The camel’s face contorted into an expression, only achievable by members of its species, which if I had to describe I would label something like “nonchalant objection”. At the same time it brayed nonchalantly and objectingly at a volume which, had the market not been full of camels doing similar things and people loudly making deals over them, would have made anyone nearby jump out of their skin. The cause of the animal’s multi-decibel concern, the six Omanis dressed identically in turbans, dish dash robes that hung from their necks to their feet and ornate silver khanjar daggers on belts around their waists, continued to struggle against its attempts to make them put it down as together they manoeuvred it into the back of a pickup truck. It took several tries and involved non-stop loud, heated ... read more