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Alice Morrison

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Alice Morrison
FRSGS
Alice Morrison, Scottish adventurer and explorer
Alice Morrison during her foot crossing of Saudi Arabia in 2025.
Born1963 (age 62–63)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupations
Websitealicemorrison.co.uk

Alice Morrison FRSGS[1] (born 1963) is a Scottish adventurer and explorer active in the Arab world.[2][3] She also presents television series about the history and culture of this region, and about her own expeditions. Her book Walking with Nomads was shortlisted for the 2023 Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year.[4]

Early life

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Morrison was born in 1963 in Edinburgh,[5] but grew up in Africa.[6] She studied Turkish and Arabic at Edinburgh University,[6] and speaks Arabic[7] and French.[8] She worked in journalism as a BBC editor and a CEO of Vision+Media, a British quango for creative media.[9][5]

Expeditions, television, and writing

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Morocco journeys (2017–2020)

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Morrison moved to Morocco in 2014.[6] Based there, in 2017, she worked as presenter for the BBC documentary series Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure. She then led a sequence of camel-supported walking expeditions crossing Morocco. In 2019, she explored the Draa River from the river's source to its mouth.[10][11] Later the same year, she continued from near the river mouth at Chbika, through the Sahara Desert to Western Sahara's border with Mauritania at Guerguerat.[11][12] In 2020, she crossed the Atlas Mountains from Nador to Ouarzazate to,supposedly, investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the nomadic peoples of the region.[13][14] She wrote a book about these three expeditions, Walking with Nomads, which was shortlisted for the 2023 Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year.[4]

Saudi Arabia (2024–5)

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In 2024, Morrison presented a second BBC documentary, Arabian Adventures, a history documentary focusing on the Nabatean Kingdom, including historical site of Hegra in AlUla, in modern-day Saudi Arabia.[5]

The next year, in 2025, Morrison embarked on a foot journey covering the length of Saudi Arabia's Hejaz (western escarpment) from the Halat Ammar border with Jordan in the north to the Yemeni border in the south, near Najran.[15][16][17] She was accompanied by camels and supported by vehicles. The expedition was split into two halves, due to the summer heat and the timing of Ramadan,[15] with the first half finished in February, and the second finished in December.[18] The total distance walked was 1,364 miles (2,195 km) over 112 days. She is the first person to complete such a border-to-border walk across Saudi Arabia.[18]

Selected bibliography

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Morrison has written books about her expeditions, including:

  • My 1001 Nights: Adventures in Morocco (2019).[19]
  • Walking with Nomads (2023).[4][20]

References

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  1. ↑ "Honorary Fellowship". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Voices of the Earth by Jo Woolf". The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "How women explorers are taking on the world". The Herald. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Brosnan, Jude (9 December 2022). "2023 Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Shortlist Announced". Stanfords Blog. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Earthquake survivor, the "Indiana Jones for Girls", uncovers ancient civilisation, The Sunday Post
  6. 1 2 3 "Alice Morrison". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Wollaston, Sam (12 May 2017). "From Morocco to Timbuktu review – cabs and camels with all-action Alice". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Thursday". The Sunday Times. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Vision+Media CEO quits". Broadcast Now. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Living lightly: book review of Nomads (Anthony Sattin) and Walking with Nomads (Alice Morrison), Times Literary Supplement
  11. 1 2 "A 1400km trek across the Sahara desert in the footsteps of dinosaurs - Scotland on Sunday Travel". The Scotsman. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  12. ↑ Explorers Web: Alice Morrison: 2,000km Across the Sahara
  13. ↑ Riordan, Conor (31 October 2020). "Coronavirus: 'Devastating' effects on nomadic people, says Scottish explorer Alice Morrison". The Times. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  14. ↑ Adopstar (30 October 2020). "Explorer documents impact of Covid-19 on nomadic people with Morocco trek". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Explorer plans to make history by trekking length of Saudi Arabia". The Independent. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  16. ↑ "British explorer Alice Morrison to embark on 2,500-km trek across Saudi Arabia". Arab News. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  17. ↑ Scots adventurer is the first on Saudi Arabia trek where she hopes to face wild leopards, The Scottish Sun
  18. 1 2 Keenan, Rachel (16 December 2025). "British TV presenter reveals painful side of record-breaking journey across Saudi Arabia". The Independent. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  19. ↑ My 1001 Nights. 18 April 2019. ISBN 978-1-4711-7426-1 – via www.simonandschuster.com.
  20. ↑ Walking with Nomads. 16 March 2023. ISBN 978-1-3985-0344-1 – via www.simonandschuster.co.uk.
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