(4 Jun 2025)
EGYPT CAMEL MARKET
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Giza, Egypt - 1 June 2025
1. Wide of camel market in Birqash, a village in Giza
2. Pan right showing camel market, people walking
3. Close of camels grouped together with their legs tied
4. Man dragging a camel
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed aL-Sharif, camel trader:
"The quantity is not available (due to the demand for camels), and their prices have skyrocketed. This year, the prices have soared to levels we've never seen or heard of before. A camel that used to cost 20, 25, or 30 (thousand Egyptian pounds, $400–$600) now starts at 50 (thousand Egyptian pounds, around $1,000)."
6. Banner, reading (Arabic) "Mohamed aL-Sharif office for the import and export of camels"
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed aL-Sharif, camel trader:
"The reason (for the price increase) is that the quantity of camels that used to come from Sudan is no longer available. They are not coming anymore. (Mohamed Hamdan) Hemedti (commander of the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan) is preventing it."
8. Various of camels at market
9. Pan left showing camels at market
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed al-Solayef, camel trader: ++SPEAKING ABOUT THE INCREASE IN PRICES++
"Most camels are imported from Sudan and Somalia. The story of the Rapid Support Forces (preventing camel exports to Egypt) has had an impact on the camel (market) situation."
11. Various of camel market
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Fathy, customer:
"The camel whose price last year was 50 (thousand Egyptian pounds, around $1,000) is priced at 60 (thousand Egyptian pounds, around $1,200) this year. It has increased by 10,000 (pounds). And the camel that was priced at 70 (thousand Egyptian pounds, around $1,400) has become 80 (thousand Egyptian pounds, around $1,600). This means the price of each camel has increased by 10,000 pounds compared to last year."
13. Various of camel market
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mostafa Mahmoud, customer:
"Every year I purchase (a camel). The prices are different every time. This time, the difference is a 15,000-pound (increase) from last year."
15. Various of camel market
STORYLINE:
The camel market in Birqash, a village in Egypt’s Giza governorate, is buzzing just days ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
People go to the famed market to buy camels, as Muslims traditionally mark Eid al-Adha — also known as the Feast of Sacrifice — by offering special prayers and slaughtering livestock, usually a goat, sheep, cow or camel, to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim’s test of faith.
The meat from the sacrificed animals is shared among family, friends and those in need who cannot afford to offer a sacrifice.
Again this year, both traders and customers at the Birqash market say camel prices have risen due to the turmoil in Sudan.
"The quantity of camels that used to come from Sudan is no longer available," said Mohamed aL-Sharif, a camel trader.
"The camel whose pr... [truncated]
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