and matching pearls or whole sets of matching pearls were more valuable than one pearl alone. Today, Jassim uses scuba gear for recreational diving but still has his traditional tools on display.

The appropriate dhow was chosen to suit the season, and all essential equipment – sails ... drum – an essential instrument in Khaleeji pearl diving music – after a voyage to India at ...

For equipment, pearl divers would have just a ... one of the bank's founders, who came from a pearl diving family. Visits to the pearl museum must be booked in advance. The diving village at ...

Pearl diving in the Emirates is a tradition that ... There is an extensive explanation at both museums of the procedures and equipment, the fishing nets, scales, baskets, the copper scoops ...

Retired Emirati naval officer and experienced diver has made passing on tradition to young Emiratis his life’s mission Dubai: Ali was eight years old when he went on his maiden pearl diving trip ...

Pearl diving in the Emirates is a tradition that ... There is an extensive explanation at both museums of the procedures and equipment, the fishing nets, scales, baskets, the copper scoops ...

The pearl diving profession in Kuwait prospered under the reign of ... in which the diver descends several times into seabed without using breathing equipment, oxygen, or eye protective glasses, ...

The physiology of pearl diving is amazing, thanks to the body’s intricate response to the sensation of diving. When your body detects a lack of breathing and cold water on the face, a series of ...