“I’m an old pearl diver. This last week, Friday, I was in the sea diving. From when I am 15 years old up to now, I am a pearl diver and bodybuilder.” The store owner motions to a framed ...

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 ...

Pearls are said to form when raindrops laced with moonlight fall into the sea and are swallowed by oysters. It’s a calming, poetic belief that melds in well with those who look for a little magic in ...

MANAMA (Reuters Life!) - There was a time when Yousif al-Alawi could cast a line straight into the sea and fish from the roof of his old family home. Broken seashells are still visible in the material ...

Pearl Diving- Fakarava - 2014 Christian Redl, Marc Hillesheim and Peter Schneider visit French Polynesia for a Playboy shooting. This is one of the side stories. Freediver Christian Redl meets Hugo ...