“I’m an old pearl diver. This last week, Friday, I was in the sea diving. From when I am 15 years old up to now, I am a pearl diver and bodybuilder.” The store owner motions to a framed ...
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Seventy years ago, Saad Ismail Al Jassim used to free dive 40 feet (13 meters) deep into the waters of the Persian Gulf, holding his breath to comb the seabed for oysters in the ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Pearl diving music is in Juma Al Jneibi’s blood. Men in his family have sung and clapped in the quintessential polyrhythms of fijiri—or Arab sea ...