View of qassis growing in ... Frame:black

View of qassis growing in ... Frame:blackView of qassis growing in Al Batin or Al Dhafra sands. In the foreground tufts of long qassis (sedge) grow on a flat stretch of sand rippled by the wind. In the far distance a more vegetation grows in a depression. Behind long chains of dunes run into the distance along the horizon. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, Al Dhafra and Baynunah sands in November and December 1948. Due to the nature of these

View of wood sellers and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya

with two trees in the foreground

In the far background is a line of access shafts for aflaj (irrigation tunnels)

and a ghutra (headscarf)

Houses and pathway in a village near Tungjao along the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province

The walls are made from large rough stones fitted with small stone slivers

south of Liwa oasis

On the left a man steps over the sail beside a group of men tying the sail onto a wooden pole or yard

Portrait of an Arab boy sitting on a beached boat in the harbour in Kuwait city

In the left distance the high limestone walls of the mountain slope down to the plain

where the mountain Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit) rises above the horizon

four of which are wearing hoods