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Opinion: Ticket pic of the week: No, Hannibal used elephants

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Imagine Ali Abdullah Hassan‘s surprise when he emigrated from Somalia in 2007 and after working some odd jobs found secure permanent employment training and caring for a pack of camels.

Hassan’s new home, of course, is Sweden, near Gyttorp, to be precise. The camels are a family, in fact, mother, father and son. Hassan is training them to carry riders and sings to them in Arabic.

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Of course.

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