♥ Misjudged Ghayyadh

Ghayyadh was rescued in 2011 from slaughter and relocated to a widow so she had a source of income.

In 2018, widow Rashda passed away after being sick for 1.5 years, leaving behind 4 school-aged children.

Like Hindi provides an income for the next of kin of late Ibrahim, now Ghayyadh provides an income for the next of kin of the late widow, he is housed together with Camels Hindi and Dahrutsj because the late widow was a sister of the family of Dahrutsj and Hindi and these families live side by side.

Ghayyadh is a male, his year of birth is estimated at 2007. Ghayyadh remains small for his age.

He used to be known as the Kitchen Camel among the participants of DesertJoy because he always carried the pots and pans. He has outgrown that time. As naughty as he used to be, as calm and reliable he is now.

DesertJoy hires Ghayyadh as often as possible to support the children of the late widow.

Ghayyadh is one of the six Camels that have been neutered in 2016.

♥ Blossomed Zar’aan

Zar’aan from Musa was one of the little ones in 2011 and therefore from the beginning in the adoption program. When he was 5 months old, he and his mother got sick, they both got better, but Zar’aan became very thin.

In April 2012 he lost his sister Aweida and in October 2012 he suddenly lost his mother, Shaile, one of the sweetest camels ever.
We then decided to house Zar’aan together with the bulls Tunesie and Asfur for much needed male energy, which helped for his mourning process and development.

Now Zar’aan has become an adult bull in the prime of his life and there are even trek participants riding on him!
As vulnerable as he was as a youngster, he now completely blossomed! He is close friends with Tunesie who protects him and it seems that Zar’aan even becomes a second Tunesie in terms of character: a charmer!

Zar’aan is one of the six camels who were gelded in 2016.

♥ Beautiful Gheleis

Gheleis was born in 2012 and since his birth included in the adoption program.
His mother, Wise Mabruka, was rescued by the Foundation in 2009 from a trader and relocated at Subaih. Mabruka was sold by her former owner because she never became pregnant when belonging to him.
She has given Subaih a boy, Gheleis and a girl, Marzuka and she enjoyed a good old age thanks to Subaih and her Adopters.
After the Foundation promised her during her time of death to continue to take care of Gheleis and Marzuka, she died a peaceful, natural death of old age and we gave her a honorable burial on 27-6-2013.

Gheleis is one of the six camels who were castrated in 2016. At Gheleis, however, we only found one testicle, the second one descended into place a week after the vet had returned to Cairo.
Gheleis and his second testicle were therefore on the list for the next round in 2020, but then too his 2nd testicle was too deep into his abdomen!

Gheleis has grown into a beautiful dark, strong camel, he has had a long riding training and now belongs to Ibi, a cousin of Subaih after Subaih passed away in 2023.
His mother can be proud of him!

♥ Calm Abdèn

Abdèn was born in 2014 and developed himself into a beautiful, calm, stable and reliable camel, but not so calm that he lets everything go over him, on the contrary! He also likes to play with other young male camels from time to time and if a camel harasses one of his brothers, his little sister or his mother it is HE who interferes!

Unlike other offspring of father and comforter Shailèn, Abdèn most resembles his father Shailèn, both in character and physically.

Abdèn was castrated in October 2020 and it has been decided since 2022 that Abdèn will be available to participants in the treks such as DesertJoy offers, so Abdèn can certainly be chosen! Even though Abden belongs to Joyce, she receives no compensation for her work for the foundation and two Bedouins always have income from and through her camels!

Because Abdèn belongs to Joyce he has his own page on the DesertJoy website.

♥ Charmer Tunesie

Tunesie, a male, estimated year of birth 2000 is perhaps the most favorite camel among DesertJoy participants. There are even participants who come back especially for Tunesie! His name is Tunesie because his parents are from Tunisia.
Tunesie has been with Musa since 2003, but he was never really from Musa but from Musa’s brother-in-law. Until December 2014. When Musa and Tunesie returned from a desert trek, they heard that his brother-in-law had sold Tunesie because he could no longer pay off his debts.

Of course Tunesie is saved! By Musa, by the Foundation but especially by 2 of his Adopters! Making Tunesie really belonging to Musa!
Because of his heavy rut, which changed Tunesie from charmer to unmanageable, Musa was the first to be open to castration, resulting in the Foundation looking for a good veterinarian to start the Castration Project!

Tunesie is therefore one of the six camels that have been neutered in 2016. He can now be ridden all year round, and is now not only a charmer all year round, but above all much healthier now.
Tunesie is one of those camels that doesn’t know how to mate, so he was never asked by female camel owners, leaving him with no outlet for his hormones during rut.

♥ Mother Jamila

Jamila was rescued by Joyce in 2006 from severe neglect, she was then pregnant by Dalèl, the camel after whom the Foundation was named. Her little one only lived for 4 days. Her estimated year of birth is 1991/1992.

Jamila’s origin is probably from the mainland of Egypt, we still don’t know what she’s been through. For example, 2 of her udders are pinched by humans, so that they no longer produce milk. In Sinai, she was known by former owners as a female camel whose young ones never survived.

Now she is known as a camel that produces the most beautiful foals and who also stay alive even though she has only two of the four udders. When she was strengthened, it soon became clear that she turned out to be one of the best trained camel ever with a great and beautiful body.

In the meantime she has given Joyce four foals, three boys and one girl. If Joyce had kept to the rhythm of the Bedouins, it would have been more than 4 foals.
Now that she is aging and has taken care of offspring with whom the Bedouin also making an income, she deserves to enjoy a worthy old age together with her offspring!

Because Jamila is from Joyce, she has her own page on the website of DesertJoy.

♥ Silent Dahrutsj

Dahrutsj from Radiye and from the late Ibrahim is the oldest camel bull in our midst.
His year of birth is estimated at 1990.
Dahrutsj came to Radiye, the mother of the late Ibrahim, at a young age.

Radiye is one of those owners who has always refused to exchange aging Dahrutsj for a younger one. She also refused to sell Dahrutsj when her son Ibrahim wanted to get married and needed money for his wedding.

In 2018, Ibrahim suddenly died of a cerebral infarction at the age of 38, leaving behind a wife and 2 small children. For his mother Radiye, he was the second child she lost.

Dahrutsj is not only a consolation for Radiye but also for newcomer Hindi who now belongs to Dahrutsj. Hindi was rescued from slaughter in 2018 and placed at Radiye & her family, and is in the prime of his life and became very attached to Dahrutsj in a very short time.

Dahrutsj is one of the strongest and most reliable camel ever. Together with Hindi, he now provides income for the family of the late Ibrahim.
Now that he is retired, Dahrutsj will go free, without saddle, on desert treks or he will only get a lightweight rider.

Both Radiye and Dahrutsj deserve it like no other that Dahrutsj gets a good old age!

♥ Loyal Asfur

Asfur was a camel bull with an estimated birth year of 1993. It’s no longer possible to choose Asfur, however he deserves a special place as Asfur was the initiator of the Adoption Program in 2012! He was then threatened with slaughter because his former owner was afraid of his rut ​​and was then rescued by the Foundation and replaced at Musa.

Asfur has blossomed at Musa and enjoyed 12 good years. Musa played an big and important role also in Asfur’s last phase of life: when it was clear Asfur was in his last phase he then gave Asfur some beautiful months in a flowering Desert where Asfur in a Natural way quiet and in peace left us in May 2024.

Due to severe arthritis Asfur couldn’t go on Desert Treks anymore during his last three years. The foundation took care of a medicine from the Netherlands and Musa took care of Asfur kept regularly walking small amount of time.

Grateful he was spared suffering and grateful he left us peaceful and quiet in his Natural Habitat.

Asfur was one of the tallest camels and always had a dancing pace. He has given numerous people an unforgettable Desert Experience. He lives on in his only son, Subhan ♥

♥ Asfur…Thank You So Much for Everything, for Always in Our Hearts ♥

♥ Shy Mabruk

Mabruk is our newest & youngest addition to the Adoption Program.
He was born on 18-2-2019 and is 1.5 months younger than Dalèle. He couldn’t no longer be sustained by his owner.

Mabruk is the first born of his mother, his mother didn’t have enough milk and because his mother also lost weight quickly during milk production, Mabruk had to be set seperate from his mom early as well.

Mabruk was therefore behind in his development and was small for his age.
However, because both his father Shailèn and his mother are both reliable and sweet Camels and because there are so few good Camels left and we also have to take into account the ages of 3 old retired Camels, the Foundation nevertheless decided in December 2019 to buy Mabruk and replace him with his father Shailèn from Silmèn, Khaled and Ahmed!

He now gained weight and finished his riding training! So he will make up for the shortage of good Camels and thereby contribute to a Bedouin culture which is under pressure!

Mabruk didn’t have a name all that time, but Khaled and Ahmed gave him the name Mabruk which means Blessed / the Blessed. So we hope his name will also helps!