Side view of a boom ... Size:mediumSide view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails, the first from the bow, the second from the main mast, and the third from the rear mast. The ocean surrounding the boom is flat and calm, and above the sky is empty of clouds. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Due
In the left foreground three of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions lead camels across sand dotted with tufts of qassis (sedge)
View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking across a rocky plain during their journey from the Ramlat Unayq
In the near distance four boys stand in the middle of a field
View of the Yarkhun valley
In his hands he holds the head rope for the donkey and a riding stick
In the left background the Sultan Al Kathiri Palace is visible
View of Dinka men carrying spears (and wearing dance ormanents and accessories) at a funeral dance near Malakal
He is wearing a leaf decoration in his hair
is Sahail bin Tahi
A house made from adobe topped with parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles sits in the right foreground
at Yisub well
The man wears a patterned ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt)
