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deema (left) explains her ‘madeenah’ city walks to an attentive huda, laila and farah at zeri crafts
in the zeri crafts front garden. sitting left to right: rabaa, sarah, shoag, huda, laila, farah. standing left to right: matt, farah, deema, georgia and me
the cushions i ordered from zeri crafts are here! and a painting laila commissioned me to do
later on, mubarakiya souq with the ducklings
xixi in front of this ‘kiosk’ dedicated to our emir
they are kings of the world. and he is someone we don’t know
broom hildas yasmeen and tarek. and cheeky xixi
the king and me outside bait ahmed. the king is sitting in a brass chair
while yousef settles into a more practical bench with traditional sadu cushions
some tasty delights inside bait ahmad
and this man! imagine how lucky i felt to see artist jaafar islah having his tea and cake at the bait ahmad cafe
and back to the riff raff. omar, khaled and yousef chat among a dhow, chest and some ersatz swords
i love everything here. but i buy nothing. i’m like that when i’m overwhelmed with goodies
later on food! by the time we found a restaurant with a free table for nine it was almost four. we were starving
khaled devours a skewer of cow meat
the bread was scrumptious
the things the table said
and finally a group shot. i left the picture the way the waiter took it. no straightening, no cropping, just the photo of a not-so-charming man. but we broke him and ended up having a great laugh with the guy. hooray!