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Eager students clamor for their teacher's attention at Koran school at the Queen Arwa mosque in Jibla.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita. No usage authorized without prior written permission.

Photo size: 16.0 Mpixels (45.8 MB uncompressed) - 4855x3300 pixels (16.2x11 in / 41.1x27.9 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Jibla, Koran school, page 398-399, Queen Arwa mosque, Silk Road, students, Yemen, Zheng He book

An elder reads the Koran at Jibla's Queen Arwa Mosque. The queen, who ruled Yemen in medieval times, left a rich legacy, buil...

Eager students clamor for their teacher's attention at Koran school at the Queen Arwa mosque in Jibla.

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