By Cahil Marduff - Coastweek - Mombasa, KenyaIssue N° 3018/Saturday, May 4-10, 2007
Each Chapter of "The Lost Wilderness" begins with a quotation from a Sufi master, such as Rumi, Saadi or Khayyam.
In fact Mohamed Ismail has studied Sufism for more than 32 years and often travels to Konya, in Turkey to observe 'The Whirling Dervishes' and to contemplate the transitory nature of human life.
I highly recommend this book, but not just to those with a professional interest in conservation nor a sentimental attachment to the tented safaris of East Africa during the three decades following World War 11, but to a much wider audience.
When still a young man, Mohamed Ismail became aware of the fragility of the wildlife of East Africa.
"The ties that exist between the elements of the earth and its animate and inanimate inhabitants, which have operated continuously throughout evolutionary time, are more apparent in East Africa than anywhere else on earth."
His knowledge concerning animal and botanical life in East Africa is probably greater than that of anyone else alive today. If you are a lover of the outdoors, or even an armchair adventurer who had enjoyed such works as Jack London's "Call of the Wild," Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," or "Gilligan's Last Elephant," by Gerald Hanley, "The Lost Wilderness" is bound to hold you spellbound, for unlike the other books mentioned, this is a true story, and the events described did happen.
In Kenya, the book can be ordered through Text Book Centre, Nairobi, Email:admin@tbc.co.ke and worldwide on line through major book sellers
Each Chapter of "The Lost Wilderness" begins with a quotation from a Sufi master, such as Rumi, Saadi or Khayyam.
In fact Mohamed Ismail has studied Sufism for more than 32 years and often travels to Konya, in Turkey to observe 'The Whirling Dervishes' and to contemplate the transitory nature of human life.
I highly recommend this book, but not just to those with a professional interest in conservation nor a sentimental attachment to the tented safaris of East Africa during the three decades following World War 11, but to a much wider audience.
When still a young man, Mohamed Ismail became aware of the fragility of the wildlife of East Africa.
"The ties that exist between the elements of the earth and its animate and inanimate inhabitants, which have operated continuously throughout evolutionary time, are more apparent in East Africa than anywhere else on earth."
His knowledge concerning animal and botanical life in East Africa is probably greater than that of anyone else alive today. If you are a lover of the outdoors, or even an armchair adventurer who had enjoyed such works as Jack London's "Call of the Wild," Hemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," or "Gilligan's Last Elephant," by Gerald Hanley, "The Lost Wilderness" is bound to hold you spellbound, for unlike the other books mentioned, this is a true story, and the events described did happen.
In Kenya, the book can be ordered through Text Book Centre, Nairobi, Email:admin@tbc.co.ke and worldwide on line through major book sellers
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