Seated portrait of an Arab ... Frame:natural

Seated portrait of an Arab ... Frame:naturalSeated portrait of an Arab or Bedouin man at Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting camp in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A middle aged man with a thin dark beard kneels in soft sand facing forward. He holds a camel stick in one hand, and his other hand rests on his thigh. He wears a ghutra (headscarf) with a head rope and a thobe (long shirt) topped with a belt and a khanjar (dagger). Behind him some bushes grow in the sand. This image was taken

Many ancient specimens of pottery have been obtained from this village

In the distance beyond many people rest with their animals in a large open area beside a high walled building

Muhammad's son sits in the sand slicing a piece of meat with a knife

with which the oxen are prodded

in the Jabal Qara mountains

a Saar elder

A man wearing a light-coloured ghutra (headscarf) and a dark thobe (long shirt) walks across a rocky flat plain dotted with tall leafless bushes

View of a round watch-tower constructed of mud and projecting tiles

View of the northern face of the Chamar Pass

sitting on and around a large unexploded bomb

Three young Wahiba boys kneel in a line on a rug lying in the sand

He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt and suspenders over his light coloured thobe (shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) topped with an 'agal (head rope)