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![More than 50 mosques, dating from the 12th century, remain in Sana'a, the Yemeni capital.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/ed7c6bae-3870-11e0-b22e-ef62c683b075/9169100224_xgaplus.jpg)
![In Islamic countries like Yemen, handkissing is a gesture of respect.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/586f290a-095b-11e0-840c-a545431d17e2/1762100005_xgaplus.jpg)
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
![The looming mud-brick towers of Al Hajirah, some as many as ten stories high, rise from the valley, just as Ma Huan described.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/66c1ed0e-095a-11e0-828d-ddd9f4c7b94c/1761700006_xgaplus.jpg)