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  • Faith D'Aluisio, one of the authors of the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets, weighs the food items consumed by Saleh Abdul Fadlallah at Birqash Camel Market, outside Cairo, Egypt. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Travelers at the Cairo Train Station on Ramses Square in Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Faith D'Aluisio, one of the authors of the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets, weighs the food items consumed by Saleh Abdul Fadlallah at Birqash Camel Market, outside Cairo, Egypt. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)  Contrary to popular belief, camels’ humps don’t store water; they are a reservoir of fatty tissue that minimizes heat-trapping insulation in the rest of their bodies; the dromedary, or Arabian camel, has a single hump, while Asian camels have two. Camels are well suited for desert climes: their long legs and huge, two-toed feet with leathery pads enable them to walk easily in sand, and their eyelids, nostrils, and thick coat protect them from heat and blowing sand. These characteristics, along with their ability to eat thorny vegetation and derive sufficient moisture from tough green herbage, allow camels to survive in very inhospitable terrain.
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  • A busy street near Ramses Square in Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Worshipers say their prayers in a building in Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Visitors view artifacts  the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Rabbits are displayed for sale in tentmakers street and market area, Cairo, Egypt.
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  • A woman and children shop for bread at a local bakery in Cairo.
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  • A camel riding guide looking for clients near the pyramids at Giza, outside Cairo, Egypt.
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  • The Crown Prince of Kuwait visiting the oil well fires for the first time in May which were set immediately after the end of the Gulf War. The royal family fled and when they returned they finally went out to see what all the smoke was about in the burning Magwa oil fields near Ahmadi, Kuwait. More than 700 wells were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops creating the largest man-made environmental disaster in history.
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  • Kuwait Towers, Kuwait City, Kuwait. From the government website: One of Kuwait's most famous landmarks, the Kuwait Towers are situated on Arabian Gulf Street on a promontory to the east of the City centre in Dasman. The uppermost sphere of the largest tower (which is 187 meters high) has a revolving observation area and a restaurant with access by high speed lifts. The entrance fee is 350 fils per person, or free if lunch or dinner has been reserved. Cameras with zoom lens are forbidden. The middle tower contains 1 million gallons of water.? (Source information comes from: www.kuwait-info.com). (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.).
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  • Bedouin herders keep an eye on camels grazing on new grass from recent rain in front of a raging oil well fire being worked on by Boots and Coots, in Iraq's Rumaila Oil Field. The Rumaila field is one of Iraq's biggest with 5 billion barrels in reserve. Many of the wells are 10,000 feet deep and produce huge volumes of oil and gas under tremendous pressure, which makes capping them very difficult and dangerous. Rumaila is also spelled Rumeilah.
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  • Camels from Somalia stiffly walk down the ramp from a truck at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah works. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Domesticated since 2000 BC, camels are used less as beasts of burden now, and more for their meat. Because they can run up to 40 miles per hour for short bursts, dealers hobble one leg when they are unloaded at the Birqash market, forcing them to hop around on just three legs. They are marked with painted symbols to make them easier for buyers and sellers to identify. Both brokers and camels have a reputation for being surly, and the brokers don't hesitate to flail the camels with their long sticks to maintain their dominance.
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  • Kuwaitis on the Road to the Manageesh Oil Fields near the Saudi border, attempt to fix a trailer in a sandstorm. More than 700 wells were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops creating the largest man-made environmental disaster in history.
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  • The Crown Prince of Kuwait visiting the oil well fires for the first time in May which were set immediately after the end of the Gulf War. The royal family fled and when they returned they finally went out to see the burning Magwa oil fields near Ahmadi, Kuwait. More than 700 wells were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops creating the largest man-made environmental disaster in history.
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  • Monument to Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah on Arabian Gulf Street. The plaque below says that Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah was assassinated by the Iraqi invading troops in this car on Thursday the 2nd of August, 1990, while defending his country and principles. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.).
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  • One of several hundred camels grazing in the Rumaila Oil Field of Southern Iraq walks in front of a burning oil well being fought by the Kuwaiti Wild Well Killers, a division of the Kuwait Oil Company. The Rumaila field is one of Iraqs biggest oil fields with five billion barrels in reserve. Many of the wells are 10,000 feet deep and produce huge volumes of oil and gas under tremendous pressure, which makes capping them very difficult and dangerous. Rumaila is also spelled Rumeilah.. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.).
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  • Aisa Bou Yabes, head of the Kuwait Oil Company firefighting team dispatched to southern Iraq to extinguish oil well fires in Rumaila oilfield. Seven or eight of the oil wells were set on fire by retreating Iraqi troops when the US and UK invasion began. The Rumaila field is one of Iraq's biggest oil fields with five billion barrels in reserve. Rumaila is also spelled Rumeilah.
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  • Truck drivers enjoy a mid-morning meal of sheep meat, potato, onion, tomato, and flat bread in a rustic restaurant stall at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where Saleh Abdul Fadlallah works as a broker. (Abdul Fadlallah is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah with his day's worth of food at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day's worth of food on a typical day in the month of April was 3200 kcals.  He is 40 years of age; 5 feet, 8 inches tall; and 165 pounds. Contrary to popular belief, camels' humps don't store water; they are a reservoir of fatty tissue that minimizes the need for heat-trapping insulation in the rest of their bodies; the dromedary, or Arabian camel, has a single hump, while Asian camels have two. Camels are well suited for desert climes: their long legs and huge, two-toed feet with leathery pads enable them to walk easily in sand, and their eyelids, nostrils, and thick coat protect them from heat and blowing sand. These characteristics, along with their ability to eat thorny vegetation and derive sufficient moisture from tough green herbage, allow camels to survive in very inhospitable terrain. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Bedouin camel herders and their flock with an oil well fire blazing in the background.  Hundreds of camels graze around the fire in the Rumaila field being worked on by Boots and Coots. The Rumaila field is one of Iraq's biggest oil fields with five billion barrels in reserve. Many of the wells are 10,000 feet deep and produce huge volumes of oil and gas under tremendous pressure, which makes capping them very difficult and dangerous. Rumaila is also spelled Rumeilah.
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  • Bedouin camel herders at Rumaila oil field in southern Iraq. The Rumaila field is one of Iraq's biggest oil fields with five billion barrels in reserve. Many of the wells are 10,000 feet deep and produce huge volumes of oil and gas under tremendous pressure, which makes capping them very difficult and dangerous. Rumaila is also spelled Rumeilah.
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  • Aisa Bou Yabes, head of the Kuwait Oil Company firefighting team dispatched to southern Iraq inspects damage to oil well heads in Iraq's Rumaila field. He is holding a wire used by retreating Iraqi troops to detonate explosives and set this oil well on fire in the southern Iraq Rumaila oil field. The wells were set on fire when the US and UK invasion began. Seven or 8 wells were set ablaze but at least one other was detonated but did not ignite. The Rumaila field is one of Iraq's biggest with five billion barrels in reserve. Rumaila is also spelled Rumeilah.
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  • A camel riding guide looking for clients near the pyramids at Giza, outside Cairo, Egypt.
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  • Kuwait Towers, Kuwait City, Kuwait. From the government website: One of Kuwait's most famous landmarks, the Kuwait Towers are situated on Arabian Gulf Street on a promontory to the east of the City centre in Dasman. The uppermost sphere of the largest tower (which is 187 meters high) has a revolving observation area and a restaurant with access by high speed lifts. The entrance fee is 350 fils per person, or free if lunch or dinner has been reserved. Cameras with zoom lens are forbidden. The middle tower contains 1 million gallons of water.? (Source information comes from: www.kuwait-info.com). (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.).
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  • A Bedouin herder watches several hundred camels grazing in the Rumaila Oil Field of Southern Iraq walks in front of a burning oil well being fought by the Kuwaiti Wild Well Killers, a division of the Kuwait Oil Company. The Rumaila field is one of Iraq's biggest oil fields with five billion barrels in reserve. Rumaila is also spelled Rumeilah.
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  • A family in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has a typical lunch of rice, chicken, olives, and salad on the floor of the dining room of their new house just outside the city in a subdivision of large homes. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.).
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  • A family in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has a typical lunch of rice, chicken, olives, and salad on the floor of the dining room of their new house just outside the city in a subdivision of large homes. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.).
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  • The family of Abdul Azziz's brother picks qat outside Sanaa, Yemen. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
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  • A vendor of kitchen wares attends to customers in the old souk market in Sanaa, Yemen.
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  • Yemeni men relax at a qat chewing session in a private home in Sanaa, Yemen. They also smoke tobacco in a hookah, eat sweets, and drink water while they chew and talk for hours.
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  • Traditional knife seller Bashir Sabana pours himself a glass of tea while smoking a cigarette at his home in Sanaa, Yemen.   (Bashir Sabana is one of the people interviewed for the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Fresh leaves of the much sought after qat at a house in Sanaa, Yemen. The men in the background were gathered for a Thursday afternoon qat chewing session.   Qat chewing is a favorite pastime among many Yemenis.
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  • A girl leans on a qat tree in a qat orchard near the city of Sanaa, Yemen. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
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  • Children stand in a qat orchard near the Rock Palace outside Sanaa, Yemen. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
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  • Qat sellers make transactions and count money from their day's sales at a qat market near Rock Palace, near Sanaa, Yemen.
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  • A vendor at his vegetable and fruit market stall at Al-Hawta souk, Hadhramawt, Yemen.
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  • Workers make mud bricks near Al-Hawta, near Shibam, Hadhramawt, Yemen.
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  • A man milks a goat in a backyard in the town of Shibam, Hadhramawt, Yemen. Shibam is a World Heritage Site. The old walled city with it's talk mud brick buildings has been called 'the Manhattan of the desert".
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  • A policeman examines a bag of at qat before buying from a vendor at the qat market in souk of BinAifan, Wadi Do'an, Hadhramawt, Yemen.
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  • A man sells qat leaves in the souk of BinAifan, Wadi Do'an, Hadhramawt, Yemen.
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  • A woman tends to her goats before milking them in the town of Shibam, Hadhramawt, Yemen. Shibam is a World Heritage Site. The old walled city with it's talk mud brick buildings has been called 'the Manhattan of the desert".
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  • A woman dressed in a black abaya and shielded from the sun in a wide-brimmed straw hat called a nakhl, herds goats near Shibam on the edge of the Arabian Peninsula's Rub al Khali, or Empty Quarter. This section of desert holds the world's largest stretch of sand. Hadhramawt, Yemen
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  • Customers shop at the souk in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen.
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  • Traditional knife seller Bashir Sabana enjoys a noon day meal with family members at his home in Sanaa, Yemen. (Bashir Sabana is one of the people interviewed for the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • A traditional dagger seller sews a belt used for fastening the jambiya around the waist at his market stall in Sanaa, Yemen.
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  • A Yemeni man wears a jambiya (traditional dagger) on his waist in Sanaa, Yemen.
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  • Bashir Sabana's father, in traditional clothing, smokes a cigarette and sits with his hookah in front of him at his market stall in Sanaa, Yemen.  (Bashir Sabana is among the people interviewed for the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Bashir Sabana, a traditional dagger seller, sits at his market stall in Sanaa, Yemen. (Bashir Sabana is among the people interviewed for the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Yemeni men relax at a qat chewing session in a private home in Sanaa, Yemen. They also smoke tobacco in a hookah, eat sweets, and drink water while they chew and talk for hours.
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  • A man chews qat at an afternoon qat chewing session at Karim's house in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Qat chewing is a popular diversion for many Yemenis.
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  • Ahmed Ahmed Swaid, a qat merchant, sits on a rooftop in the old Yemeni city of Sanaa. (Ahmed Ahmed Swaid is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food in the month of April was 3300 kcals. He is 50 years of age; 5 feet, 7 inches tall; and 148 pounds. Ahmed, who wears a jambiya dagger as many Yemeni men do, has been a qat dealer in the old city souk for eight years. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Ali, a qat grower, holds a bundle of qat leaves in a qat orchard near Sanaa, Yemen. Although qat chewing isn't as severe a health hazard as smoking tobacco, it has drastic social, economic, and environmental consequences. When chewed, the leaves release a mild stimulant related to amphetamines. Qat is chewed several times a week by a large percentage of the population: 90 percent of Yemen's men and 25 percent of its women. Because growing qat is 10 to 20 times more profitable than other crops, scarce groundwater is being depleted to irrigate it, to the detriment of food crops and agricultural exports.
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  • School pupils at a morning attendance meeting before school in Shibam, Hadhramawt, Yemen.
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  • A woman dressed in a black abaya and shielded from the sun in a wide-brimmed straw hat called a nakhl, herds goats near Shibam on the edge of the Arabian Peninsula's Rub al Khali, or Empty Quarter. This section of desert holds the world's largest stretch of sand. Hadhramawt, Yemen.
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  • Farmers plant rice near the city of Alexandria, Egypt.
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  • Corn roasted over charcoal and sold by the piece near the port in Alexandria, Egypt. The sky and light are orange due to a sandstorm. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • A Bangladeshi sheepherder tending a Kuwaiti's flock of sheep at a camp in the desert near the Manageesh Oil Fields near the Saudi border in July of 1991. More than 700 wells were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops creating the largest man-made environmental disaster in history.
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  • Vendors sell sweets and pastries on the narrow streets of the old souk in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.
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  • A boy sits with women wearing burqas in a snack and juice bar restaurant in Sanaa, Yemen, adjacent to a shopping mall. Most Yemeni women cover themselves for modesty, in accordance with tradition. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE) Wafaa Abdul Aziz Al Qadini works as a government-employed school inspector. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Saleh Hamad Al Haggan, 42, works for Kuwait Oil Company in Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Wafaa Al Haggan, assisted by one of the many foreign guest workers who do virtually all the manual labor in Kuwait, shops at her local co-op supermarket in Kuwait City. Although Kuwait imports 98 percent of its food, much of it from thousands of miles away, the choice and quality of the goods on display in supermarkets in Kuwait easily match those in European or U.S. markets, and the prices are lower. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Firefighters from the Kuwait Oil Company (called KWWK: Kuwait Wild Well Killers) pray at noon by the first oil well fire they were working on in Iraq's Rumeilah Oil Field. They did a double prayer at noon so they would not have to stop later in the day if they were at a critical phase. Later in the day they extinguished this smoky fire and the next day stopped the flow of gas and oil with drilling mud using what is called a "stinger", a tapered pipe on the end of a long steel boom controlled by a bulldozer. Drilling mud, under high pressure, is pumped through the stinger into the well, stopping the flow of oil and gas. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Municipal fish market in Kuwait City, Kuwait sells mostly locally caught fish. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Because 98 percent of the food in Kuwait is imported, Wafaa Al Haggan's kitchen is a snapshot of the world's market basket. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 200).
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  • Despite the convenience and selection at the Western-style market run by the government-subsidized Shamiya, Wafaa Al Haggan goes to a small shop for one of the most crucial components of her family larder: bread. A plate of nan-e barbari, Persian-style flat bread, accompanies every meal in Kuwait, and Wafaa has strong opinions about the skills of the various bakers in the neighborhood. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 199).
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). The Al Haggan family and their two Nepali servants in the kitchen of their home in Kuwait City, Kuwait, with one week's worth of food. Standing between Wafaa Abdul Aziz Al Qadini, 37 (beige scarf), and Saleh Hamad Al Haggan, 42, are their children, Rayyan, 2, Hamad, 10, Fatema, 13, and Dana, 4. In the corner are the servants, Andera Bhattrai, 23 (left), and Daki Serba, 27. The Al Haggan family is one of the thirty families featured in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 196).
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  • Fast food delivery person with motorcycle in Cairo, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • A proud Cairo fruit-stand owner shows off his produce. Cairo, Egypt.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Nadia Ahmed fries chicken in the tiny kitchen of her fourth-floor apartment in the old section of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Nadia Ahmed watches her daughter Nancy, 8 months, crawl on the floor of Nadia's fourth-floor apartment as she chops spinach for dinner. Islamic Cairo, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Nadia Ahmed (left) and her sister-in-law Abadeer make mahshi (stuffed food, in this case small eggplants) on the floor of Nadia's fourth-floor apartment. Heedless of the activity, baby Nancy sleeps on Nadia's lap; meanwhile, Abadeer's daughter Israa restlessly patrols the space. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Ahmed family of Cairo, Egypt, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Nadia Ahmed's nephew 4-year-old Hussein, helps himself to food left on the kitchen table while his mother and Nadia prepare dinner for relatives and guests in their fourth-floor apartment, in the old section of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Nadia Mohamed Ahmed, 36, holding her baby Nancy, 8 months on the fourth floor balcony of their apartment in the old part of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Planting rice near Alexandria, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Planting rice near Alexandria, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Garbanzo beans for sale in paper cones by the port in Alexandria, Egypt. The sky and light are orange due to a sandstorm. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Fruit choices in the produce department of a small Cairo supermarket, Cairo, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats)
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  • Cotton candy being sold in Cairo, Egypt (From a photographic gallery of street food images, in Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, p. 130)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE).Nadia Ahmed (left) and her sister-in-law Abadeer make mahshi (stuffed food, in this case small eggplants) on the floor of Nadia's fourth-floor apartment. Heedless of the activity, baby Nancy sleeps on Nadia's lap; meanwhile, Abadeer's daughter Israa restlessly patrols the space. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 122).
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  • The pyramids of Giza seen through the dust, smoke and haze of Cairo Egypt from the minaret of a mosque. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.).
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  • Three women dressed in black abayas and shielded from the hot desert sun in wide-brimmed straw hats called nakhls, and even gloves, tend goats near Shibam, on the edge of the Arabian Peninsula's Rub al Khali, or Empty Quarter. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets) This section of the Arabian Desert holds the world's largest stretch of sand. Further north into Saudi Arabia, this desert contains some of the world's richest oil and gas fields. Though modestly dressed, the women aren't adverse to throwing stones to keep their goats close by?or to keep strangers with cameras away.
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  • A traditional Thursday afternoon qat-chewing and tobacco-smoking session among friends in Sanaa, Yemen, can last five or six hours. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The men pick through the bag selecting leaves to chew until the masticated mass in their cheek is the size of a golf ball. Qat is harvested year-round.  Its leaves lose their potency within a day, so they must be picked, sorted, washed, and rushed to market daily.
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  • Saada Haidar, a housewife, with her typical day's worth of food at her home in the city of Sanaa, Yemen. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of her day's worth of food in the month of April was 2700 kcals. She is 27 years of age; 4 feet, 11 inches tall; and 98 pounds. In public, Saada and most Yemeni women cover themselves for modesty, in accordance with tradition. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Firefighters from the KWWK (Kuwait Wild Well Killers) attempt to kill an oil fire in the Rumeilah Oil Field by guiding a "stinger" that will pump drilling mud into the damaged well. Drilling mud, under high pressure, is pumped through the stinger into the well, stopping the flow of oil and gas. Many of the wells are 10,000 feet deep and produce huge volumes of oil and gas under tremendous pressure, which makes capping them difficult and dangerous. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • At a large coffee shop where men lounge about, smoke, and drink coffee and tea, a man reads a newspaper about the USA invasion of Iraq on March 23, 2003. Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). The diverse breakfast mix of Western (tomato omelet) and Eastern (cucumber salad, olives) food found in Kuwait is not enough to tempt fussy 2-year-old Rayyan Al Haggan. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 201).
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  • Like most Kuwaitis, including the man pictured here, Wafaa Al Haggan does most of her grocery shopping in one of the country's many Western-style supermarkets; in her case, a multistory market in a shopping center run by the government-subsidized Shamiya and Shuwaikh Co-operative Society. Although Kuwait imports 98 percent of its food, much of it from thousands of miles away, the choice and quality of the goods on display easily match those in European or U.S. markets, and the prices are lower. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 199).
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  • A watermelon vendor outside a small supermarket in Cairo, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • A fruit stand in the old part of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Nadia Ahmed fries chicken in the tiny kitchen of her fourth-floor apartment in the old section of Islamic Cairo, Egypt. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Nadia Mohamed Ahmed, 36, makes mahshi (stuffed food, in this case small eggplants) on the floor of her fourth-floor apartment. Heedless of the activity, baby Nancy sleeps on Nadia's lap; meanwhile, her brother and nephew sit on the balcony overlooking the narrow street. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Seen from the minaret of a mosque in Cairo, a teenage boy delivers bread. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 121).
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). The Ahmeds' extended family in the Cairo apartment of Mamdouh Ahmed, 35 (glasses), and Nadia Mohamed Ahmed, 36 (brown headscarf), with a week's worth of food. (From the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Men use a network of ladders to pick qat from tall qat trees in an orchard outside Sanaa, Yemen. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Farmers plant rice near  the city of Alexandria, Egypt.
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  • Along the beach front in Kuwait City, Kuwait at dusk, during the start of the Gulf War in 2003.
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  • Aisa Bou Yabes, head of the Kuwait Oil Company firefighting team dispatched to southern Iraq smiles ever so slightly after his team extinguished their first oil well fire in Iraq's Rumaila field. The wells were set on fire with explosives by retreating Iraqi troops when the US and UK invasion began. Seven or eight wells were set ablaze. Here the ground is still smoking and oil boiling as the well still spurts some oil. The Rumaila field is one of Iraq's biggest oil fields with five billion barrels in reserve. The burning wells in the Rumaila Field were ignited by retreating Iraqi troops when the US and UK invasion began in March 2003. Rumaila is also spelled Rumeilah.
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  • A labyrinth of covered streets and alleys wind through the ancient mud brick city of Yazd, Iran. The graffiti on the wall says "battle-axe".
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