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Photo: Rugmaker in Wadi Ghul
Photo: Rugmaker in Wadi Ghul
Photo: A woman displays her lailat al henna
Photo: Matrah in the Gulf of Oman
Photo: Veiled Bedouin woman
Photo: Camel race outside Muscat
Photo: Bedouin men care for their camels
Photo: Fresh tuna for the market in Sur, Oman
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Nimble fingers of a rugmaker dance over his loom in Wadi Ghul, a center of traditional weaving. With many rugmakers growing old, government-sponsored weaving centers strive to preserve the craft.

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

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