The Arabian Peninsula and Arab world in photos

[al-Hasani]

Morocco:


le ziz par ezzahid hamid, sur Flickr

Cataratas de Ouzoud par juanmerkader, sur Flickr

 

[al-Hasani]

Morocco:

 

[al-Hasani]

Morocco:

 

[al-Hasani]

Morocco:

 

[al-Hasani]

Morocco:

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

Great initiative @al-Hasani.

 

[al-Hasani]

Great initiative @al-Hasani.

You are very welcome. I hope that you liked it. Despite being home to some of the oldest civilizations on earth (if not the oldest) and being very diverse and obviously big the Arab world can often appear as a mysterious and misunderstood part of the world. Threads like these should change such misperceptions and they for once also have nothing to do with either politics or religion. At least should not. On PDF I have witnessed many ignorants when it comes to the Arab world. Unfortunately the region is also badly hit by wars and instability as of now and for some time now. Parts of it. Of course not all Arab countries.

Morocco:

Koutoubia Mosque contrast par James Morley Photography, sur Flickr

Lebanon:


K A M O U A A by Khaled Merheb, on Flickr

Oman:

Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Musqat, Oman by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

Jabrin fort, Oman by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

Jebel Samhan, Oman by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

Sur, Oman by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

 

[al-Hasani]

Oman:

In Sur, Oman by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Musqat, Oman by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

Greetings from Oman ! by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

UAE:

Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah with Burj al Arab by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

Dubai alive and kicking ! by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

Happy Friday ! / Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi by Frans.Sellies, on Flickr

 

[al-Hasani]

Saudi Arabia:

Green Desert - Explore by TARIQ-M, on Flickr

Twister in desert - Explore by TARIQ-M, on Flickr

DSC_0325 by AbuOmar1, on Flickr

ABHA by Queen333"آذڪروآ آلله, on Flickr

Architecture HDR-Explore Front Page by TARIQ-M, on Flickr

Le Lagon bleu (sans Brooke Shields) by Délirante bestiole [la poésie des goupils], on Flickr

 

[al-Hasani]

Yemen:

the beautiful beach in Socotra Island, Yemen by pam pampam, on Flickr

traditional village to Wadi Dawan-Hadhramaut-yemen-حضرموت by anthony pappone photography, on Flickr

Yemen, Wadi Hadhramaut by richard.mcmanus., on Flickr

village of mud-brick houses in wadi doan-Hadramawt, Yemen by anthony pappone photography, on Flickr

canyons with palm trees and mud-brick houses in the wadi Doan, tribal region of Hadramawt, Yemen by anthony pappone photography, on Flickr

Hadhramawt has a several million big diaspora within the Arab world (ancient one as well as newer one) all the way to the Swahili Coast and South East Asia (Indonesia and Malaysia) where many of the million people of Arab ancestry have ancestral ties to Hadhramawt. It's overall a very successful diaspora and one of the most travelled diaspora that you can find.

Brother, this thread might interest you a great deal. I made it after petitions from several users but did not update it for 7 months (from October last year until a few days ago).

@AUz

 

[Zarvan]

@al-Hasani post picture of people not just places off all these countries please post as many picture of people as you can

 

[al-Hasani]

@al-Hasani post picture of people not just places off all these countries please post as many picture of people as you can

Well, that will be included as well. But it's not the main purpose of this thread mind you. Let us take Yemen since I was posting photos from there.

Yemen:

wadi doan by anthony pappone photography, on Flickr

Yemeni Angels by Marwan AlThagafy (مروان الثقفي), on Flickr

Veiled girl eating in Sanaa - Yemen by Eric Lafforgue, on Flickr



Be Respectful, Dress Locally, Yemen by Rod Waddington, on Flickr

Traditional Yemeni Girl by Rod Waddington, on Flickr

I want to look like this everyday. #yemen #yemeni #Saudi #sanaa #iraqi #islam #muslim by fawziyahya, on Flickr

Green Shawl at the Grand Mosque - Sana'a, Yemen by M. Khatib, on Flickr

Old Worshipper at the Grand Mosque - Sana'a, Yemen by M. Khatib, on Flickr

Yemen has a extremely rich heritage when it comes to traditional clothing and folklore in general. It would require too many posts to show the regional differences when it comes to traditional clothing. I once made a thread about traditional clothing in the Arab world which was of significant interest but I have not updated it for 1 year or so by now.

Anyway I will try to include more people in the future.

 

[Zarvan]

Well, that will be included as well. But it's not the main purpose of this thread mind you. Let us take Yemen since I was posting photos from there.

Yemen:

wadi doan by anthony pappone photography, on Flickr

Yemeni Angels by Marwan AlThagafy (مروان الثقفي), on Flickr

Veiled girl eating in Sanaa - Yemen by Eric Lafforgue, on Flickr



Be Respectful, Dress Locally, Yemen by Rod Waddington, on Flickr

Traditional Yemeni Girl by Rod Waddington, on Flickr

I want to look like this everyday. #yemen #yemeni #Saudi #sanaa #iraqi #islam #muslim by fawziyahya, on Flickr

Green Shawl at the Grand Mosque - Sana'a, Yemen by M. Khatib, on Flickr

Old Worshipper at the Grand Mosque - Sana'a, Yemen by M. Khatib, on Flickr

Yemen has a extremely rich heritage when it comes to traditional clothing and folklore in general. It would require too many posts to show the regional differences when it comes to traditional clothing. I once made a thread about traditional clothing in the Arab world which was of significant interest but I have not updated it for 1 year or so by now.

Anyway I will try to include more people in the future.

Nice specially people reading Quran Man Yemenis publish really large size Qurans

 

[al-Hasani]

Nice specially people reading Quran Man Yemenis publish really large size Qurans

Those are ancient copies of the Noble Qur'an as you can see. Normally they are not of that size. They are very impressive though.

One of the oldest Qur'anic manuscripts if not the oldest was discovered in the ancient Grand Mosque of Sana'a in 1972. Tests have dated it back to 671 with a 99% accuracy. Sana'a itself is one of the very oldest cities on the planet.

Sana'a manuscript - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Algeria:

 

[al-Hasani]

Tunisia:

_MG_0310_DxO by César Marques, on Flickr

P9022208 by César Marques, on Flickr

Kairouan great mosque by Hashima Hanuschka, on Flickr

IMG_0531e by wowhannahwow, on Flickr

Mosque, Nefta, Tunisia مسجد في نفطة, تونس by maykal, on Flickr