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FEATURE (Category: Asia | Yemen | all seasons | cultural-historical | deserts | mountains)
Yemen, an Arabian fairy-tal
Yemen, an Arabian fairy-tal
Yemen is an undiscovered pearl which lies hidden in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It has spectacular mountain scenery, green oasis and windswept rocky deserts. It's cultural treasures are just as divers: from intricately decorated villages, medieval souqs and sumptuous palaces to ancient mud-built skyscrapers occupied by black-robed witches.
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'Water cistern in Hajjara.'
Near Hajjara, a village in the Jebel Haras mountains southwest of Manakha, a flight of stairs leads down to a cistern which supplies the villagers with water. The cistern receives its water from the rain. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26273]
'Water cistern in Hajjara.'
Near Hajjara, a village in the Jebel Haras mountains southwest of Manakha, a flight of stairs leads down to a cistern which supplies the villagers with water. The cistern receives its water from the rain. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
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'Peaks in the fog.'
Evening fog closes in on the craggy peaks which tower above Manakha, a small town in the Jebel Haras mountains southwest of Manakha. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Peaks in the fog.'
Evening fog closes in on the craggy peaks which tower above Manakha, a small town in the Jebel Haras mountains southwest of Manakha. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'Peaks in the fog.'
Evening fog closes in on the craggy peaks which tower above Manakha, a small town in the Jebel Haras mountains southwest of Manakha. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'Peaks in the fog.'
Evening fog closes in on the craggy peaks which tower above Manakha, a small town in the Jebel Haras mountains southwest of Manakha. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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