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In a cave on the island of Socotra, Abdullah the Caveman lives off nature’s rhythms and online fame
On Yemen's otherworldly island of Socotra, Abdullah Al-Salim Ellai lives in the cave where he was born, following nature's rhythms while gaining unlikely fame online.
A rare window into Socotra's alien beauty and a man straddling ancient cave life and internet celebrity.
An otherworldly, pre-historic landscape, rising from the Indian Ocean, the Yemeni island of Socotra is home to life that exists nowhere else on Earth, folk stories tied to the Dragon Blood Tree, and farmers who live by a
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