اتتني بالصفائح تبغي دروسًا
بالملاحم دون خوف او تراخي
وكانت تأخذ العلم حثيثًا
واليوم رامت صفائحها جباهي
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He danced Al Azwa in rows of men,
Shields beat raw. Blades flashing high,
Caught brazen backhand, not lost to sky.
I was trained for cotillions, wearing
White satin sashes not vermillion
Bandages. It is a different dance to try.
So worthy is the man who brings swords
Not orchids, a shield instead of gold,
Brave action instead of empty words
To me. A coward, or a hypocrite,
Who thinks of women as only
Decoration, my heart cannot hold.
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Trying to make a top ten list for mudbrick related things on YouTube.
"The Nile Series: Brick-making tradition lives through centuries" on CGTN Africa via YouTube. This was the first video about mudbricks I found doing a search of the subject. Omani mudbricks are made quite similarly but aren't fired.
"How the Tudors did their Laundry" from Absolute History on YouTube. This video showed how to create a small batch of lime, and how to lay a lime Ash sour milk floor. Not a traditional Omani technique but one I am interested in.
"Laying Adobe Bricks Part 1" by Project Briggs. I found his tips for puting and storing mud mortar useful, and in another of his videos, some useful information about electrical wiring in mud brick etc.
"Our timber-frame workshop: wattle and daub. Part III. Lime Plaster" by Mr. Chickadee on YouTube. I enjoyed his whole wattle and daub series, and he's kind enough to answer questions in the comments.
Getty Conservation Institute run a workshop on mudbrick architecture conservation every few years, and they have some highlights from that up on their YouTube channel.
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Master Bedroom Inspiration Boards
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Everyone who knows me knows that I am, a hoarder/collector, and some probably know that I struggle with being too materialistic. Part of my wanting to downsize and move into a period home, is to fight that.
However, I can't see myself managing to live in the calm palette of beige, white, and cool summer blues my husband admires, so thus far this is my colour palette for my room. I am a French-Irish girl aiming to move into a 16th-18th century Omani heritage neighborhood, and part of me wants to go full Chateau Blois on the place. I really can't help it.
Lime-washing the walls and having an excuse to use a twiggy broom on the ceiling will satisfy the Irish girl in me, with linen bedding etc., but the French woman still expects her room to be a castle of sorts. Shutters on the windows, certainly helps.
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From the "Layla and Majnoon" poems attributed to Qays of the Beni 'Amir
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Bait Safa in Al Hamra
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Jabrin well area.
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