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On camels

September 4, 2011Animals, camels, Orientalism, Photography, Travel, Yementabsir


In a previous post I published photographs from a book by Samuel Zwemer, an American missionary who spent several years in Yemen and other parts of Arabia. His Zigzag Journeys in the Camel Country, written with his daughter Amy, is an entertaining read. Not surprisingly they dwell at length on camels…





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