Aramco World Magazine 1979-1989 Lot 50 Issues Middle East Culture For Sale

Aramco World Magazine 1979-1989 Lot 49 Issues w Cumulative Index (1949-1983)

Large run of 49 Aramco World Magazine issues spanning 1979 through 1989 with a separately issued cumulative subject index covering 1949–1983. The index includes indexes of contents, authors, photographers, illustrators, and institutions, compiled by Eileen Olmsted, Annabelle Cass, and Caroline Stone.

Issues in this lot include several themed special issues: Muslims in China, The Arab Immigrants, An Omani Celebration, Muslims in the Caribbean, Arabs and Space, the World's Fair 1982 special report, the Bonfils Story special section, and the 1984 fiftieth anniversary issue "Aramco: A Celebration" with gold foil cover lettering. Subject coverage across the run includes Islamic art and architecture, Arab history and archaeology, Formula One racing, the Nile, the Silk Roads, Kahlil Gibran, Naguib Mahfouz, Arabian horses, calligraphy, Islamic banking, Egyptian antiquities, and photography from across the Arab world and beyond.

Full list of issues by cover title:

1979/1980: Muslims in Europe, KFSH special section, Their Fathers' Sons, The Last Patrol, A Giraffe for Tamerlane, The Lakes of Egypt, Formula One / Arabic and the Art of Printing

1981: Hunza: Shangri-La of Islam, Gibran Remembered, Oman: A New Dawn, Gilgamesh by Gardner, The Greening of the Arab East, The Bonfils Story special section

1982: The Hidden Power, The Marsh Arabs Revisited, Science: The Islamic Legacy, World's Fair 1982 special report, Paradise Lost: A Eulogy for Lebanon, Foundations: A Decade of Development

1984: The Riyadh Gateway, Tajmil and Jiddah, Dunescapes, Kkesh: An Eye on Vision, The Orientalists

1985: The Treasures of Henri Moser, Arabs and Space, Garlands from the East, Muslims in China special issue, Gateway on the Nile, Ski Morocco

1986: The Arabian Horse, Khalifa at the Bat, An Omani Celebration, The Arab Immigrants, Tentmakers of Cairo

1987: Arab Artists in Italy, Islamic Banking, Aida at Luxor, A City Within a City, Muslims in the Caribbean

1988: Well Done Well #7, Traveling the Silk Roads, Riyadh's New IQ, Big Hearts at Seoul

1989: Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt's Underwater World, Arabian Forests, The Geometry of the Spirit

Condition varies across the lot. Most issues show light cover wear consistent with age.

Aramco World was a bimonthly magazine published by the U.S. subsidiary of the Arabian-American Oil Company, distributed free of charge beginning in the 1950s. Styled after Life and The Saturday Evening Post, it covered the history, culture, art, science, and peoples of the Arab world and beyond. Back issues are sought for their photography, thematic depth, and crossover appeal across multiple subject areas.