arab dhows
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| Silhouette with furled sails Ref:MKADC87 |  |
| The great sail rises Ref:MKADC88 |  |
| Halyard purchase block Ref:MKADC89 |  |
| Nahoda and scimitar sail Ref:MKADC90 |  |
| Sailors on the rigging Ref:MKADC91 |  |
| Praying towards Mecca Ref:MKADC92 |  |
| Small figure, large sail Ref:MKADC93 |  |
| Beached dhow, Mombasa Ref:MKADC94 |  |
| At sea, high in the water Ref:MKADC95 |  |
| In a heaving sea Ref:MKADC96 |  |
| Wind-filled sail, a calm sea Ref:MKADC97 |  |
| Twilight of the Arab dhow Ref:MKADC98 |  |
| Great stempost of a large dhow--its sailing days are sadly over Ref:MKADC463 |  |
| Dubai creek, or khor, was a modest place in 1973 Ref:MKADC458 |  |
| Humble buildings marked the Dubai creek in 1973 Ref:MKADC459 |  |
| A spectacular number of dhows filled the Dubai creek in 1973--as they still do, without sails, more than thirty years later Ref:MKADC460 |  |
| Dubai creek, 1973--dhows in vast numbers, many still with sails, were a magnificent sight Ref:MKADC461 |  |
| The view out to sea from the Dubai creek in 1973; today wooden craft lack rigging and sails Ref:MKADC462 |  |