Breeding camels: a lesson on traditions, economics and love

Sabbah is breeding camels, in addition to his activity as a tourist guide.

He first tried to keep camels in the village, close to his house, but that didn’t allow him to set up a real herd. So he had to keep them in a fence, on the outskirts of the village, down Jebel Rum. There, the herd could grow and the camels could go out in the desert every day, coming back to their fence every night.

I was heading with him to the camel fence on a November afternoon. They were out in the desert and Sabbah had to bring them back for the night. Driving the jeep, he started to tell me why he was breeding camels. Read more