Profile portrait of an Arab ...

Profile portrait of an Arab ...Profile portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. The man, a retainer of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, kneels in his saddle [most of the camel's body is outside the frame]. He wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt. He carries a rifle slung under his left arm. In his right hand he is holding a small

Profile portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. The man, a retainer of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, kneels in his saddle [most of the camel's body is outside the frame]. He wears a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt. He carries a rifle slung under his left arm. In his right hand he is holding a small branch. In the background a few bushes grow in rocky soil.

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