Market
Souq al Jamal camel market
Sprawling livestock souk of dusty pens where black and white camels are traded each late afternoon.
0:00≈ 2 min
Location
0:00≈ 2 min
About this audio guide
This guide to Souq al Jamal, the camel market on the northern edge of Riyadh, starts with Jaber Al Tamim, the city's camel-market sheikh, and what he says camels mean to the families who own them. It reads the pens around you through the animals themselves: the black Majaheem and pale Maghateer, and the bodies built for drought, dust and thistles. Best heard in the late afternoon, standing by the pens as the trading picks up.
This audio guide was created using AI.