Rather hear the flatulence of the camel than the prayer of the fish.
-Arabic Proverbs, 1830, J.L. Burckhardt
Burckhardt notes that Egyptians so fear a one day sea voyage that they’d prefer a one month camel caravan. I wonder what message we were sending the drovers when, pointing to a jet passing overhead, they teasingly asked why we had not taken it. Riding in our usual positions at the rear of the herd, we replied, Ahsan Hina, Better Here.