Seated portrait of a tribesman ... Tibet

Seated portrait of a tribesman ... TibetSeated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands, near Al Ain. A man sits on a mound of sand. His hands rest together on his knees and a camel stick leans against his shoulder. He has a long thick beard and wears a light thobe (long shirt) with a plain ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head. Behind him a large bush grows in the sand. Further beyond a man stands in the far right distance. Due to the nature of these images,

A man wearing a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) stands in front of a large wooden door reinforced with bands of iron barbs

She is saddled with a dark sheepskin and carries bags and a rifle

cultivated by local Bani Yas villagers

View of men and women dancing after a circumcision ceremony

one of whom is leading a camel

Terraced fields run along the bottom of the valley

In the foreground a small boat and a large

the other three storeys

gathering in fishing nets

In the far background a number of large rocky outcroppings are visible in the right distance

Four Bedouin men stand around a well opening made of concrete or rammed earth

John Verney