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Service95 Recommends Last of the Dictionary Men by Youssef Nabil

Last Of The Dictionary Men

Youssef Nabil and Tina Gharavi

Service95 Recommends Last Of The Dictionary Men by Youssef Nabil. Discover the history of British Yemenis through 14 surviving first-generation immigrants and their community of South Sheilds. Explore Last Of The Dictionary Men and other reviews with Service95 Recommends.

What We Say: Based on an exhibition that opened at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in 2008, the book traces the history of the first British-Yemeni community through the stories of 14 surviving seamen from the first generation who arrived in the North of England during the 1890s, known as the Dictionary Men.

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