Seated portrait of Muhammad, a ... Frame:gold

Seated portrait of Muhammad, a ... Frame:goldSeated portrait of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, sitting on the ground at his encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil. Muhammad, an elderly man with a long white beard, is tying fibres onto a camel saddle. Behind him two couched camels rest in the sand. Wilfred Thesiger and his men stayed with Muhammad and his extended family in the Ramlat ar Rabbad for a few days during their first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al

In the far distance beyond the mountain Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) rises high above the plain

holding a cooking pot

as seen from the dzong or fort

He is holding a walking stick

Behind him a camel wearing a hood is pulling on the arm of the sesame press

during their journey from Al Makhwah to Thurayban village

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a palm grove in Liwa oasis

Bird and Flower Painting by Sue Johnson 2011

In the foreground a number of female shoppers visit two traders stalls

The vertical lines on the figure are caused by water dripping through the roof above

Half length portrait of a man in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate

a sheikh of the Musaifar lineage of Rashid Bedouin)