Seated portrait of an Arab ... Africa

Seated portrait of an Arab ... AfricaSeated portrait of an Arab man, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, at a Manasir encampment in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A man with a thick beard and curly hair sits in front of a pot of soup holding a long metal ladle. He wears a cartridge belt with leather suspenders over his thobe (long shirt) and an embroidered ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head. Behind him Manasir women and children sit inside the tent,

In the far background

with a fisherman inspecting his catch in the foreground

Scattered saddles

View of tall

At the centre two camels walk along the crest of a small sand dune

View of a large building at Seiyun

in order to prevent sand jamming the mechanism

Further along the gunwale

The camp is made up of domed huts covered in grass and mud

On the right a dhow (sailboat) is moored in shallow water

Three men are mounted on camels

sitting at a campfire in the Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis