august 2007
i don't usually post pictures of camels. but this is a lot of camels.
my video of it would be cool for a chemical brothers single.
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the medieval fort in bayt alfqih.
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no one had been inside the fort for ages. there were bats living inside. so many, in fact, that you could pick up dried bats off of the ground.
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in the bayt alfqih friday suq. each of these chicks is dyed a different color so you know what species you are buying. see my michel gondri style video here.
abdu rahman and ali at perhaps the world's oldest college, in zubid.
i think george makdisi wrote an article about the early development of colleges and universities in the islamic world.
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7th century mosque in zubid. from the time of the prophet.
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a cinema in zubid.
the sign on the front door says "entering with weapons is forbidden." talk about rated R!
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hodayda at sunset.
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