SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing at the entrance to Sunaysilah Fort which overlooks the city of Sur. Abdullah wears his great great grandfather’s khanjar, stamped in 1885, the year it was created CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Marwa Al Farsi, 32, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing at the Al Ayjah Lighthouse in Oman which overlooks the coastal city of Sur. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing at the Sunaysilah Fort which overlooks the city of Sur. Abdullah wears his great great grandfather’s khanjar, stamped in 1885, the year it was created. The Omani flag emblem consist of a khanjar and two swords. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Youth play football on the beach in Sur. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Marwa Al Farsi, 32, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing at the Al Ayjah Lighthouse in Oman which overlooks the coastal city of Sur. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing at the Sunaysilah Fort which overlooks the city of Sur. Abdullah wears his great great grandfather’s khanjar, stamped in 1885, the year it was created. The Omani flag emblem consist of a khanjar and two swords. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing at Sunaysilah Fort which overlooks the city of Sur. Abdullah wears his great great grandfather’s khanjar, stamped in 1885, the year it was created CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing in one of the rooms of Sunaysilah Fort which overlooks the city of Sur. Abdullah wears his great great grandfather’s khanjar, stamped in 1885, the year it was created CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing at the Sunaysilah Fort which overlooks the city of Sur. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Sur corniche seen from Al Ayjah Lighthouse. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Youth play football on the beach in Sur. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: A road side mosque poster of the former Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said Al Said and current Sultan of Oman Haitam bin Tariq seated with their khanjars. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Student wait for the morning school bus. The boys wear the kuma which is a rounded cap traditionally worn by men. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Khanjar shops in the old souk in Sur town. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop and shopfront. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Portaits of some of the workers at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop. These craftsmen are from India. From left to right Ramasamy Kumaresan, 51 years old . 10 years Sorimuthu Kumaravel, 51 years old. 7 months at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop. Murukan Narayanan Achary 46 years old. 5 months at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop. Muthukrishnan Ramaswamy, 48 years old. 22 years at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop. Anilkumar Viswanathan Achari, 45 years old, 22 years at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop. Gajendra Kumar Krishnan, 45 years old. 6 years at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop. Murukan Subramonian Chellappan Achari, 63 years old. 40 years at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi and Marwa Al Farsi great great grandfather’s original tools. Khanjar’s are hand-crafted and some of their great gerat grandfathers’ tools are still used today in making new Khanjars. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Sur is a historic maritime city and boat building centre. A whale bone is placed on a table in the port. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: A dhow owner watch his boat come into shore. As the tide goes out the dhows settle to a side and maintencance is done on the hulls. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: A Sur resident watches the dhows come back to shore. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Residents of Sur fishing early morning in the Arabian Sea. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi and Marwa Al Farsi great grandfather’s khanjar stamped from 1885, the year it was created. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Khanjar handles made from sandal wood, teak, whale bone and coral. Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing goes in search of materials that wash ashore to use as handles. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi and Marwa Al Farsi great great grandfather’s khanjar stamped from 1885, the year it was created. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi and Marwa Al Farsi great grandfather’s khanjar stamped from 1885, the year it was created. A detail of the pouch where coins were kept. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi and Marwa Al Farsi great grandfather’s khanjar stamped from 1885, the year it was created. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi and Marwa Al Farsi great grandfather’s khanjar stamped from 1885, the year it was created. Detail of the intricate belt. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi and Marwa Al Farsi great grandfather’s khanjar stamped from 1885, the year it was created. Detail of the intricate belt. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Handle being made at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Craftsmen at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop where they make khanjars. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing with his early designs on paper to the finished Khanjar on social media. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Silver threading of a khanjar being made at Al Sayegh Silversmithing workshop. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Khanjars in the workshop of Al Sayegh Silversmithing in various stages of completion. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Marwa Al Farsi co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing in the workshop with the craftsmen that hail form India. Some of the craftsmen have been working for the Al Sayegh Silversmithing for over 40 years. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi and his sons , Houd 8 (cousin), Al Hurth 6, Abdulmalak, 8 and Marwa Al Farsi in front of the family owned Al Sayegh Silversmithing CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Tonoy Banik, 31, and his father Dilip Bank, 54 from Bangladesh in their home in Sur. Dilip Bank has been in Oman for 35 years and is teaching his son how to make the khanjar for the Al Sayegh Silversmithing CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 22, 2022: Tonoy Banik, 31, and his father Dilip Bank, 54 from Bangladesh in their workshop at home in Sur. Dilip Bank has been in Oman for 35 years and is teaching his son how to make the khanjar for the Al Sayegh Silversmithing CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi of Al Sayegh Silversmithing with his sons and nephew in the gallery shop which is connected to the workshop where khanjars are made. Al Hurth 6,, Houd 8 (cousin), Abdulmalak, 8. All the boys are being taught how to make the khanjars. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing with his two sons and nephew who are being taught the craft of making the Khanjar in the workshop. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing with his two sons and nephew who are being taught the craft of making the Khanjar in the workshop. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing and his sons and nephew adjusting the Omani headdress called the Massar in the shop and gallery which sells the khanjar. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi's son Abdulmalak, 8 in a massa headress and khanjar at the familys shop and workshop Al Sayegh Silversmithing CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Houd 8, nephew of Abdullah Al Farsi and Marwa Al Farsi who are the co-owners of Al Sayegh Silversmithing talks to craftsmen at the workshop. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing with his two sons and nephew who are being taught the craft of making the Khanjar in the workshop. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi of Al Sayegh Silversmithing with a newly made khanjar ar the workshop CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi, co-owner of Al Sayegh Silversmithing adjusts the Omani headdress called the Massar. on his son Al Hurth in the shop and gallery which sells the khanjar. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi of Al Sayegh Silversmithing ties the belt of the khanjar on his 8 year old son Abdulmalak in the family shop and gallery. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Abdullah Al Farsi of Al Sayegh Silversmithing ties the belt of the khanjar on his 8 year old son Abdulmalak in the family shop and gallery. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
SUR, OMAN-‐ NOVEMBER 21, 2022: Houd, 8, nephew of Abdullah Al Farsi and Marwa Al Farsi co-owners of Al Sayegh Silversmithing in the gallery, shop. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times
