European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ait egyptian original Cairo a Camel Market not for the faint of heart stripes Magazine january 21, 1993 by Craig Martin staff writer you can buy anything at the Camel Market in Cairo. It resembles a Flea Market with an interesting twist. It s not a place for the squeamish or for children. It s a scene straight out of the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom. Putrid smells of animal blood and hides compete with sounds of herdsmen smacking their camels with Bamboo Sticks to bring them under submission. Dust from camels stampeding through the Market rivals smoke from makeshift fires used to Cook local dishes to peddle to visitors. You see 12-year-old children slicing open goats Heads and eating the brains a raw. Everything can be found at the Market a from Bic Sens to shoes to animals. If you re looking for a Ball hearing for a wheel on your Donkey cart you la find it at the Camel Market. And if you need a new Donkey cart because yours is on its last legs you la find one there too. Quot we As tourists visit Cairo and it s Nice to see what the real world s like Quot said Ruth went an australian who currently lives in Cairo and works at american University. Quot these Guys come from Sudan to sell their  sudanese and libyans in caravans travel with their camels donkeys horses and goats across the desert to sell them at the Camel Market held each Friday in Southern Cairo. Quot it s Ike a car auction really Quot said Ruth went s sister Kerry went a visitor from Wollongong Australia Quot i think it s amazing. The animals Are herded into separate walled areas where they Are displayed for local businessmen to see. They beat the animals into submission with Bamboo Sticks. The businessmen bargain with the owners to get the Best Price Quot egyptians buy camels for Camel meat for the Butcher Quot said Abdul Al defray a taxi Driver who doubles As a tourist guide in Cairo. Quot it s very Good meat to eat. Some restaurants sell it. Others use camels for their  a a people who want to buy sheep or goats and have them skinned on the spot can have that done at the Camel Market. The animals Are slaughtered in the open for All to see then skinned. The tanners make an incision in the haunches of the Goat for example then blow into the opening. The animal inflates like a balloon making it easier to skin. The meat is then sold for food and the hide for  it s the atmosphere that makes the Camel Market so appealing. Quot it s a Good place to visit. Said Susanne Schiemenz a German student at american University in Cairo. Quot it s easy to get in Contact with people in a Normal Way. They want to talk to  Quot More people should visit the Market because it s original Quot said Lucian Reinfandt another Cerman attending american University in Cairo. Quot yet if More people visit it won t be original because tourism will ruin  a a customer at the Market inspects the Teeth of a Camel during an auction. A amps photos by Ken George customers take time out for Tea and a smoke above sudanese Herdsman left rests White his came a feed following their trek across the desert from Sudan to Cairo. A youngster below peddles pita bread and pastries at the Market. January 21, 1993 stripes Magazine 75