!
PS - if you liked that, here is a link to a trailer for the documentary. Hope it's showing in the U.S. sometime soon!
Trailer for The Frankincense Trail
Showing posts with label The Last Storyteller of Jeddah. Show all posts
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Friday, December 11, 2009
A CARAVAN OF BRIDES
In the last few months I've trimmed and polished the manuscript, and made many improvements suggested by a wise reader.
The book's new working title is A CARAVAN OF BRIDES, with a possible subtitle of THE LAST STORYTELLER OF JEDDAH. Those two were the front-runners in a survey of trusted readers and advisors. The two were tied for the lead, but the women, who are my target readers, felt drawn to A CARAVAN OF BRIDES. My writers group also voted for that title.
Thank you readers and friends who weighed in on the working title question.
The book's new working title is A CARAVAN OF BRIDES, with a possible subtitle of THE LAST STORYTELLER OF JEDDAH. Those two were the front-runners in a survey of trusted readers and advisors. The two were tied for the lead, but the women, who are my target readers, felt drawn to A CARAVAN OF BRIDES. My writers group also voted for that title.
Thank you readers and friends who weighed in on the working title question.
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