in the desert. i love this this in my life this is in my. in the in my heart. and i. know my time and this is not working interest no this is for i say is my friend is everything for me in life because this government love me for one time this government like me. a man has always shared a special relationship with his camels there was a time when he trained these beautiful creatures to appear in a hollywood movie that was filmed in the sahara. and then. i am more with. this i give it then and the government and the basing that i wanted in last year's marathon came first but no one can tell how the race will end this winter.

many people are surprised to learn that it rains in the so hard the stereotypical image of the desert is one of endless sand but there's more to the desert than that . an untrained eye could easily miss what's hiding in the rocks. like. these people's ancestors seeking shelter from enemies began to live in caves. there's no one to hide from now but cave dwelling still widely used their warm in winter and cool in summer and if you need more space you can always hollow out another room. the big advantage though is that dwellings like this search. this

family used to have only one cave but a few years ago they occupied another. they have gas and electricity modern furniture and bathrooms. the water supply there can only be used for domestic purposes thank you drinking water the same way their ancestors did when it rains water collects in special recipe. and in winter that's quite a lot of rain. but the summer is better for us than winter because in the winter it's hard looking after the enemy it is to sleep or eat. the next cave is for animals to live in z. and i was in charge of the whole house hold. the roof she looks after her elderly mother in law and the daughter in law is not well.

the desert live is more difficult for women but the man don't have it easy either we all have to do they agree cultural jobs and it's really hard. was that it was the xenos elder daughter helps with everything they've been. through. people are native to north africa they have witnessed the rise and fall of several civilizations and still manage to preserve their language and traditions perhaps because the places they've always inhabited were hard to reach. the modern road to these caves was only built fifteen years ago now tourists come regularly and are always welcome. because there. we have to work all the time.

zena has never visited the festival she has no time for celebrations although it's not much more than one hundred kilometers along a good road from here. i will not go into the desert but there's a well becoming to xena. constantly expanding along the southern border as it's growing at almost fifty kilometers per year xena's husband is among those who are trying to contain the advancing sand to hold back the junes at least a little he builds fences from palm leaves despite these efforts the desert is slowly but surely gaining ground. every winter opens a unique desert camp and without good reason. it's.

in the very heart of the sun. and the height of summer the region is scorching with temperatures reaching fifty degrees celsius and. eighty degrees. everything in this camp took a lot of if it. is easy out here. existing here is very tough. water is brought from his twenty three kilometers away tents set up so that the europeans will be comfortable but the know how it's borrowed from bedouins the nomads of the desert. there are a burger carpets in every tent better bare. feet we put them there in case a scope or some insect tries to get inside. the rugs tend to stop

them because they don't like crawling over the rough surface of the carpet. generators or electricity in the camp the light comes exclusively from candles some moon and stars in every ten there's a toilet that uses wood shavings instead of water. the tires to make them wider. that will enable us to get through. if we didn't do that we wouldn't be able to. for many he used to take part in rallies but then the desert took from him the most precious part of his life his ten year old son. the boy always went with him on extreme races but in what would be his last lost control of the car and the vehicle rolled upside down killing the young passenger. hasn't entered a single race since he found

a place in the desert where the sand is a glorious pink sunsets and sunrises are exceptional and that's where he created this unique camp in memory of his child. this group of austrian adventurers has been struggling to get out of a sand trap. stuck fast in the sand close to riyadh's camp. after successfully bringing the tourists across the whole of eastern europe they thought it would be a good idea to take it to the sahara too. but the desert isn't known for its forgiving nature. only the bedouins are able to navigate this constantly changing landscape for generations they've grown up learning the many secrets of sahara survival most of passed from generation to

generation but others can only be learned by trial and error. of course there's no mobile connection in the desert for hundreds of kilometers but after climbing this mountain and rounding this rock travelers find an unusual kind of telephone booth where they can call home perhaps for the latest news about the festival. house is full of guests that from algeria end up as friends and rivals. this is a friend from one union his name. this is the wife. and this is the husband the mother. and this coming is the one for let's hear from him really who are some of them who can. before we've lived in the

desert since childhood in the village of. the most of the people they had great camels. has been working with them since he was a child and for who you know you could say bedouin life in the desert in camels i mean his blood. this is the only form of this number one for people of friends. this isn't one. this is the new coming in this year and this is the last year and gone for this yes this is the new this is all good things in your comment and i mean this isn't the one my comment is number one for phone. this is through a video out of that is i don't know who is good and then the one on him with. the festival begins tomorrow it will be spring tracing on the first day and then

the day of the marathon the major competition that everyone wants to when. i. sign a transit route to vnukovo report you'll best way to the heart of moscow. time . well hope told him a language i'm told but i will only react to situations i have read the reports

from i'm like the pollution to the no i will leave it to state park to comment on your latter point i come on to say it's ok our economy is on the docket notes on. the radio no more weasel words. when you have a direct question be prepared for a change when you find you should be ready for a battle freedom of speech and little down to freedom to question. i think that in all of these areas where you have the rise of what is called a new right there were shatters faction with with left wing keep gemini my my friend in berlin does not seem to be aware of how widespread this huge enmity is and having spent the last forty years and in an academic lunatic asylum i assure you that it is total in many many quarters of american life. that

i was in academia for a while i managed in a straight jacket as well a dime's so i'm going to jump in london yeah i mean i think spending time in the lunatic asylums is kind of the fact of his you know thinking a little bit to the point is that the in the u.k. and across europe values have changed cultural values have changed need to become much more color and much more open much more liberal and space even in the united states. that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy trek. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across the cynical we've been hijacked right handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers

one school class i'm job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem. rational debate and a real discussion critical issues facing define for them ready to join the movement then walk a little bit there. a morning mugs through the streets of do is open to festival. mad poses for tourists to take photographs.

didn't go to the square you might think that he's on concerned about all the festival excitement his day begins as it always does with morning coffee instead of newspapers or t.v. news always at the same time and in the same café. it's an hour of man's traditional ritual they'll discuss the future horses and camels today though brings a new topic for conversation the eagerly anticipated sprint races take place off the line.

the desert takes many forms often in close proximity to each other this one is among the most desolate and unforgiving. dry souls like where the combination of salt and sand allows no chance for any living creature. in this valley and the raj is easily mistaken for reality. it was practically raised. since childhood. tree to find. is perfectly normal to. these palm trees. to pick the fruit.

it's quite literally the. tree will again after it stops bearing fruit. in the tree is extracted before the trunk is cut down. and a little bit into a unique. it's. almost impossible because it can't be kept. very quickly. becomes even more than usual like a bee in fact. of the many palm trees in the. mail muhammad and his colleagues must climb to the top of every single. females with a special. crop of tasty dates be assured respect for the date. generation to generation. my father always said palm trees were everything.

dates of the region's most valuable and lucrative exports but that's not the only reason they're so important no other agriculture would be possible in the way without the. if not for the shade provided by the tall trees other produce like oranges lemons tomatoes and lettuce would never be able to survive under the scorching sun. they. started to change in the ninety's. used to be better. there was more water. is that there's much less water here now compared to earlier times. this complex irrigation system uses millions of liters of water every day fifteen different wells supply water plants connecting them is a challenge but his ancestors came up with a solution as the thirteenth century. has been a continuing battle for many hundreds of years. it's been estimated that there are

more than one hundred varieties of dayton to news here alone many believe that these fruits of the palm contain everything you need for life and people could survive for some time on nothing but dates. the perfect food for an emetic lifestyle that lights nutritious and can withstand the harsh desert sun. can do is people have lunch at noon after prayers today they'll have only a quick snack there's no time to waste because the festival is about to begin. racing camels are fed a special diet including wild millet grass and even all of oil on the morning before the race the camels will be treated to a little water an apple and an orange orange is a thought to be particularly good for camels although strangely the animals don't

seem to like them it's no easy task to stop a camel spacing out on wanted fruit. despite being an important day the desert has yet another challenge in store by lunchtime a strong western wind up here. can be extremely powerful sometimes reaching speeds of one hundred kilometers per hour a sandstorm can appear from nowhere in a matter of minutes strong enough to knock you over the wind blows sand into your lungs and it's almost impossible to see anything at all. many years of experience has produced nothing more suited to desert life than a turban. national costume is still respected in this area where people may settle

their camel and ventured deep into the desert for several days with nothing more than a tent water. perhaps their. called by their ancestors or it's the lure of the desert itself. maybe it's just a passion for the new magic to life. just like centuries ago they shelter from the wind behind their camels and just like their ancestors treat these graceful animals with respect. despite being known as camel day horses and dogs also play a part but camels will always be the main attraction it's an event that has been running into news here for almost fifty years there are visitors and participants from far and wide algeria libya oman saudi arabia the winner of the forty two kilometer marathon will receive a cash prize but money's not the real motive here winning races especially the

marathon is a matter of honor and prestige was last year's winner. and therefore i don't know when i got rid. of my hot. general brooklyn. i don't know. everyone's ready for festivities to begin but there's a delay the country's president is expected at the festival he's traveling from the capital to be here in his original hometown. at last the head of state arrives at the festival can get underway. this.

week for. the. hunting contest and camel fire. just some of the spectacles to be found at this festival. ah. fighting is only possible in winter during the summer mating season male camels become particularly aggressive they'll fight for the females and without human intervention to pull them apart it might not end until one of the bees to skip the race. it was today's main event his one thousand eight hundred metre sprint has. urged their camels to gallop as fast as they can if you want. it was the next from speed these animals is forty five kilometers per hour.

the first camel crosses the finish line in a few minutes the second and then the third is not among the witness something's gone wrong. but i. like the both of them because they have an awesome horse is gone and there are a bit for do with them day. and get my comment of this. i must also seems a little upset. on the comment was no no no but. what you can do everything call for. tomorrow sees the festival highlight the desert marathon the race in which was last year's winner.

that is coming. down or. no but. i don't know. marathon day nothing else is happening at the festival everyone is focused on this key race. there were forty six runs last year now there are twenty eight but competition will still be intense many of the right as a former champions who know the taste of victory. not him and has never won the marathon but his camel is ready for action.

are examined by events the marathon is a serious test of both the camel stamina and its ability to deliver a finals. week. it's not uncommon for a camel to be so tired by the end of the long distance race that the rider has to dismount and lead the beast of burden by admitting he. didn't. win tired these noble ships of the desert will often disobey their riders. and the race begins they conserve energy they still have three hours of desert ahead of them. didn't win this year but in the sahara people acquire a philosophical approach to life civic treason defeats. when the festival ends omar

will take his camel into the desert for several days. deep in the sahara the modern world seems less significant and the problems of the city futile. life takes on a. very different meaning for those who live in the desert. i am.

i don't see how european countries who are member of the european union can solve the problem without leaving the european union so it's all b.s. that countries like great britain or france you name friends especially with increasing poverty in my opinion they have a difficult they have a difficult time to solve these problems but i think at least they should rearrange the principle rules all free movement of persons and improve the system. wealthy british style. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report

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