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Photo: Matrah in the Gulf of Oman
Photo: Matrah in the Gulf of Oman
Photo: A woman displays her lailat al henna
Photo: Veiled Bedouin woman
Photo: Camel race outside Muscat
Photo: Bedouin men care for their camels
Photo: Rugmaker in Wadi Ghul
Photo: Fresh tuna for the market in Sur, Oman
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Glittering crescent on the Gulf of Oman, Matrah beckons west of Muscat, the capital. Most places are now reachable by motor vehicle; as recently as 1970 the nation had only six miles [9.7 km] of paved road.

—From “Oman,” May 1995, National Geographic magazine
Photograph by James L. Stanfield

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