Camel Jockeys, A Rough Ride Through Childhood

Craig F. Walker

The Denver Post

A group of Sudanese camel jockeys scowl at foreigners entering their camp. The youths do not trust foreigners, especially Westerners... with cameras. <p> A boy becomes a camel jockey in a straight forward way, people in the camel camps say - by getting on then falling off, over and over. <p> 'They scream and cry, ' said M. D. Zahuruislam, a Bengali trainer for one of Kuwait's premier camel stables. For two months it goes on like this, then they get used to it.

Craig F. Walker, "Camel Jockeys, A Rough Ride Through Childhood," in POYi Archive, Item #33621, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/33621 (accessed November 23, 2024).