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In pictures: Abu Dhabi’s 2019 Liwa Moreeb Dune Festival

The nine day festival attracts the region’s most powerful four wheel drives and bikers to face exciting challenges including cars drag race, bikes race, motocross track challenge, camel race, horse race, classic cars competition and Moreeb track for freestyle drifting.

Jockeys compete in a race for purebred Arab horses during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival in the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 1, 2019. The festival, which attracts participants from around the Gulf region, hosts a variety of races including c

A handler prepares a camel to race during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival in the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 1, 2019.

Robotic jockeys control camels during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival in the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 1, 2019.

A handler prepares a camel to race during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival in the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 1, 2019.

A camel controlled by a robotic jockey stumbles and falls during a race as part of the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival in the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 1, 2019..

Jockeys compete in a race for purebred Arab horses during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival in the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, during the Liwa 2019 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 1, 2019.

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