Portrait of an Arab falconer ... Frame:none

Portrait of an Arab falconer ... Frame:nonePortrait 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. The falconer carries a hooded falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his near arm and a camel stick in his other hand. The camel stands in profile facing towards the left, with its head turned slightly towards the

In the central foreground a tall date palm grows in the sand amongst scattered salt bushes and clumps of qassis (sedge) on a salt flat

A house near the summit at Jabal Fayfa

posing with his rifle during the party's journey from Wadi Animrit to the town of Al-Saum

In the near right distance three men sail in a small dhow along the shoreline

Some bushes grow behind the men

A well at Umm al Khashab

near Salalah

In the foreground large tufts of qassis (sedge) grow on the slope of a large sand dune

The women have large baskets with them

A small donkey stands to the right of the boys

a large Kuwaiti-built trading vessel

Standing full length portrait of two boys at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden