The road to riches: Al Dhafra Festival’s Million Street becomes focus of a new photo exhibition

Cars, camels and chaos — those are the three words Yiannis Roussakis chooses to describe Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra Festival.

The annual event in Madinat Zayed, Al Gharbia, close to the border with Saudi Arabia, is a gathering of camel herders and farmers from across the Gulf and from Yemen, North Africa and even as far afield as Pakistan.

For 20 days, visitors set up camp, trade camels and compete for prizes. Much has been written about the…