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Boys strapped to camels streak through the desert at dawn as hundreds of beeping pick-up trucks packed with Bedouins try to keep up with the frenetic pace. Riders whip their camels to overtake one another as spectators navigate crashes and dust to follow the race as closely as possible in their cars. It’s the annual Zalaga Camel Race in South Sinai, Egypt. At 7.30 am on January 10 every year, over 40 camels, their riders and more than three hundred cars carrying spectators gather at Wadi Zalaga in Southern Sinai for a 30-kilometre race through the dusty valley. The competition has taken place …

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