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Salalah old house
Sunset at Mughsail
Mirbat harbor
Job's tomb
Frankincense tree
Khor rouri
Mirbat fort
Bananas & coconuts
Traditional doors
Beach football
Women of Hasik
Abalone
Hasik street
Hud's tomb
Fishing boats
Oleander
Wadi Bani Khaled
Mosque Jabrin
Old man
Jabrin fenestration
Old Port
Bilad fort
Sunaysilah fort interior battlements
Sur seascape with minarets
Flag of Oman
Sunset
Bedouin kids
Birkat al-mawz
Door carving
Flamingoes
Jalan Bani Bu Ali fort

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Abalone

Abalone

Arabian Sea coast, Dhofar

This sea creature drying in the sun in an Arabian Sea fishing village is a rare commodity. Abalone, or ‘sufela’ in the local parlance, is currently sold in the market for approximately 70 Omani riyals a kilo which amounts to about $210.

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