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- | The wild motor festival that transforms | + | The 2025 State of the World’s Girls report by global NGO Plan International reveals how these relationships leave girls vulnerable for the rest of their lives. It looked at 15 countries with high child marriage rates across Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and found that in all, advocates believe such marriages |
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- | You hear it before you see it. Hundreds of all-terrain vehicles tearing across | + | The researchers interviewed |
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- | “There is no sleep in Liwa,” says Ginger Krook, a 23-year-old motorsport enthusiast from the Netherlands. “It’s crazy.” | + | |
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- | Each year, the Liwa International Festival draws crowds of car fanatics deep into the Empty Quarter, the vast desert stretching from the United Arab Emirates into Saudi Arabia. | + | |
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- | Three hours’ drive from Abu Dhabi, the landscape is almost empty for most of the year, save for a new ribbon of blacktop | + | |
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- | In December, it becomes a dreamscape for motorheads. | + | |
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- | “They come together | + | |
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- | ‘Full throttle or nothing’ | + | |
- | The Liwa International Festival has been running for just over two decades. | + | |
- | The Liwa International Festival has been running for just over two decades. Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images | + | |
- | Local Emiratis first recognized the motorsport potential of the Liwa Oasis more than two decades ago. They began gathering with their off-road vehicles at Moreeb Dune, the tallest in the region at more than 300 meters (about 1,000 feet). The challenge was simple: reach the top. | + | |
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- | An official festival was created in 2004 and has grown steadily. In 2024, it drew more than 600,000 visitors, according to the event’s organizers. Alongside motorsports, | + | |
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- | But the central attraction — racing up the Moreeb Dune — remains the same. | + | |
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- | “Everyone watches each other as they go up,” says Krook. “They | + | |
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- | Spectators cheer drivers on, but the dune is daunting. In Arabic, Moreeb means “terrifying.” | + | |
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- | “If your tires are not big enough, your suspension is not good enough, you’re not able to come up,” she says. “You cannot be scared because it’s full throttle | + | |
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- | Smaller, less terrifying dunes serve as obstacles | + | |
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- | It was “this kind of Mad Max-feeling city,” says Christian LeBlanc, 32, a Canadian influencer who attended last year. “There were these huge lights illuminating the dunes, | + | |
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