Zakatan, Yemen.
From my visit to Zakatan, Yemen, last week.
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 [...]
Salam Aliekum All, I have made it to Sana’a, Yemen, the country any American newspaper would preface by citing it is the ancestral homeland of Osama Bin Laden. Arabia Felix has not failed to deliver. It is quite a gem and what I feel is one of the last fronts of the true Middle East. [...]
Hello All, I just wanted to let you know that Thursday I will be leaving for Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, to study Arabic at the Yemen Language Center. And of course!, I will be indulging you all with plenty of stories and photos from my travels. So keep posted for the glory that is to come [...]
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