About the author
Henrietta Siksek Farradj was born in Jerusalem in 1918, an Arab Palestinian. She studied in America at George Washington and Kalamazoo Universities, and then returned to Jerusalem, where she found work as a teacher. For many years she presented children’s radio programmes under the name “Suad”, once being shelled when the broadcasting station was attacked. Her mother, Katherine Siksek, had started the Four Homes of Mercy, a hospice, and after her death, Henrietta became its Executive Honorary Secretary.
Finding the book:
Available, but can be pricy because of its Arabian subject matter, which always tends to bump prices up.
Links and sources
Henrietta Siksek Farradj in her own words (link no longer works)
Henrietta Siksek Farradj on This Week in Palestine (no longer works)
Terri Wear: Horse Stories: An Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography
The Gallant Five
R B Luce, Washington, 1963, 118 pp, illus Katherine Crapster
This is the legend of the El Khamsa, the five Arabian mares who became the foundation brood mares for the Arabian breed, after they won an endurance test in 7th century Mecca.