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“A big camel had been brought to its knees and was apparently being milked, except it wasn’t a female and it wasn’t its teats that were being pulled. In fact, it was a male camel and it was being made to pee into a bucket. Sitting on a stool close by was a tired, sick-looking woman, who was watching the proceedings. I went over to ask her what was happening. She told me that she had come to the market to buy camel pee because she was very sick; she had cancer. Camel pee, she said, is very good for you and helps cure lots of illnesses, including cancer and diabetes. She also told me that it could help clear the body of the jinn, the evil spirits that cause illness. When the steaming bucket was brought over, she gulped down a glass of the liquid and took the rest of it away in a bottle.”
― Alice Morrison, My 1001 Nights: Tales and Adventures from Morocco