In continuing the fashion of photographing dear friends, I now present you with Ibi, or Ibrahim Ali. Between balancing his internship at Human Rights Watch and trying to cut it as an actor in NYC, he’s still just a boy from Sana’a, and has been known from time to time to quit his hot kicks [...]
The President’s Mosque- Sana’a, Yemen (taken from inside the Pizza Hut)
Bab Al-Yemen, The Old City, Sana’a, Yemen
Well, I’m back in America and missing Yemen. It was a delightful trip. I met many kind-hearted people and was graciously taken into their homes and perfumed and force fed by them for hours. And although the country is [...]
A camel rests after pulling a large mortar and pestle like contraption that grinds sesame seeds into sesame oil (simsim) in Old Sana’a, Yemen. The camel spends it’s day walking around and around in a circle, with one or both eyes covered, pulling the pestle that grinds the sesame into oil.
I was happy to see this camel let unhitched from [...]
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