The most famous Arab travelers in the modern era

Throughout the ages, the task of travelers was an almost impossible task due to its difficulty, and because it required determination, steadfastness, patience, and passion, and no one could do it. It was done for the purpose of exploration, acquaintance, and other purposes. Arab travelers had a racing role in this field in earlier ages, and the most famous of them were Ibn Battuta, Abu Dalf, Ahmed bin Majid, and many, many others. Distinguished names

And we find in the modern era there are those who followed the path of these greats and added their own imprint, which made them immortalize their names with their achievements and writings, and they became an inspiration for many young people to enter this interesting field and they became among the most famous travelers, among them the Saudi traveler Muhammad Nasser Al-Aboud, may God have mercy on him, and the Tunisian traveler Burawi Rokaya. We will discuss their fragrant journey in This article let's get to know them together

Borawi Rokaya

 Borawi Ruqaya is considered one of the most famous Arab travelers in the modern era and the largest and most visited country, as he visited more than 200 countries in the world

He was born in 1942 in Tunisia. He worked as a university professor in physics and chemistry

its beginnings

 His passion for travel began since he was a child in the primary stage and in the Tunisian scouts in the fifties of the last century, while also a mother’s job as head of a train station and monitoring her movement in coming and going contributed to the growth of the instinct of love of exploration and adventure.

his travels and achievements

 His first trip was to Algeria in the year 1965 AD, and his last trip was to Chicago in the year 2017 AD. During his career, he visited 53 African countries, 45 European countries, 44 Asian countries, and a thousand books. He created the longest trip he took 6 months when he traveled from France to Haiti by plane and visited all the countries of South America by land.

He had innovative ways to cover the costs of trips in his early days, so he worked in the restaurants of the hotels where he stayed, washing dishes and carrying boxes of vegetables in the wholesale markets.

He has a commemorative collection of postage stamps, coins, banknotes, medals, telephone cards and artifacts from the countries he visited.

Aburawy Adawi transferred travel to his wife and children, who participated with him in 50 of his travels in his small mobile house in a bus, where they traveled with him to all of Europe, and he sat on the throne of the most famous Arab travelers in the modern era.

Muhammad Nasser Al-Aboudi

 He is a writer and author and is considered one of the most famous Arab travelers of Saudi nationality. He was born in the city of Buraidah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the year 1926 AD and received his education there. Then he worked as a teacher and then director of the Scientific Institute in Buraidah. Then he became the Secretary-General of the Islamic University in Medina for a period of 13 years. Then he became an agent for the university itself and then its director. Also after that he held the position of Assistant Secretary General of the Muslim World League

His travels and writings

 His work in the Muslim World League allowed him to visit most parts of the world, and he began his first trip to Africa in the year 1965 AD, with a trip that lasted for 3 months and 17 days, which resulted in his first book, Green Africa. During his career, he visited about 160 countries and a thousand about 300 books. He conveys his rich trade in travel, as he was one of the pioneers and one of the most famous Arab travelers in the modern era in writing books on travel literature, as well as books on advocacy, literature and language.

He received many medals, honors, and awards, including the Medal of Merit in Literature in 1974 AD, and he won the Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Award for Studies in the History of the Arabian Peninsula 2008-2009. He also won the Cultural Personality of the Year award in the year 2021 AD in the National Cultural Awards initiative from the Ministry of Culture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was called the dean of travelers, and he died on July 1, 2022 AD at the age of 96, and the Arab and Islamic world lost an icon and a traveler of a unique style, a writer and a farewell writer who devoted his life and time to these great deeds that the Arab and Saudi society in particular is proud of, and immortalized his name among the most famous Arab travelers in the modern era