Standing full length portrait of ... Frame:black

Standing full length portrait of ... Frame:blackStanding full length portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, holding a peregrine falcon in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the foreground falconer wearing a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and khanjar (dagger) stands in a patch of bare sand. The man holds a large peregrine falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on one hand, and leans on a camel stick in his other hand. The

The dune is dotted with dry grass and other vegetation

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standing on a rock outcrop in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate

a waistcoat and cartridge belt with silver studded leather suspenders over his thobe (long shirt)

also of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin

carrying a cargo of reed mats

three of whom are standing holing poling sticks

A camel stands to the right of the falconer

kneels sideways in the sand

crouching on rocks

riding camels in the vicinity of the Ramlat Unayq

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