Since we do not have a camel to ride, we use the saddles as footstools and as a place to put books and magazines on which we want to keep near at hand. Bill Ellis/The Putnam Herald The Herald-Dispatch ...

Do you think you have what it takes to complete a 1,000 km trek across the UAE desert? Active Abu Dhabi has launched a new ...

BOOK: "Glory in a Camel's Eye," by Jeffrey Tayler (Houghton Mifflin, $25) TARGET AUDIENCE: Armchair travelers ready to turn the Barcalounger into a camel saddle.

Taylor Dees moved to the United Arab Emirates from the US and found her passion in camel racing. Now she’s inspiring other women to break into more traditionally male-dominated sports.