16 covers it; when it recedes, it dries up. Watch your brother Ghanim and do as he does,” my grandmother instructed. We waded through the knee-deep water until we reached Shindagha and arrived at a large house. “Is this your house?” I asked. “This is the house of Sheikh Mubarak ibn Ali al-Shamsi,” she replied. We passed behind it into a narrow lane, flanked by houses made of palm fronds, with a plaster building to our right. My grandmother opened a door, and we entered a home with a tent, an arbor, and a kitchen, all fashioned from palm fronds.
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