Off a desert highway, Israel’s Bedouins rejoice in horse racing

 Bedouin horse-racing

Jockeys compete in a weekly horse-racing competition at a field near the Bedouin village of Abu Tlal in southern Israeli near Beersheva on November 25, 2022. PHOTO | MENAHEM KAHANA | AFP

Abu Tlul

A stretch of dirt next to a desert highway in Israel's south may not immediately seem an ideal spot, but for years it has attracted Bedouins weekly to enjoy horse racing.