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The Wilfred Thesiger Photo Exhibition, Al Jahili Fort, Al Ain
Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (1910-2003), also known as "Mubarak bin Landan" was a British military officer, explorer, and writer. Thesiger's travel books include Arabian Sands (1959), about his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula. Thesiger is remembered for his Arabian expeditions. Those led to two crossings of the great Arabian desert, the Rub' al Khali or Empty Quarter, and travels in inner Oman. He rode camels in the company of Bedu guides through remote areas that were potentially dangerous on account of tribal tensions and the opposition of local rulers to the presence of foreigners.