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(Notes for the Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah)Archive for One Hour Photo
Camel Beauty Contest — مسابقات جمال الجمل
Pageantry in the desert.
Camel beauty contest.
Al Dhafra Camel Festival, Medinat Zayed, UAE
Twenty Tweleven
High points.
Overlooking the UAE-Oman Border and the Hajar mountains.
Jabel Hafeet, UAE
December in Abu Dhabi: Santa in the Sand — ديسمبر في أبو ظبي : سانتا في الرمال
Around (everyone else’s) Christmas time, the UAE is stil tropical, still desert. But of course, Santa still comes to visit (admittedly from the Philippines).
Top: December sunset
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Middle: The road past Liwa to Mureeb
Western Regions, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Bottom: A visitor tells Santa that she just wants a picture with him for Christmas.
Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE
NEWS: An Immensely Important Discovery
Last weekend I went as far into Iran as an American passport would allow me. The week before, I left burning tires in Bahrain to traipse around northern Iraq looking for kebab and Neandertal bones. But from all this searching, I have found nothing quite as miraculous as what I witnessed last night. The most important discovery of this November — nay, of this entire year — is this:
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DID ANYONE KNOW THIS IS WHAT BRUSSELS SPROUTS GROW ON??
It’s like a billy club designed by a vegan caveman.
Amazing. Happy Thanksgiving.