Of Mud and Honey by Roxana Trabulsi. Published in 2023 by Ten 16 Press, an imprint of Orange Hat Publishing, 259, South St, Suite B Waukesha, Wisconsin, W1 53186 USA. Pp: 315. Price: $ 17.99 (paperback), $ 25.99 (hardback).
In 1871, a young Parsi arrived in Aden, hoping to make his fortune. Bhicajee Cowasjee was drawn to the Arabian maritime city because its British colonial masters had given it the business friendly status of a free port. While he was a relative latecomer to Aden — others had preceded him after Britain’s 1850 declaration — his name would become among a......