I see women passing with red pitchers to the river; I see camels swaying and men in turbans.

She said she had seen camels at the prison and envied their freedom.

"One day, driving into Tripoli, I saw dead camels everywhere," he recalled.

Here you might even see camels loaded with tobacco and ancient-looking roped storage jars on their gaily woven saddle-cloths.

"Have you ever seen camels?"

Lartigue had seen camels in Algeria carrying heavy loads balanced in panniers on their backs.

You see camels, or yellow cabs?

In the distance ahead a fire blazed; when they came abreast of it they saw men and camels sleeping.

"We didn't expect to see camels and cornfields," said the 23-year-old infantryman.

Al-Shahaniya is a good place to see camels roaming around the desert and camels racing in a purpose-built stadium.