The Arabian Oryx

By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer A rare white middle-sized antelope, known in the West as the Arabian oryx or oryx leucoryx, has been often labelled, in past centuries as the mythical unicorn. On the other hand, in its original homeland, the Arabian Peninsula, it is known by its various Arab names:  al-bawsulah, al-mahā or … Continued