What could take a British woman from running a rural British Inn with her husband to becoming a trailblazing entrepreneur, journalist and cartographer in the Middle East? The answer, ironically, is an oil embargo, which started Anne Malin and her husband Bevis on the adventure which made her a household name in the Sultanate of Oman. It is situated on the south-eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Today Anne is known as Oman’s `mapping lady’, after years of producing high-quality maps and street guides for business, government and consumers. She was also a prolific writer in the ’80s and ’90s and has written articles on a wide range of topics for leading Middle East…

Secret of God Interview with Amjed Altayar   British / Iraq ( Author, Screenwriter and Actor )   “Who is Amjed Altayar?”  “I was born in Iraq in a family of 5 children I was the middle one, so my home was always full of life and that’s where my brain got kickstarted from a young age, I always had these stories from my imagination that I tell my friends and family, and it grew with me.” “At School, I didn’t show my talents because inside the school they cared for reality more than the imagination until I got into academic life and studied different specialities. I was known as the person who sold love stories to…

Allan Andrew Wise (A.A Wise) was born in Uganda and moved to England when he was around ten years old to live with his mother. The author’s family belong to the Baganda tribe, and the Batooro tribe, and in Uganda Allan moved around the country, living predominantly in Masaka City and sometimes in Kampala City. During his young life both in the UK and Uganda, Allan spent most of his time at boarding schools, which is where he learned to love the English language and writing. He said: “My interest in fantasy literature appeared at a young age and I have been enjoying fantasy novels ever since. My love for…