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Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26361]
'Man with jambiya.'

	As most men in Yemen, this villager of Sna (south of Sana) wears a jambiya, a ceremonial dagger which is a symbol af manly pride. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26366]
'Man with jambiya.'

	Most men in Yemen carry a jambiya, a ceremonial dagger which is a symbol af manly pride. Usually a rosary is strapped around the scabbard of the weapon. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26358]
'Villagers of Sna.'

	The sheikh (mayor) of Sna village (south of the capital Sana) poses together with his wife. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26488
'Farmer with plow.'

	In the mountains near Al-Mahwit, a town 65 km west of Sana, a farmer carries a plow to his fields. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26425
'Garden in Harat At-Tawash quarter.'

	In Sana each city quarter (harat) has its own city garden (bustan). As the gardens are mostly situated in the vicinity of mosques, the radishes, onions and fruit trees in the bustan are irrigated with water from the same wells that supply the ritual washing basins of the mosques. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26463
'Dark sky above Sana .'

	The two white minarets (on the right) of Sana's Big Mosque catch the rays of a late afternoon sun while a thunderstorm is descending on the city from the east. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26302]
'Al Jebel.'

	The tower houses and white mosque of Al Jebel village are centered around a water cistern. The village lies in the Jebel Haras mountains south of Manakha. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26311]
'Kahel village.'

	The tower houses of Kahel village sit on a craggy rock pedestal in the Jebel Haras mountains south of Manakha. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26502
'Kawkaban in last sunlight.'

	The fortified town of Kawkaban catches the last rays of the setting sun. It is perched on the edge of a desolate plateau, 35 km west of Sana. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[YEMEN.NORTH 26361]
'Man with jambiya.'

As most men in Yemen, this villager of Sna (south of Sana) wears a jambiya, a ceremonial dagger which is a symbol af manly pride. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Smit & Palarczyk > [YEMEN.NORTH 26361]
'Man with jambiya.'

	As most men in Yemen, this villager of Sna (south of Sana) wears a jambiya, a ceremonial dagger which is a symbol af manly pride. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[YEMEN.NORTH 26361]
'Man with jambiya.'

As most men in Yemen, this villager of Sna (south of Sana) wears a jambiya, a ceremonial dagger which is a symbol af manly pride. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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