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People passing sign indicating direction of Timbuktu at 52 days by camel, Zagora, Draa River valley, Province of Zagora, Draa-Tafilalet region, Morocco

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Garbage burning outside a shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camels for sale at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Truck bringing camels to the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camels in a truck at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camel handler drinking tea at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Camels in a truck at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. A young man camel handler at a tea shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Detail of a handshake deal for the sale of dromedaries in the Al Ain Camel Market, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Man leads dromedary from a stall in the Al Ain Camel Market, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Two men and dromedaries in the Al Ain Camel Market, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Young women in typical colourful traditional Rajasthani costume at the camel market and livestock market, Pushkar Mela, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Young women in typical colourful traditional Rajasthani costume at the camel market and livestock market, Pushkar Mela, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Young women in typical colourful traditional Rajasthani costume and henna painted hands at the camel market and livestock market, Pushkar Mela, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Camels at Pushkar Mela, famous annual camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Man with his with his camel loaded with firewood walking through the Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Silhouette of a man holding the reins of his camel at sunset, Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

A member of the Shanabla tribe holds up a severed camels head up. The camel will be the main course at this wedding celebration outside El Obeid, Sudan. On February 15, 2006. The Shanabla are nomads and have no lands of their own. They raise camels to sell at market and are dependant on others lands for grazing.

Camel traders and herders sit in a tea hut in a camel market in El Obeid, Sudan on February 16, 2006. Yussuf Gamaa, 2nd from L, is a camel herder from Darfur. About 150,000 camels cross over from Sudan into Egypt every year, the majority as cattle as an inexpensive source of protein. Today the camel is both the caravan and the cargo. Camels from this market will travel the Forty Days Road or Darb el-Arbein a 1,200 mile desert trail into Egypt and the oldest trade route in the Sahara. Desert nomads like Yussuf depend on the profitable camel trade for their livelihood.