View of a camel belonging ... Jacques-Philippe Potteau

View of a camel belonging ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauView of a camel belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party on a salt flat in Al Batin sands. In the foreground thick clumps of leafy zahra (yellow flowering tribulus) bloom with small flowers grows alongside clumps of long qassis (sedge). In the far distance a hobbled camel wanders across the salt flat amongst scattered vegetation. In the far distance dunes rise above the salt flat along the horizon. This image was taken during Wilfred

Zulu men seated

In the foreground locals stand in the midst of a pack of donkeys carrying heavy loads of wood

and a vast flat plain in the region between the Ar Rumhiya wells and Marat village

Ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the background

Five people on steps

though they still use the old Mexican wooden cart and plow

View of a woman and child walking down a narrow street in Kuwait City

in his encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil

The ground surrounding the hill is carpeted with sparse grass and tufts of vegetation

] They cultivate

He wears a khanjar (dagger) and a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt)

One man is leaning out of the well