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>> halil: can you see all the small farms? >> anthony: yeah >> hamden: all of our grandfathers built that. and they built all these things with only their hands. they didnt have any machines. can you imagine that? >> anthony: hamdan al saqri, his father ali, and his uncle halal, come from a very long line of hard working farmers. they all grew up here, generation after generation. a tribal area of ancient villages and terraced farm villages and terraced farm land, which have produced pomegranate...

They didnt have any machines. can you imagine that? >> anthony: hamdan al saqri, his father ali, and his uncle halal, come from a very long line of hard working farmers. they all grew up here, generation after generation. a tribal area of ancient villages and terraced farm land -- which have produced pomegranate, nuts, and dates, the premier cash crops of oman for many centuries. but, like so many places i go, so many traditional agricultural communities the young men and increasingly the women ...

It is considered shameful by ibadi teachings to draw blood over religious conflicts, unless attacked. the terror and bloodshed in neighboring yemen feels very far away up here. jebel al akhdar, the green mountain. >> anthony: this area, oh my god, look at this, its so beautiful. >> halil: we are 64 [ speaking in arabic ]. >> anthony: 64. how many generations has your family lived here? >> hamden: 200 years maybe, more than 200 years. >> halil: can you see all the small farms? >> anthony: yeah ...

The terror and bloodshed in neighboring yemen feels very far away up here. jebel al akhdar, the green mountain. >> anthony: this area, oh my god, look at this, its so beautiful. >> halil: we are 64 [ speaking in arabic ]. >> anthony: 64. how many generations has your family lived here? >> hamden: 200 years maybe, more than 200 years. >> halil: can you see all the small farms? >> anthony: yeah >> hamden: all of our grandfathers built that. and they built all these things with only their hands. th...

Neighboring yemen feels very far away up here. jebel al akhdar, the green mountain. >> anthony: this area, oh my god, look at this, its so beautiful. >> halil: we are 64 [ speaking in arabic ]. >> anthony: 64. how many generations has your family lived here? >> hamden: 200 years maybe, more than 200 years. >> halil: can you see all the small farms? >> hamden: all of our grandfathers built that. and they built all these things with only their hands. they didnt have any machines. can you imagine t...

Can you imagine that? >> anthony: hamdan al saqri, his father ali, and his uncle halal, come from a very long line of hard working farmers. they all grew up here, generation after generation. a tribal area of ancient villages and terraced farm land which have produced pomegranate, nuts, and dates, the premier cash crops of oman for many centuries. but, like so many places i go, so many traditional agricultural communities the young men and increasingly the women are looking elsewhere beyond the ...

Small farms? >> anthony: yeah >> hamden: all of our grandfathers built that. and they built all these things with only their hands. they didnt have any machines. can you imagine that? >> anthony: hamdan al saqri, his father ali, and his uncle halal, come from a very long line of hard working farmers. they all grew up here, generation after generation. a tribal area of ancient villages and terraced farm land -- which have produced pomegranate, nuts, and dates, the premier cash crops of oman for m...