UMary Allen
I-Sloughi ekuqaleni yayivela kwii-greyhounds ze-Bedouin zaseMntla Afrika. Ngaloo ndlela, imbali yayo ibuyela emva kwiminyaka emininzi.
Ngelo xesha wayeliqabane elithembekileyo labemi basentlango kwaye wanceda, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ngokuzingela, apho wenza iqela labathathu kunye nokhetshe kunye nomzingeli, owayekhwele ihashe. Ukuchaneka, olu hlobo luvela kwingingqi yeMaghreb, ebandakanya iMorocco, iAlgeria kunye neTunisia yanamhlanje.
Ekubeni iSloughi yakwazi ukuzingela iinyamakazi ngenxa yesantya sayo kwaye ngaloo ndlela ibonelela ngenyama yamaBedouins, yayigqalwa “njengenyulu” kwinkcubeko yama-Arabhu ngokungafaniyo nezinye izinja. Nanamhlanje, uhlobo lwe-greyhound luthandwa kakhulu kumazwe anje ngeMarroko, nangona ukuzingela kwesintu kunqabile.