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DOHA, Qatar — Seventy years ago, Saad Ismail Jassim used to free-dive 40 feet deep into the waters of the Persian Gulf, holding his breath to comb the seabed for oysters in the hope of finding a ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Pearl diving music is in Juma Al Jneibi’s blood. Men in his family have sung and clapped in the quintessential polyrhythms of fijiri—or Arab sea ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Seventy years ago, Saad Ismail Al Jassim used to free dive 40 feet (13 meters) deep into the waters of the Persian Gulf, holding his breath to comb the seabed for oysters in the ...