An old woman works her family's well in the foothills of the Homhil Mountains. All Socotrans are now Muslims,which was not the case in years gone by. Only in the past ten years have most women taken to wearing the burka.

An old woman works her family's well in the foothills of the Homhil Mountains. All Socotrans are now Muslims,which was not the case in years gone by. Only in the past ten years have most women taken to wearing the burka.

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