Eat, Pray, Herd. How an I.T. Guy Found Career Happiness Owning 78 Camels.


Mohamed Isaaq grew tired of office life in Canada, so he returned to his Somaliland birthplace and took up an ancient trade. 


Text by Michael M. Phillips


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Portrait of Mohamed at his camels farm outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland .
Mohamed sips fresh milk from a Gorof, a utensil used to hold milk while milking the camel.
Camels being taken out of the farm to feed outside the city, and be brought back to the farm at the end of the day.
Mohamed with his camels at his farm.
Young camels at Mohamed's camel farm in hargeisa, Somaliland.
View from market in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
Mohamed spending his afternoon at his livingroom in his house in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
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