"This is a popular sport in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf because we have these dunes," Rabea said. It requires "considerable effort", he added, but the payoff is "a real rush of adrenaline".

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Under rocks and buried in the sand along the Gulf of Aqaba, a new species of worm was discovered. Juli Kosolapova via Unsplash Along the coast of Saudi Arabia, the Red Sea retreats from the rocky ...

Back to homepage / Live news Oil, sand and speed: Saudi gearheads take on towering dunes. Az Zulfī (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Wearing a helmet and strapped securely into his four-wheel-drive ...

Along the coast of Saudi Arabia, the Red Sea retreats from the rocky and sandy beaches with the tide, revealing small pools teeming with life. The “lagoon-like” environments are scattered ...

Oil, sand and speed: Saudi gearheads take on towering dunes. Az Zulfī (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Wearing a helmet and strapped securely into his four-wheel-drive, Abdelilah al-Rabea tore off across ...

At sunset the drivers headed home, leaving behind splotches of oil on the sand and track marks scarring the dunes. But Amar said the gas-guzzling sport was not necessarily in conflict with nature. "I ...

Wearing a helmet and strapped securely into his four-wheel-drive, Abdelilah al-Rabea tore off across the Saudi desert, kicking up clouds of sand as a crowd of hundreds cheered him on.Every year ...

"This is a popular sport in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf because we have these dunes," Rabea said. It requires "considerable effort", he added, but the payoff is "a real rush of adrenaline".