Greetings from the Critique Club!
For a portrait shot in ambient light (possibly with a little help from a popup flash?), with so much white dominating the pic, you did a great job of avoiding really badly blown-out areas. This is a somewhat safe portrait in that it doesn't take any risks; he is facing the camera straight on and the portrait crop places his face in the middle third. The difference between the two shoulders - one is fully in the frame, the other barely visible - is a little discombubulating, just throws off the eye enough to make the viewer wonder what isn't quite right. In fact the right side of his face is indeed slightly higher than the other. Getting his eyes level, and thus the whole orientation of his body, would have helped. However he is nice and tack-sharp, so no complaints there :-)
In terms of the challenge I can see this confusing many people here. Most DPCers live in the Western Hemisphere and simply aren't familiar with subtle things like the turban and its signifcance. Is it the colour? The way it's wrapped? What is it about it that makes it old-fashioned? There needs to be a little more to the story here, it's like catching just the last scene in a movie, and trying to figure out what it was about. You need to be a little more obvious, as that's the kind of thing that goes over here.
Keep up the good work, please continue entering (and commenting) and do feel free to PM me with any questions.
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