[oman-l] 1950's photos?

[Craig McL. Wallace]

Joachim,
Thanks for your full response, especially concerning the 
Qara/?Jibbali tribespeople.
What is the current view on their origins/culture etc, and are they 
still a distinct group in today's Oman?
I'd love to see some photos of them, but little chance while I'm 
here in isolated New Zealand (probably about as isolated from the 
Middle East as they were at the time of Jan Morris' trip!).
> Date:    
      Tue, 13 Jan 1998 17:49:31 -0500
> From:          Joachim Duester <oman@compuserve.com>
> Subject:       [oman-l] 1950's photos?
> To:            Oman-l <oman-l@oman.org>
> Reply-to:      Oman-l <oman-l@oman.org>

> James (later Jan) Morris' "Sultan in Oman" original 
> 1957 Faber & Faber edition has one coloured frontispiece 
> and 23 b/w photographs (none of the depicting Qara 
> tribesmen, though). The simultaneously published 
> American edition (New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1957) 
> has only 8 of these photographs. The German edition 
> (Muenchen: Sueddeutscher Verlag, 1957) has some more 
> photos than the Faber edition, but also non of the Jibbalis.
> The reprints by Century Publishing (London 1983, again repr. 
> 1986) and by Arrow Books (London 1990) not only lack the 
> original photographs but are also --abridged-- versions (can 
> anyone tell me why ???).
> 
> BTW, James Morris' "The market of Seleukia" (1957) also has a
> chapter on Dhofar (chapt. 23, pp. 213-220).
> 
> Photographs of Jibbali tribesmen can be found in various 
> publications on Oman. The most recent example is an 
> article "The Jibalis of southern Oman [ sic! how can one 
> call Dhofar 'southern Oman' ?? ]: Arabia's wildest tribe" by 
> Frank Gardner in the monthly magazine "The Middle East", 
> No. 274 (January 1998), pp. 38-39, with two col. photos. 
> 
> Joachim Duester
> http://www.oman.org
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> 
> 
Craig McL. Wallace
M. Ed Admin (ELT)(Adelaide), Dip SLT(ESOL), Dip. Tchg 
LTCL(TEFL)(Lond), B.A.