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These three Arabs have plenty of time to chat. - Ksar Ikiss oasis south of Adrar in Algeria. - 1971
Resting at a corner of the market place of Ghardaïa. - Algeria - 1971
Back from the fields - Two women in Tamentit village south of Adrar in Algeria. - 1971
The Adrar Oasis is of great beauty and is home to several historical monuments. The settlement of the region is quite old and the area has been home to different cultures. This intermingling has produced a number of traditions, cultural and craft practices that are still present in the lives of the inhabitants today and are reflected in the local folklore and cultural heritage. - Fantasia refers to various traditional horse spectacles simulating military attacks, practised mainly in the Maghreb, where they are called the "game of powder" (Goum) or the "game of horses". - Algeria - 1971
Sheep market in the market place of Ghardaïa. - Algeria - 1971
Locals haggle over their goods in the marketplace of Ghardaïa. - Algeria - 1971
The marketplace of Ghardaïa. It is empty, it will soon be evening. Tomorrow, a teeming crowd will crowd here again in the sun. The donkey is the most comfortable means of transport to meander through the narrow streets that make up the coolness of the oasis. - Algeria - 1966
A Mozabite from Ghardaïa, "businessman". The Mozabite is a cunning trader, a fox in everything that concerns money. Trade is the essential driving force of the Mozabite state. - Algeria - 1966
Resting at a corner of the market place of Ghardaïa. - Algeria - 1962
To pass the time, the Arabs like to play a game of a kind of checkers. Taken in Ghadames in Libya. - 1964
In the cool interior of a house in Ghardaïa, an Arab woman weaves a carpet. Mzab carpets are well known throughout the Sahara for their elegant, colourful geometry, especially those from Beni-Isguen, the holy city of the Mzabites. - Algeria - 1966
The Daouda of Gabr Aoun need their donkeys for food supplies, which they have to transport from far away over several dunes. - Libya - 1964
The inhabitants of the Zawila (Zouïla) oasis see themselves as descendants of the Prophet Muhammad. The place is said to have been founded in 918 and soon became the administrative centre of the whole of Fezzan. - Libya - 1964
This strange photograph is not a montage. It is a "public transport" in honour of the truck's manufacturer. On top of 15 tonnes of cargo, 53 passengers crammed themselves as best they could to make the hundreds of kilometres from Sebha, Libya, to Bilma, Niger. - Libya - 1964
