Kurpershoek, Marcel

Marcel Kurpershoek studied Arabic at Leiden and at Cairo University. In 1974 he joined the Dutch foreign service and was posted to Egypt, Syria and in 1986 to Saudi Arabia. He is the author of several travelogues and books on Bedouin poetry, The Poetry of ad-Dindan (1994) and Bedouin Poets of the Dawasir (1999).