Faraz Shibli

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Faraz Shibli
Faraz Shibli portrait.jpg
Born (1986-01-10) 10 January 1986 (age 35)
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Alma materWarwick University
Oxford University

Faraz Shibli is a British travel writer and adventurer.

Shibli is a contributing author of Mongolia: the Bradt Travel Guide (3rd ed.) and The Kindness of Strangers: Travel Stories That Make Your Heart Grow.[1][2] The latter is a collection of stories by travel writers, explorers and adventurers, including Ed Stafford, Benedict Allen and Sarah Outen, in aid of Oxfam.[2]

Shibli has spoken about his travels at venues including Oxford University, Cambridge University, the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.[3][4][5][6][7]

2011 Gobi Desert expedition[]

In 2011, aged 25, Shibli took part in a 1,600 km crossing of the Mongolian Gobi Desert, following which it was reported that he became the youngest Briton to cross the Gobi Desert on foot.[3][8][9][10] During the expedition, he led Bactrian camels, which carried his food and water, as well as some of his equipment.[4][11][12] According to Shibli's interview with British GQ, navigation involved the use of Soviet-era maps, and there were a few occasions on which he almost ran out of water.[13]

In 2016, it was reported that Chloe Burles broke Shibli’s record, completing a similar route aged 23.[14][15] Neither records were certified by Guinness World Records.

Other expeditions[]

Shibli has lived, herded and hunted with the Kazakh eagle hunters of northwest Mongolia, trekked through the Tien Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, travelled in a loop by bicycle, boat and hitch hiking through the jungles of rural northern Laos and cycled long-distance in Thailand.[3][10][16]

Legal career[]

Shibli is a barrister specialising in public international law.[3][10] He was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 2007, before practising in London from chambers in the Inner Temple.[17][18] He later worked as a consultant to the United Nations in Mongolia.[19] He is also a trustee of Coalition Peace, a charity developing tech-based solutions for peacebuilding in Africa.[10][20]

Shibli was educated at Warwick University and Oxford University.[10][19]

Books as a contributor[]

  • Mongolia: the Bradt Travel Guide (3rd ed.) (2014), Bradt Travel Guides Ltd (UK), Globe Pequot Press Inc (USA), ISBN 978-1841624167
  • The Kindness of Strangers: Travel Stories that Make Your Heart Grow (2018), Summersdale, ISBN 978-1786855312

References[]

  1. ^ Jane, Blunden (October 2014). Mongolia : the Bradt travel guide. Bradt Travel Guides (Third ed.). Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, England. ISBN 9781841624167. OCLC 887940539.
  2. ^ a b ,FEARGHAL., O'NUALLAIN (2018). KINDNESS OF STRANGERS : travel stories that make your heart grow. [S.l.]: SUMMERSDALE PUBLISHERS. ISBN 978-1786855312. OCLC 1023050112.
  3. ^ a b c d "FOUNDLOST - Expeditions to the unreachable made achievable". FOUNDLOST. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  4. ^ a b Faraz Shibli (2016-12-17), Walking 1,600km across Mongolia's Gobi Desert - Royal Geographical Society | Faraz Shibli, retrieved 2018-08-12
  5. ^ "Past lectures". Royal Society for Asian Affairs. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  6. ^ "SPR AGM and Annual Dinner, 23 October 2018". www.sprweb.com. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  7. ^ "Book a Speaker | Travel Writer, Author & Adventurer". Faraz Shibli. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  8. ^ 2012, 8 March. "Pro travellers reveal their top tech tools". BBC. Retrieved 2018-08-12.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Davenport™, Ripley. "Gobi 2011 Expedition - Ripley Davenport | ripleydavenport.com". www.ripleydavenport.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Who is Faraz Shibli? | Travel Writer, Author & Adventurer". Faraz Shibli. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  11. ^ "Articles - Crossing the Gobi and beyond | Bradt Travel Guides". www.bradtguides.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  12. ^ "ExplorersWeb". www.explorersweb.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  13. ^ "Experts on how they developed resilience in extremely stressful situations". British GQ.
  14. ^ "Meet the 24 year old who trekked across the Gobi Desert | Intrepid Travel Blog - The Journal". Intrepid Travel Blog. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  15. ^ "11 of the most inspiring young explorers in Britain - Wired For Adventure". Wired For Adventure. 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  16. ^ "In Mongolia's Wild West" (PDF). Oxford Development Matters: 12–13. 2016.
  17. ^ "Calls to the Bar". The Times. 2007-11-23. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  18. ^ "Faraz Shibli published on EIN". 10 KBW. 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  19. ^ a b "Oxford Department of International Development". www.qeh.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  20. ^ "Team – Coalition Peace". Retrieved 2019-01-29.

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