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Horse, Camel Exhibition opens today

Oman Daily Observer - Jan 22, 2012
Marwan Naeem Suwaid, General Manager of Vision Exhibitions Company, said the exhibition will witness Omani participation represented by the Royal Cavalry, Royal Camel Corps, Royal Oman Police Cavalry, Oman Equestrian Federation and Oman Camel Racing ...

Camel racing in Dubai

TimeOutDubai.com - Jan 12, 2012
Just like the city itself, it appears the tradition of camel racing has taken on some modern 'tweaks' in recent years. There's no better example of this than the procession of cars that line up as the race is set to begin. Around 20 four-wheel-drives ...

RAK Ruler attends finals of camel racing festival

WAM - Emirates News Agency - Jan 19, 2012
2012 (WAM) - His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah attende today the final race meeting of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Camel Racing Festival, held at Al Sawan racetrack. ...

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Camel Racing books

Azad's Camel

by: Erika Pal
In a big Arabian city, an orphan boy is forced to work as a camel jockey — a dangerous job he doesn't like. But a new friendship and a magical escape into the desert are about to change his life . . . Camel racing is a popular sport in the Gulf states of the Middle East, where child jockeys from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sudan, Mauritania, and Eritrea are used to ride the camels. Some impoverished families are persuaded to sell sons as young as five years old, who are taken away to be trained and often badly treated.
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Oman & the UAE

by: Insight Guides
One of over 400 titles in the Insight series,

Insight Guide Oman & United Arab Emirates. This 318-page book includes a section detailing the history of the countries, 10 features covering aspects of the life and culture, ranging from the blood lines of the Bedu to the unusual sport of camel racing, a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus many high quality photographs and 19 maps.
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Lost Riders

by: Elizabeth Laird

A hard-hitting, intensely moving novel about child slavery in the Middle East

Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf, eight-year-old Rashid and his little brother Shari cling to each other. They are then separated and forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business. Rashid is starved and worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors—but he has a talent for racing and quickly becomes his stable's star jockey.
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Riding for their lives: Daoud Khan's photo essay on the use of children as camel-racing jockeys in the United Arab Emirates.: An article from: New Internationalist

by: Daoud Khan
This digital document is an article from New Internationalist, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 709 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Riding for their lives: Daoud Khan's photo essay on the use of children as camel-racing jockeys in the United Arab Emirates.
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Robots replace children as camel jockeys in UAE

Until 2005, hundreds of children were recruited into the centuries-old Arab sport of camel racing because of their low weight and height, which meant the camels could run faster. Many children suffered injuries such as broken legs and hands from falling off camels, which can run at up to 30km per hour. Now, instead of a child, camels in the UAE are ridden by small robots which are tied onto camels by hand.

 

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Camel racing in Qatar

This camel race comes to an end with a clear winner. From www.qatarvisitor.com.

 

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CAMEL RACE ABU DHABI 2009

Camel racing is a popular sport in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Australia, and Mongolia. Camels can run at speeds up to 65 km/h (18 m/s; 40 mp/h) in short sprints and they can maintain a speed of 40km/h (11 m/s; 25 mp/h) for an hour. In the past, Camels were controlled by child jockeys, but allegations of human rights abuses have led to nationwide bans on underage labor in the UAE and Qatar. The controversy over the enslavement of children has led to use of robot-controlled camels.

 

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Camel racing

The start of a camel race in Qatar. By www.qatarvisitor.com.

 

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Camel races, Dubai, UAE

Filmed at the Al Lisaili camel track in Dubai. The UAE banned the use of child jockeys in commercial camel racing in 2002. Robot jockeys are now used, the whip is operated remotely by the camel owner who follows the camels in a 4x4.