View of a member of ... Images of Sheikh Zayed

View of a member of ... Images of Sheikh ZayedView of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a Bani Yas palm grove and settlement near Radum in Liwa oasis. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin travelling companions walks past a camel couched on a sand flat beside a large palm. All around the palm piles of riding and camping gear lie in the sand. The flat is dotted with tufts of qassis (sedge), palms and salt bushes. In the far distance a settlement of 'arish huts

A boy wearing a ghutra (headscarf) and wraparound skirt stands in sand on the left

In the foreground a man and a woman unload a large camel

both sitting on the ground

In the near right distance three men sail in a small dhow along the shoreline

Close up portrait of Mabarak

watched by a large number of others sitting on walls

View of a street lined with tall buildings in the city of Seiyun

More camels in the background

Street at Seiyun with high buildings

In the background a large rock escarpment rises behind the buildings

The boy stands on the left

he is wearing a skein of wool on his head