Viewfinder: Camel Festival in Saudi Arabia - Pacific Standard

Viewfinder: Camel Festival in Saudi Arabia

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Mar 30, 2017

A Saudi boy poses with a camel at the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah on March 29th, 2017. (Photo: Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe entertainers perform on the Royal Mile on August 7th, 2017, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the largest performing arts festival in the world, with an excess of 30,000 performances of more than 2,000 shows.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe entertainers perform on the Royal Mile on August 7th, 2017, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A camel is seen in a desert area on the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, on June 20th, 2017.

A camel is seen in a desert area on the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, on June 20th, 2017.

People fly kites during the 32nd International Kite Festival at the beach of Berck-sur-Mer, northern France, on April 18th, 2018. The festival takes place until April 22nd, 2018.

People fly kites during the 32nd International Kite Festival at the beach of Berck-sur-Mer, northern France, on April 18th, 2018.

An Indian sadhu performs evening prayer at Sangam during the Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on January 9th, 2018.

An Indian sadhu performs evening prayer at Sangam during the Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on January 9th, 2018.

Camels belonging to Qatari owners are seen inside a truck next to the Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on February 28th, 2018. More than 10,000 camels have been stuck in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the Gulf Cooperation Council crisis.

Camels belonging to Qatari owners are seen inside a truck next to the Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on February 28th, 2018.