Moroccan girl: Beautiful “daughter of the south”- a moroccan tribal girl circa 1905.
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Egyptian Woman, 1930
Original photo caption:
“Egyptian woman with crocheted face covering stands artfully under palm frond.”
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Femmes musulmanes Syriennes costume de ville, Felix Bonfils
![Nubian Women, Upper Egypt, 1964
Photo caption: “Nubian women at well of villiage [sic] built for people forced to move because of Aswan Dam Project.”
Photographer: Ralph Crane
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Nubian Women, Upper Egypt, 1964
Photo caption: “Nubian women at well of villiage [sic] built for people forced to move because of Aswan Dam Project.”
Photographer: Ralph Crane
Source: Life Images
Emirati Woman, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 1963
Photographer: Ralph Crane
Source: Life Images
Khyber Pass, Afghanistan, circa unknown
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Arab Boys, circa 1905
From the book, “Topsy-Turvy Land: Arabia Pictured for Children” (1905) by Samuel and Amy Zwemer:
“In Topsy-turvy Land all the habits and customs are exactly opposite to those in America or England. For instance when a boy enters a room he takes off his shoes but leaves his hat on his head. I do not know whether we should call it a hat, however. His hat has no rim and is not made of felt or straw, but is just a folded handkerchief of a large size and bright colour with a piece of cord to hold it wound round his head—a sort of a hat in two pieces. The girls go without shoes but carefully cover their pretty (or ugly) faces with a black veil…“How very thankful girls should be that in all Christian lands they have a higher place and a better lot than the poor girls and women of Arabia! For the greatest contrast is the religion of the inhabitants of Topsy-turvy Land. That is all upside down too..”
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Bedouin Tent Dwellers, 1917
Caption: “30. Bedouin tent dwellers where they lived for 4,000 years. East of the Dead Sea-…”
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