With Qatar bracing for the arrival of more than one million fans for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the camel race track at Al-Shahaniya hopes to get a boost on the back of the world's most popular pastime
Camels riden by robot jockeys take part in a race at the Sheikh Zayed race track in Disah in Jordan's southern Wadi Rum desert on September 30, 2022. Photography Khalil Mazraawi / AFP
Sitting in a white all-terrain truck, Nasser al-Marri watched his remote-controlled camel race across the Qatar desert and insisted that his sport makes football pale in comparison.
But with Qatar bracing for the arrival of more than one million fans for the World Cup, the camel race track at Al-Shahaniya hopes to get a boost on the back of the world's most popular pastime.