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Camel Races in the Middle East - the camel jockeys are child slaves
Camel Jockeys in the Middle East
It is a fact that any animal can travel faster with a small rider than with a
large one. Horse and camel jockeys are chosen for their size, but it would take
a little effort to find small adults to ride the camels. Around the Middle East,
rather than make this effort, child slaves are used as jockeys on the camels. It
is easier for the oil rich gulf countries to continue, as they have done for
hundreds of years, to buy children from the poorer countries across the gulf in
the Indian subcontinent and to force them to work as camel jockeys.
Oil Money
Before the Gulf states were blessed with oil the practice was
not as widespread as it is today. Now the rulers of the Gulf states have more
money than they know what to do with. You may well have seen reports of some of
the extravagances that occur on television. The richest horse race in the world
is in Dubai, sponsors are few and, as the UAE is a Muslim country, gambling
income is nil. Greyhound races are similarly run at great expense and generate
no income. Such sports are a means for the ruling families to compete with each
other. Massive sums of money are spent on the animals by each family. There are
special animal hospitals for the racing camels where no expense is spared. A
camel jockey however is nothing more than ballast. If he gets hurt it is easy to
buy another camel jockey.
The children go outside to play and never return
The jockeys will
tipically start their life in the same way as millions of other children in the
Indian subcontinent. Perhaps having parents who are poor, but still have dreams
for their sons which do not involve camels. Then maybe at the age of two or
three the children go outside to play and never return. They are kidnapped by
local gangs who will deal in any commodity that makes money. The children will
then be taken by adults who when questioned may claim to be the children's
parents. They will then travel, perhaps along the ancient slave routes to
Karachi, and across the Gulf.
No holiday riding camels
The work of a camel jockey is no holiday. Away
from their parents, in a foreign country with no legal status, the children have
no one to protect them. They must exercise the camels seven days a week in heat
that even the local people shelter from. There is no choice about whether to
work on the camels or not. A beating or two and a couple of days without food
convinces them all. There is nowhere to run to. Many of the children are told a
story about being unwanted and being sold by their parents into slavery, just in
case they were considering trying to get home. Before the camel races the
children go without food, not as a punishment, but to keep their weight down so
the camels will run faster. The children receive no schooling and grow up
without even knowing the country of their birth.
Winning at any cost
Occasionally, in response to pressures from outside
the region, rules are written to restrict the legal age and weight of camel
jockeys, but when the camel belong to a sheikh, a trainer will always choose to
break the rules if it gives the camel a better chance of winning. The trainer
receives a small prize if his camel wins. The camel jockey receives nothing.
Consensus Politics
Many Arab governments rule through a consensus of
several powerful families. There is some degree of concern about the children
who work as camel jockeys. There is also a strong wish not to upset colleagues
who enjoy watching the sport.
Disposable assets
Once the children grow too large to be of any use as
camel jockeys a lucky few will be employed by the camel stables, a few more will
be able to get work by employers who know and can exploit their situation.
However, if they ever step out of line in the future they risk being arrested as
illegal immigrants. Throughout the Middle East the punishment for being an
illegal immigrant is a fine and the punishment for not paying a fine is prison.
Through no fault of his own, a camel jockey could end his days in the inhumane
confines of an Arab prison. Occasionally an effort has been made to repatriate
children once they outgrow their usefulness, but, as no records are kept about
where the children came from, this merely dumps the children into the slums of a
nearby country.
You camel jockey!
The insult "camel jockey" has worked its way into the
languages of the Middle East to mean someone with little education. Many of the
people who use this term are ignorant of the true origin of the term and often
those that understand prefer to keep quiet rather than risk upsetting the
wealthy people who run the traditional sport of camel racing.
Worse Things Happen
When the issue is raised with local people, a common
response is "worse things happen in your country". There are many parallels with
the suffering of child chimney sweeps in seventeenth and eighteenth century
Britain. For this reason a page has been added to the site about chimney sweeps. Hopefully lessons can be learned from history
about how to end child slavery in camel racing.
What can I do?
This site was originally produced by a British teacher in
the UAE who, like you are doing now, asked himself "what can I do about it?". He
took some photos at the local camel exercising track and produced this web site.
If you would like to help to end the exploitation of children then check out
some of the links. If you post your views to a forum or send an email to a
newspaper, it wont end the practice tomorrow, but it certainly wont do any harm.
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