Author(s): BRUNO DOUCEY

Forthcoming

On the high plateau of the Asir Province, the most mountainous region of Saudi Arabia, one of the greatest and best-kept secrets of Arab civilization lay hidden for centuries: the tribe of the Flower Men, so dubbed because it was their custom to wear garlands of flowers and leaves in their hair. This book honors the tribe's past and present. AUTHOR: Photography by Laziz Hamani, Ibrahim Sarhan, and Ziyad Alarfaj capture this vibrant heritage. Writer and editor Bruno Doucey co-founded Editions Bruno Doucey in 2010, a publishing house dedicated to poetry. Doucey has written numerous nonfiction books, novels, collections of poems, anthologies and essays, including Le Livre des déserts: Itinéraires scientifiques, littéraires et spirituels (2006). 150 illustrations Silk Hardcover