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Kuria Muria

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Kuria Muria 

a group of five rocky islands off the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, belonging to the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen. The islands have a total area of 76 sq km, and the maximum elevation is 502 m (on Hallaniya). They are composed of limestone and gneiss. The chief industries are guano processing and sardine fishing.



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Destinations include an Islamic Butlin's in the Egyptian desert, Assassin castles in Syria, the Kuria Muria Islands in the Arabian Sea and some of the greatest cities of medieval Islam.
 
 
 
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