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A boy ties his turban against the wind in Chinguetti, one of Islam's holiest cities. Famed for its Koranic libraries and distinctive mosque, Chinguetti was an ancient trading post in the middle of the Sahara now being swallowed by the sands
Author: ©Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 1.7 Mpixels (4.81 MB uncompressed) - 1600x1050 pixels (5.3x3.5 in / 13.5x8.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Africa, arab, Background, Chinguetti, desert, dress, dry, dust, heat, hot, howli, islam, Mauritania, Mauritanian, Mauritiania, muslim, Sahara, sand, scarf, shadow, staircase, Texture, travel
Published in: The Wind and the City