ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Remote-controlled robot jockeys lined up at a major camel racing festival in northeastern Egypt, as owners came under pressure from campaigns to stop using child riders.

BIRQASH, Egypt — The sun is high and it’s a slow day for selling and there’s not much for a camel trader to do except scatter hay and greens and listen to the big beasts munch. It sounds like shoes on ...

For over a week now, Ahmed Awni has struggled to offload any of the "prime" cuts of camel haunch that dangle on bloodied hooks outside his Cairo butcher's stall. He's tried a few gimmicks—"Buy 5 kilos ...

I’ve been traveling the world for a decade in search of unique food—but nothing prepared me for what happened in Egypt. This was supposed to be a special day trying camel meat the traditional way, but ...

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - On a desert track in eastern Egypt camels race across the sand, urged on by their young jockeys and a convoy of cars speeding alongside them. The race is part of an annual ...

GIZA, Egypt - Egypt's political transition has hit more snags, with the ruling military council entrenching its position even as it promises to hand power to a civilian leadership. But one group in ...

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