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  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, no restoration seems to be attempted.  Nevertheless at least some of the multistory mud brick apartment buildings are lived in and electrical wiring is strung along the street.  An Omani man in white dishdasha and embroidered traditional cap strides purposefully down the street.
    OMN200801--3699.jpg
  • Scenes in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah : approach tunnel, with painted Omani flag indicating walking route for tourists. Tourist with camera just visible in the shadows.
    Entrance to Misfah village, Oman
  • Ruins of Mtoni Palace, built by Sultan Seyyid Said to get  his Persian wife to move to Zanzibar.  Detail of attempted repair of its mud brick walls with modern concrete, which ruins the surface.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4347.jpg
  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, no restoration seems to be attempted.  An exception is the mosque with its vestigial "pillbox" minaret, carefully maintained. Minaret and doorframe are carefully and freshly painted in green, the Islamic holy color.
    Ibadhi Muslim mosque
  • Scene in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah : traditional homes and apartments still occupied and wired for electricity.  Utility pole festooned with parallel strands of electrical wires, casting shadows on the mud brick walls.  Early afternoon sun casting heavy angular shadows on the mud brick walls.
    Omani Mud brick village of Misfah
  • Sunlit alley between shadowed mud brick mansions, village of Al Hamra, Oman.  The homes have been abandoned but remain standing.  All are defensive with small slit windows set high in the facades, and crenellations on the flat roofs.
    Omani mud brick village of Al Hamra
  • Scenes in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah, where homes and apartments are still occupied.  Alley and electric pole wired with multiple electric wires leading off down the alley; windows of homes newly framed and plastered though walls are ancient.
    Omani mud brick village of Misfah
  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, and show some basic maintenance, little restoration seems to be attempted. Here a man wearing white dishdasha and red cap strides, arms swinging, down a street under a heavy electrical wire. Bright midday sun casts heavy shadows.
    Omani mud brick village of Al Hamra
  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, no restoration seems to be attempted.  Archaeological Tours lecturer Trevor archand speaks to a listening group, while one of the tourists focuses her camera.
    OMN200801--3693.jpg
  • Oman, Bahla Fort, under UNESCO-sponsored restoration.
    Oman_Bahla_OMN200801--3754.jpg
  • Oman, Bahla Fort, under UNESCO-sponsored restoration.
    Oman_Bahla-OMN200801--3750.jpg
  • Oman, Bahla Fort, undeer UNESCO-sponsored restoration.
    OMN200801--3750.jpg
  • Ruins of Mtoni Palace, built by Sultan Seyyid Said to get  his Persian wife to move to Zanzibar.  View of main entrance from the outside.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4363.jpg
  • Lecturer and guide Dr. Trevor Marchand, of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, [ SOAS ] explaining the history and architecture of the mud brick village of Al Hamra, Oman, to a group of tourists.   Most listen attentively; one woman focuses her camera elsewhere.  Ruined mud brick home at left, repaired mud brick multi story building in the background.
    tourists-Omani-village-OMN200801--36...jpg
  • Landscape of Oman, with grove of palm trees, mud brick and plaster dwellings in a village, red and white tower carrying high tension wires, backed by bare mountain slopes.
    Omani landscape
  • General view showing, in the foreground, agricultural land of planted fields, orchards, palm trees; then a river low in water; in the middle distance, a mud brick village, with mosque minaret; in the distance, bare hills rising toward the Atlas Mountains.  In the far distance, snow-capped peaks.
    Moroccan-farmland-Atlas-MOR200411_90...jpg
  • Oman, village of Al Mudayrib, a village of ancient mud brick houses kept in some repair and still occupied.  Pillb ox minaret with loudspeaker, palm tree, clear blue sky.
    OMN200801--3903.jpg
  • Landscape of Oman, with grove of palm trees, mud brick and plaster dwellings in a village, red and white tower carrying high tension wires, backed by mountain slopes.
    OMN200801--3708m.jpg
  • General view showing, in the foreground, agricultural land of planted fields, orchards, palm trees; in the middle distance, a mud brick village, with mosque minaret; in the distance, bare hills rising toward the Atlas Mountains.
    Moroccan_landscape_vertical_MOR20041...jpg
  • Oman, village of Al Mudayrib, a village of ancient mud brick houses kept in some repair and still occupied.  Close up of part of one falaj, showing water, branching, and reflection of trees and sky.  Automobile passes in the background of this ancient water system.
    Oman_falaj_OMN200801--3902.jpg
  • General landscape view showing, in the foreground, agricultural land of planted fields, orchards, palm trees; in the middle distance, a mud brick village, with mosque minaret; in the distance, bare hills rising toward the Atlas Mountains.
    Moroccan-rural-landscape-MOR200411_8...jpg
  • Oman, village of Al Mudayrib, a village of ancient mud brick houses kept in some repair and still occupied.  Falaj water allocation managed by small hand built dams and sluices.
    Oman_falaj_OMN200801--3905.jpg
  • Oman, village of Al Mudayrib, a village of ancient mud brick houses kept in some repair and still occupied.  Workman freshly painting and whitewashing a falaj sluice.
    Oman_OMN200801--3900.jpg
  • Rooftop view across part of the old section of Fez toward a newer section.  New concrete and cinder block structures sit atop ancient mud brick.  Everywhere growing radio and television antennae, and even a satellite dish.  Here and there laundry hung up.  One square minaret trimmed in green towers over all.
    Fes_rooftops_MOR200411_0543.jpg
  • Elderly woman spinning wool on a spindle hanging from her hands.  She sits on a mud brick ledge in the kasbah of Aid Benhaddou, self-consciously picturesque, in hopes of a tip.
    Old-woman-spinning-wool-Ksar_Ait_Ben...jpg
  • Casbah doorway, from inside through Islamic archway toward the courtyard outside.  Passageway is emphasized by deep shadows and bright sunlight in contrast.  The heavy door stands open. A TV / radio aerial is visible above the mud brick wall of the adjoining courtyard.  It represents a liminal space in which one has come from the inside and is about to enter the outside.
    Spiritual-journey_PS200411_0672.jpg
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