Freya Stark
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Freya Madeleine Stark (1893-1993) was a British travel writer. She was born in France and died in Italy. In between that time, she was famous for her experiences in the Middle East, her writing, and her cartography. Freya Stark was not only one of the first Western women to travel through the Arabian deserts (Hadhramaut); she often travelled solo into areas where few Europeans, let alone women, had ever been. During World War II, she joined the Ministry of Information and contributed to the creation of a propaganda network aimed at persuading Arabs to support the Allies or at least remain neutral. She was fluent in several languages including Arabic and wrote over two dozen books based on her travels.
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