Full length portrait of Ali ...

Full length portrait of Ali ...Full length portrait of Ali, a young Iranian sailor, on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. A twelve year old sailor sits on a poop rail beside a tall post on a dhow. He wears a wraparound skirt, a waistcoat over his T shirt, and has a ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head. Wooden poles, a trunk and a rolled up carpet lie at his feet. Behind him the sea is a vast expanse of gentle waves. This image was

Full length portrait of Ali, a young Iranian sailor, on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. A twelve-year-old sailor sits on a poop rail beside a tall post on a dhow. He wears a wraparound skirt, a waistcoat over his T-shirt, and has a ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head. Wooden poles, a trunk and a rolled up carpet lie at his feet. Behind him the sea is a vast expanse of gentle waves. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18-28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island.

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