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Freya Stark Travel writer

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Jan 31, 1893
  • Died: May 9, 1993

Dame Freya Madeline Stark, Mrs Perowne, DBE was a British explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan, as well as several autobiographic works and essays. She was one of the first non-Arabians to travel through the southern Arabian Deserts.

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Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. Christmas & home

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 quotes from Robert Browning

22 quotes from Robert Browning

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With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 thoughts from Isadora Duncan

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The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

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