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Child jockeys race camels in Egypt World

Child jockeys race camels in Egypt

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Thursday, March 21, 2019

Young jockeys, local children mostly aged 6 to 13, race camels in the traditional Bedouin sport, even as rights groups said child riders were o…

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Racing camels in Jordan World

Racing camels in Jordan

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Monday, November 06, 2017

More than 500 camels raced in the two-day Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Camel Race Festival in the Jordanian southern town of Wadi Rum. S…

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The Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi desert World

The Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi desert

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Camels are seen during an off-road mapping recognition excercise ahead of the Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi desert, some 2,000kms (1,100 Miles) …

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