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| Bab ash-Shabariq |
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| Bab as-Shibam |
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| Sheesha tobacco seller |
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| Souq outside Bab as-Shibam |
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| Sheesha hut |
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| Kid on the ruins |
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| Intricately carved wooden ceiling |
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| Interior of a renovated traditional tower house |
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| Stained-glass windows |
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| There are a total of 86 mosques like this in Zabid (one for every 10 houses) |
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| Prayers hall in Al Jami'a Mosque (Friday Mosque) |
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| Another refurbished traditional tower house |
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| Bab an-Nakhl |
Note: Historic town of Zabid is one of the
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Cultural Site) inscribed in 1992 but was subsequently inscribed on the
List of World Heritage in Danger.
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