Full length profile portrait of ... Sue JohnsonFull length profile portrait of a thoroughbred Batina camel in Al Ain oasis. A Batina camel stands on a sand dune in sparse dry grass, facing towards the right. It is saddled with an Omani style wooden saddle. Directly behind it is a low rock mound, and in the sand surrounding it a few trees and bushes grow. This image was taken during April 6 30, 1948, when Wilfred Thesiger stayed at Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain as a guest of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al
A line of men dance in a circle around a group of three drummers
Exerior view of a sarifa (house)
They are pulling on a rope
The boy and the man in the centre both have camel sticks
In this region these triliths are found aligned with local watercourses
Further beyond three more of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions trek across rolling sands
View of houses at Pashagar
second from left) and another Druze soldier
Man holding sword in sheath
Two tied bundles of mats sit in the foreground in front of trunks
View of locals walking in a vast square in front of a mosque in the city of Abha
Lamas were often trained in medicine and would be called on to administer medicine and to chant an appropriate religious text
