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![[Three Bedouin men, standing, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvdGhyZWUtYmVkb3Vpbi1tZW4tc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LTM4YTA3Zi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/345/jpg "[Three Bedouin men, standing, facing front]")
![Along the sea coast. Druse [i.e., Druze] women baking bread](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvYWxvbmctdGhlLXNlYS1jb2FzdC1kcnVzZS1pZS1kcnV6ZS13b21lbi1iYWtpbmctYnJlYWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Along the sea coast. Druse [i.e., Druze] women baking bread")
![Mutgal Pasha's sons Sheik Akif[?] & Mahshur [near Madeba]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDAvMDEvMDEvbXV0Z2FsLXBhc2hhcy1zb25zLXNoZWlrLWFraWYtYW5kLW1haHNodXItbmVhci1tYWRlYmEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "Mutgal Pasha's sons Sheik Akif[?] & Mahshur [near Madeba]")
![[Back of man, leaning forward] - Public domain dedication image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODUvMDEvMDEvYmFjay1vZi1tYW4tbGVhbmluZy1mb3J3YXJkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Back of man, leaning forward] - Public domain dedication image")
![[Three-quarter length portrait of man, seated, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTEvdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbWFuLXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtYmE0Mzg2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Three-quarter length portrait of man, seated, facing front]")
![[Unidentified portrait of a man, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXBvcnRyYWl0LW9mLWEtbWFuLWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC00MzM1OGItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Unidentified portrait of a man, facing front]")
![[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzAvMDEvMDEvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYS1tYW4tc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front]")
![[Three-quarter length portrait of a man, seated, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYS1tYW4tc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC1hN2ZlZmYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Three-quarter length portrait of a man, seated, facing front]")
![[Two men standing on a rug, in front of yurt]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvdHdvLW1lbi1zdGFuZGluZy1vbi1hLXJ1Zy1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi15dXJ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "[Two men standing on a rug, in front of yurt]")
