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...quantities of food and drink for visitors. Such feasts are inevitably accompanied by frequent shouts of "gambei!" or "bottoms up!" Rising to the challenge of the toasts is not only good manners, it greatly helps travelers enjoy (or survive) the multiple dishes of mutton and the occasional plate of camel pad, which has the consistency of leather but is nevertheless considered a great delicacy...
...twisting, pompous political grandstanding and foul humor. And although bleary-eyed ministers and officials claimed the new trade agenda more or less pleased everyone, they also showed that getting 142 nations to agree on anything is like building a house of cards on the back of a galloping camel...
...Even for child soldiers, bloodlust runs deep. Nearly five years ago, while Mukhtar was out fetching water from a stream, his parents were killed by Taliban rockets. His three brothers, two sisters and the family camel died, too. When Mukhtar returned home, the only creature left in the village was a dog, which sat in the dust coughing up blood. The boy used his father's rifle to put the animal out of its misery. It was the first time he had used a firearm, and it took him four shots. Three months later, Mukhtar joined the rebel Northern Alliance...
...more genteel desert safaris. After a 30-minute drive east of the city into the desert, our group clambers into a fleet of 4x4s. There's some more dune bashing, air-conditioned this time, and after 90 minutes we arrive at base camp in time for some sandboarding and camel riding. We watch sundown, sucking on apple-scented tobacco through hookah pipes, before sitting down to a barbecue of salad, tabbouleh and lamb kebabs. After a slug of thick, grainy coffee and some belly dancing -- this is an all-in tour -- the convoy snakes back through the desert...
...Turkey have in common? Much the same can be said of the category Arab which includes all those from quite diverse origins who happen to speak Arabic, many of whom are Christians of diverse denominations. Many in the great cities of the region would have used the term for camel-herding tribesmen...