Socotra
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Socotra, locally known as Saqatri, is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. It is situated between the Gulf of Aden, the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, and lies near major shipping routes. The
Landsat view of Socotra
Local men from Socotra taken by Charles K. Moser (1918)
Diksam Plateau
Momi Plateau with rainwater harvest structures, water storage body, shelter for herders
Soqotrans
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Socotrans or Soqotrans are a South Arabian ethnographic group native to the Yemeni island of Socotra. They speak the Soqotri language, a Modern South Arabian language in the Afroasiatic family.
Soqotri men
Soqotri girls in Qalansiya
Group of boys from Hadiboh, on Soqotra island