Camel: A miracle on four legs & nature’s gift to humanity

I grew up knowing the camel. Long before I ever opened a textbook, I saw with my own eyes how this magnificent creature holds the entire universe of the Somali nomad together. In our  arid and semi-arid lands of Somalia home to the world’s largest camel population—where the sun bakes the earth and water is more precious than gold—the camel (geel) is not simply livestock. It is our survival, our mobility, our bank account, and our pride (gobnimo).

Camel: A miracle on four legs & nature’s gift to humanity
I grew up knowing the camel. Long before I ever opened a textbook, I saw with my own eyes how this magnificent creature holds the entire universe of the Somali nomad together. In our  arid and semi-arid lands of Somalia home to the world’s largest camel population—where the sun bakes the earth and water is more precious than gold—the camel (geel) is not simply livestock. It is our survival, our mobility, our bank account, and our pride (gobnimo).