A tender moment is shared by a three-day old infant, eyebrows painted child and her mother. They camp with their Bedouin tribe in North Yemen near Main, known as Qarnaw when it was the capital of the Minaeans …
The facial veil and head covering worn by a woman on the beach at Jiddah contrast with youngsters' colorful dresses. Girls and boys are raised together until about age seven in Saudi Arabia. Most girls start wearing veil at puberty.
Doctor examines a newborn (boy) at an Airbase Military Hospital in Dhahran.
Motorized nomads.... the Bedouin bands near Riyadh .. may swap their camels for pickup trucks.. but prefer desert life to a house in town.... :~)
A designer veil sports the logo of Yves St. Laurent (YSL).... Most accept the veil for privacy and protection from male harassment ... not as a symbol of oppression... and cling to a tradition that defies Western understanding....
The Islamic republic (in Maldives) .... is home to a hard working women ..
Tucking loaves ... of French bread underarm... a boy accompanies his mother and aunt in Tinguent ... Mauritania ..
The family of this Tuareg woman... from Chad ... once roamed the Sahel with hundreds of cattle.... Drought ended their nomadic life.... condemning them to a stingy plot of soil... :~(
Chaste beauty... captured in the gaze of this villager in Rissani... Morocco :~)
hmm…nice thread :k:
thx for sharin’…
Pakistani bride at her wedding in traditional ... and cultural dress ..
Beguiling reflection of her desert Rajput ancestors is this Muslim bride of Pakistan .. :~)
One of my Favorite Picture :~)
Butterflies on the wind!! two young girls in flowing gowns ... bought for the Eid al-Fitr festivals ... spend a holiday hour soaring in the wind :~)
isn't it cute :~)
Pakistani women get the hands painted with 'Henna' for Eid-ul-Fitr in Lahore... :~)
On the other hand Kashmiri women are busy praying for there freedom ..
Designs in glazed tile transformed the Friday Mosque in Herat .. Afghanistan ... into a shimmering paradise as a woman in full Islamic attire passes by ...
who else can be rough and tough like Afghan women ...
An afghan monaliza .. but I rate her smile 100 times better than the original one :~)
very nice:..thanx for sharing:)
Very beautiful and very interesting collection, NaasPeeta, thank you. Wonderful idea.