View of sailors changing the ... Africa

View of sailors changing the ... AfricaView of sailors changing the sail on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. In the foreground a lifeboat sits on the deck of a dhow. Behind it three sailors stand of the cockpit, holding a sail tied into a long roll. Around them a number of men rest in various places on the dhow. In the far distance a jagged rocky outcrop of land rises above the calm sea. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May

A donkey stands in the foreground

follows along at the back of the group

Behind it a number of square 'arish huts made from date palm fronds have been built on the field

Behind them sheep wait by the well

View of two Arab boys walking across a sandy valley filled with sunken gardens in the Wadi Fatimah near Mecca

and in the far distance there is a line of trees

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In the foreground two traders haggle

bordered by high mountains in the background

another man stands in front of the cockpit

standing with two of his retainers

the eastern slopes of Jebel Kawr rise high above Jabal Buwaydah