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In Islamic countries like Yemen, handkissing is a gesture of respect.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita

Photo size: 16.9 Mpixels (48.4 MB uncompressed) - 5100x3319 pixels (17x11.1 in / 43.2x28.1 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: hand kissing, Middle East, page 408-409, Sanaa, Silk Road, The Old Quarter, Yemen, Zheng He book

More than 50 mosques, dating from the 12th century, remain in Sana'a, the Yemeni capital.

In Islamic countries like Yemen, handkissing is a gesture of respect.

The looming mud-brick towers of Al Hajirah, some as many as ten stories high, rise from the valley, just as Ma Huan described.