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Subscriber Essay: the History of Socotra
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Subscriber Essay: the History of Socotra

Derek Davison
Feb 17, 2019
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This week’s essay is a bit on the eccentric side in my opinion:

If you haven’t covered it, what’s the history of Socotra? What’s going on with the island during the current war (and past wars) — has there been fighting on the island?

Which is totally fine! Eccentric is part of what we do around here. But Socotra, a moderately-sized island (the name also a…

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