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Dhow building boatyard, Muharraq, Bahrain

Worker carrying a trunk to be cut into planks, and Abdulla Mohamed, dhow designer, lifting a trunk with a winch, in the woodyard of the dhow building boatyard in Muharraq, Bahrain. Wooden Arabian dhows are built here by hand using traditional methods and this is the last dhow shipyard remaining in Bahrain. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Worker carrying a trunk to be cut into planks, and Abdulla Mohamed, dhow designer, lifting a trunk with a winch, in the woodyard of the dhow building boatyard in Muharraq, Bahrain. Wooden Arabian dhows are built here by hand using traditional methods and this is the last dhow shipyard remaining in Bahrain. Picture by Manuel Cohen