Zeina is from the coastal town of Taqah in the southern region of Dhofar, the fabled land of frankincense – a resin once valued more highly than gold. It is customarily burned on hot coals in a clay censer known as a majmar, a folk art product that has come to symbolize the hospitality for which the Omani people are famous. The pottery of Dhofar, made by women who typically work in small cooperative groups, includes incense burners, milk pots, water bowls, clay camels for children, bread presses, pipes and cooking pots. Terracotta clay collected from the base of the mountains is used and the pottery is highly burnished and decorated with traditional iron oxide pigments. In the early 1990s, Dhofari pottery was in danger of dying out. Zeina is one of the master potters who helped to spearhead the revival of Dhofari pottery. She learnt from an older artisan and was one of only three women of her generation who took up this craft. For many years now, she has been teaching younger women this tradition.