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Word: qashqai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...number of years after World War II, Photographer David Douglas Duncan explored the Middle East. He lived in Cairo and Istanbul, Jerusalem and Tehran. He took his cameras among the Berbers of the High Atlas Mountains of northern Morocco. He joined the tribal migration of the Qashqai nomads across southern Iran. He wandered through the world of Islam as far as Malaya and Indonesia. His fascination with that realm enlivens The World of Allah (Houghton Mifflin; 280 pages; $35). From the film shot in his travels, Duncan has assembled a Pavlova of the highly photogenic landscapes and people of Islam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Luxurious Museums Without Walls | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

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