Monday November 10, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

I gained remarkable insight from an inconsequential piece that ran in the Saudi press the other day.

We have all heard of horse shows, but did you know that the horse show originated in Arabia?
The off-spring of horse shows are camel shows where people come from far and wide to compete and buy and sell camels.

The article I am talking about was about the "Najdi."
The Nadji is a goat. The Nadji is not just any goat, it is a goat with a high nose and with hair that is so fine and shaggy that it is almost like silk.
The Nadji is to goats what the Arabian stallion is to horses.

From all across the peninsula people brought their male and female Nadji goats to compete.
The goats were bathed and shampooed in advance of the competition.
The pictures of the winners were posted on the website.

Of course I laughed. But I also learned.
The differences between our Western societies and the societies of the Middle East are greater than we can even imagine.

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