UMary Allen
I-Sloughi ekuqaleni yayivela kuma-greyhounds amaBedouin aseNyakatho Afrika. Ngakho, umlando wayo uhlehlela emuva ezinkulungwaneni ezimbalwa zeminyaka.
Ngaleso sikhathi wayengumngane othembekile wabahlali basogwadule futhi wasiza, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ngokuzingela, lapho akha khona iqembu labathathu elinokheshe kanye nomzingeli, owayegibele ihhashi. Ukunemba, lolu hlobo lwavela esifundeni saseMaghreb, esihlanganisa iMorocco yanamuhla, i-Algeria neTunisia.
Njengoba i-Sloughi yayikwazi ukuzingela inyamazane ngenxa yejubane layo futhi ngaleyo ndlela inikeze amaBedouin inyama, yayibhekwa “njengehlanzekile” ngesiko lama-Arabhu ngokungafani nezinye izinja. Ngisho nanamuhla, uhlobo lwama-greyhound lujabulela ukuthandwa okukhulu emazweni afana ne-Marroko, nakuba ukuzingela kwendabuko kungavamile kakhulu.