Farasan Islands

Farasan Islands

التصنيف : History

دار النشر : publishing house

Mohsen Al‎-‎Dajani‎

• Farasan Islands by Mohsen Al-Dajani is focusing specifically on the islands. It is classified under "Saudi Arabia & The Arab World".

Books that include the Farasan Islands and the wider Red Sea region 

• The Red Sea: The Formation, Morphology, Oceanography and Environment of a Young Ocean Basin edited by Najeeb M.A. Rasul and Ian C.F. Stewart provides a broad overview of the Red Sea's geological, oceanographic, and environmental aspects. It was published by Springer in 2015.
• Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea also edited by Najeeb M.A. Rasul and Ian C.F. Stewart features invited contributions from researchers on the Red Sea's geology and archaeology. The book discusses the Red Sea littoral zone and is of interest to geoscientists and non-specialists. It was published in 2018 by Springer International Publishing.
• Oceanographic and Biological Aspects of the Red Sea also edited by Najeeb M.A. Rasul and Ian C.F. Stewart includes the latest research on the Red Sea's oceanography and environment. The book offers insights into marine science and encourages further research on the Red Sea. It was published in 2018 by Springer International Publishing.
• Songs of the Arabian Red Sea: A Cultural History by Dionisius A. Agius, Muhammad Zafer Alhazmi, and Hasan Hujairi examines the musical repertoire of the coastal peoples of the Red Sea. It documents various musical forms and oral traditions from the Hijaz and Upper Tihama coasts. The book will be published in 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Jacques Cousteau's 1953 book The Living Sea described the Farasan Bank as the "wildest of all reef complexes in the Red Sea". While not exclusively about the Farasan Islands, it offers an early perspective on the region's coral reef system. 

Academic articles on the Farasan Islands

• For a deeper look into the islands' archaeological past, research articles offer detailed information. Articles that focus on the Farasan Islands' archaeological history and potential Roman ties include:
  • "The Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia: Towards a Chronology of Settlement," published in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy.
  • An academic paper from the DISPERSE Project, "The Red Sea Basin and the Farasan Islands," discusses sea level changes and their impact on the islands' coastal settlement.
• For information on the islands' fauna, academic journals feature papers such as:
  • "A note on the birds of the Farasan Islands, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia," published in Fauna of Saudi Arabia.
  • "The mammals of the Farasan archipelago, Saudi Arabia," published in the Turkish Journal of Zoology.