Portrait of an Arab falconer ... Jacques-Philippe Potteau

Portrait of an Arab falconer ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauPortrait of an Arab falconer, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, riding a camel with a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A falconer wearing a ghutra (headscarf) and a thobe (long shirt) kneels atop a tall camel holding a hooded falcon and a camel stick. The camel stands in profile facing towards the right. The sand dune on which the camel stands is ridged with small, secondary dunes. Due to the nature of these

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping at Jabal Buwaydah

Behind them more dhows are moored in shallow water close to shore

Woman in centre is wearing a distinctive style of headdress

View of a shop

Two Duru boys stand facing into the foreground

] These people are situated so remotely from the ordinary routes of travel that they are less frequently visited by white people

Profile portrait of a man of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting in front of a cave in the Raydat as Say'ar

A boy is standing behind him

is less characteristic of the typical terraced formed pueblos

and further back the mountain Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit) is visible

likely belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party

Portrait of a man on a camel