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There can be no doubt that camels experience emotions similar to humans. “Some of my camels have egos!” owners will say, but the most commonly mentioned traits quoted are pride and shame. God’s Gift to the Bedouin explores how owning a camel can have a dramatic impact on children’s growth and self-reliance – a fascinating anthropological study that draws on a living vein of Oman’s anthropology and heritage. Many Omanis form such a strong emotional connection with their favourite camel that they adopt the name of the animal as part of their own social identity. This close bond between a person and their beloved camel demonstrates the significance of camels in their daily lives and the necessity of understanding these links in order to comprehend cultural customs and beliefs.  

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Dr Ibtisam Al-Wahaibi is from the Wahaibi family in the eastern area of Oman. She is Head of the Business Communication unit at the College of Economics and Political Science at Sultan Qaboos University. She completed her Phd at the University of Sheffield in Communication and Management field and holds two masters degrees in corporate communication from the University of Bond in Australia. She also spent time at the University of Sussex in the UK in 2021, during which period God's Gift to the Bedouin was initially drafted. Ibtisam has published a number of research papers in academic journals about socio-cultural anthropology of Omani bedouins focusing on human relations with camels and she has presented her work on the anthropology of bedouin societies at a wide range of international conferences in Europe and Asia. She is certified  trainer from the university of Arizona and work as a trainer at the Royal academy of Management. 

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