• Old men on a bench are Bahraini men discussing daily matters in one of Muharraq’s coffee shops, 1960s. Courtesy National Center for Documentation and Research.
    Old men on a bench are Bahraini men discussing daily matters in one of Muharraq’s coffee shops, 1960s. Courtesy National Center for Documentation and Research.
  • A carpets souq in Kuwait dating back to 1950.
    A carpets souq in Kuwait dating back to 1950.
  • A photo by the traveller Hermann Burchardt of tribesmen pausing for a coffee break in the desert between Hufuf and Qatar in 1904.
    A photo by the traveller Hermann Burchardt of tribesmen pausing for a coffee break in the desert between Hufuf and Qatar in 1904.
  • A guard peers through an opening in the gate of Qasr Al Hosn in 1960.
    A guard peers through an opening in the gate of Qasr Al Hosn in 1960.
  • A caravan of camels and bedouin families in Asab in about 1960 where a mother is seen on top of a camel with her child in her lap partially hidden in a ‘bsht’ cloak.
    A caravan of camels and bedouin families in Asab in about 1960 where a mother is seen on top of a camel with her child in her lap partially hidden in a ‘bsht’ cloak.
  • Members of the Duru tribe.
    Members of the Duru tribe.
  • A Sheikh from the Hamdan tribe dancing with khanajeer in 1952.
    A Sheikh from the Hamdan tribe dancing with khanajeer in 1952.

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