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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 11, 2019. Visitors and participants at the Al Dhafra Camel Festival 2019. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Men of the Dawasir tribe from Saudi Arabia relax after a victory at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National
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Ali Al Qahtani celebrates the victory of a two year old camel at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. --Saudi Arabians celebrate the victory of a one-year-old camel at the Dawasir tribe camp in Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Hamed Jaber Al Jilab, 23, and Sleema Senior, 7, at the Al Dhafra Festival. Victor Besa / The National
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Sleema and Sleema, mother and daughter beauty queens at their pen at the Al Dhafra Festival. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Mohammed Fahd Al Ulayan, 48, from Saudi Arabia relaxes at his tent at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 11, 2019. Camel fans take a sneak peek on gaps on the fence at the Al Dhafra Camel Festival 2019. Victor Besa/The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. Men of the Dawasir tribe from Saudi Arabia relax after a victory of a one-year-old beauty camel at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. Men of the Dawasir tribe from Saudi Arabia relax after a victory at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. -- Fahd Al Dossari, left, from Saudi Arabia relaxes after a victory at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019.
--Men of the Dawasir tribe from Saudi Arabia relax after a victory at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. -- Ali Al Qahtani celebrates the victory of a two year old camel at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 11, 2019. Hamed Al Merri warms himself by the fireside at his family's tent in the dunes of Al Dhafra. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 11,2019. -- Mohammed Al Merri discusses camel pageant strategy at his family's tent in the dunes of Al Dhafra. Victor Besa/The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 11, 2019. Visitors and participants at the Al Dhafra Camel Festival 2019. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Men of the Dawasir tribe from Saudi Arabia relax after a victory at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National
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Ali Al Qahtani celebrates the victory of a two year old camel at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. --Saudi Arabians celebrate the victory of a one-year-old camel at the Dawasir tribe camp in Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Hamed Jaber Al Jilab, 23, and Sleema Senior, 7, at the Al Dhafra Festival. Victor Besa / The National
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Sleema and Sleema, mother and daughter beauty queens at their pen at the Al Dhafra Festival. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Mohammed Fahd Al Ulayan, 48, from Saudi Arabia relaxes at his tent at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 11, 2019. Camel fans take a sneak peek on gaps on the fence at the Al Dhafra Camel Festival 2019. Victor Besa/The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. Men of the Dawasir tribe from Saudi Arabia relax after a victory of a one-year-old beauty camel at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. Men of the Dawasir tribe from Saudi Arabia relax after a victory at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. -- Fahd Al Dossari, left, from Saudi Arabia relaxes after a victory at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019.
--Men of the Dawasir tribe from Saudi Arabia relax after a victory at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 10, 2019. -- Ali Al Qahtani celebrates the victory of a two year old camel at the Al Dhafra Festival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 11, 2019. Hamed Al Merri warms himself by the fireside at his family's tent in the dunes of Al Dhafra. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 11,2019. -- Mohammed Al Merri discusses camel pageant strategy at his family's tent in the dunes of Al Dhafra. Victor Besa/The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 11, 2019. Visitors and participants at the Al Dhafra Camel Festival 2019. Victor Besa / The National Section: NA Reporter: Anna Zacharias
Al Dhafra camel festival: campfire gossip and rumours swirl
Saudis once came to Al Dhafra to win. Now they come to test debutant camels and scout undiscovered talent
Anna Zacharias
19 December, 2019
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