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Ali Ahmed el Gheseiri | |
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| علي أحمد الغزيري | |
 Portrait in Ørkenen Brænder, 1931 | |
| Born | Knud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe April 22, 1902 |
| Died | October 13, 1931 (aged 29) |
Knud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe (22 April 1902 Horsens Denmark – 13 October 1931 Aqaba, Jordan) was a Danish journalist, author and explorer. He converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1921, and, after a sojourn in North Africa, ultimately converted to Islam in 1929, changing his name to Ali Ahmed el Gheseiri.[1]
He is best known for his 1931 book Desert Encounter (Danish: Ørkenen Brænder, lit. 'the Desert is on Fire'), which exposed the maltreatment of the population the author had witnessed on his journey through Libya and the atrocities committed by the Italian colonial power. This account is especially valuable for its description of the concentration camps into which Italian colonial powers forced the Bedouin and where "torture, humiliation, and famine" were rife.[2] Holmboe was murdered on his way to Makkah in Aqaba in October 1931.[3] Some suspect that Italian intelligence officials, connected to the regime of Benito Mussolini, conspired in his death.[2]
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