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Natural history of the UAE,
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SPORT & LEISURE - CAMEL RACING
![]() Sheikh Zayed Camel Race Grand Prix Festival kicks off
Posted on 02/01/2012
The annual Sheikh Zayed Camel Race Grand Prix Festival kicked off Sunday at Al Wathba camel racetrack bringing together more than 10,000 camels competing in various events from racing to beauty contests.
In attendance at the opening ceremony were Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs , Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, Advisor to the UAE President, officials and diplomats.
The event which will run to January 5 is being held under
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 Al Dhafra Festival
begins on Dec 17
Posted on 15/12/2011
For the fifth winter, thousands of camels will return to the vast desert beyond Madinat Zayed in the Western Region to compete in the country's — if not the region's — most expensive beauty show.
So far, 1,300 camel owners have registered their 20,000 camels for the beauty competition alone in the Al Dhafra Festival, and even more are expected to come along before the start of the festival on December 17.
Organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) till December
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 Camel beauty contest main feature of festival
Posted on 31/10/2011
Thousands of camels are expected to descend on the small town of Al Gayathi once again, as it gears up to host its second Al Gayathi Camel Festival from November 15 to 20, 2011.
"After the success of our inaugural festival last year, which saw not only a great turnout of both visitors and participants from the UAE and beyond, it also helped us to raise awareness about our city," Mubarak Musallam Al Mansouri, Chairman of the festival's organising committee said.
"We will begin to accept
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 Top racers to preventing extinction, Dubai camel lab has lofty goals
Posted on 03/07/2011
It is almost noon. The air is heavy and quiet, save for the occasional flurry that sends pockets of sand skittering up. Moments earlier farmhands hoisted hay into vast, canopied mangers while camels brayed with impatient hunger. Now the men are indoors and the camels - 150 or so of them spread across three pens - are silently occupied with the business of eating.
Breeding season (October to April) has not long ended and many of the females in this herd are carrying calves which, it is hoped,
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 UAE set to import camels
Posted on 02/05/2011
The UAE might not seem short on camels, but camel milk farmers are planning to import them from central Asia regardless.
They are doing so because they have an eye on a potential explosion of demand if Europe decides to give the go-ahead to camel milk imports from the UAE.
Last July, the European Union approved the UAE's plans to demonstrate the safety and quality of the milk. Later this year, a team of inspectors will arrive to verify that those plans are being put into practice.
If
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![]() UAE team inspects living conditions of former camel jockeys in Pakistan
Posted on 23/12/2010
A delegation from interior Ministry's committee tasked with file of compensation and rehabilitation of former camel jockeys is currently visiting Pakistan to inspect projects for rehabilitation and integration of those children into their local communities and improve their living conditions in coordination with the UNICEF.
These trips to Lahore, Rahim Yar Khan and Buntan followed similar tours of Bangladesh, Sudan, and Mauritania where the dossier of compensation of those children had been
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 Al Dhafrah to organise maiden heritage race
Posted on 23/12/2010
A heritage camel race will be held on Friday at Madinat Zayed, as part of the fourth season of Al Dhafrah Festival which kicked off last Thursday and ends on Saturday.
The festival is organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (Adach) under the patronage of General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
Only citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries aged between 18 and 70 can
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 Sheikh Dhiyab hires Canadian crew to shoot a movie on camel
Posted on 21/12/2010
Sheikh Dhiyab bin Saif bin Mohammed Al Nahyan has hired a crew of Canadian filmmakers to shoot a 3D movie about camels participating in the 16-25 December Al Dhafra Festival at Medinat Zayed, organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH).
Elaborating about details and message of the film, Sheikh Dhiyab told a press conference yesterday that the idea of the film, the first of its kind in the whole Middle East region in 3D technique, struck his mind last year and aims to
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![]() Ministry of Interior team to inspect rehabilitation programmes for former child camel jockeys in Sudan
Posted on 10/11/2010
A delegation from the UAE Ministry of Interior left Abu Dhabi yesterday for Sudan to follow up the file of compensation, rehabilitation and integration of former child camel jockeys.
Led by Major General Nasser Al Awadi Al Minhali, Assistant Undersecretary for Naturalisation and Residency Affairs and Chairman of the Committee in charge of the Compensation File, the delegation will inspect programmes launched by the UAE in five Sudanese cities in coordination with the UNCEF for rehabilitation
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![]() Dossier of compensating Bangladeshi child camel jockeys closed
Posted on 12/10/2010
The dossier of compensating Bangladeshi children who had participated in the past as camel jockeys in racing events in the UAE has been officially closed, it was announced by senior state officials in Bangladesh.
A delegation from the Interior Ministry paid a visit to Bangladesh on Sunday to follow up a programme to compensate the former camel jockeys as per directives from HH Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior.
Major General
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 Zayed Camel racing Festival to be flagged off in Jordan today
Posted on 22/09/2010
In line with the directives of President H.H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Camel Racing Federation will organise tomorrow in Jordan the 3rd Sheikh Zayed Camel racing Festival. The two-day event to be held at the race tracks in Disi in Wadi-Rum is organised in cooperation with Jordanian institutions and committees and will be followed up by the UAE embassy in Amman. Adviser to H.H President and Chairman of the Camel Racing Federation Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan Al Nahyan hailed the
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 Antivenin from camels to be tested in Africa
Posted on 18/08/2010
Antivenin developed from camel antibodies will be in use in Africa within two years to treat victims of snake bites, the head of a laboratory in Dubai said yesterday.
Researchers from Britain and the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (CVRL) in Dubai have collaborated to use camels instead of the more usual horses or sheep as incubators for a new antivenin â€" the antitoxins that counteract specific snake venoms.
Yesterday, the team released the results of the first phase of the research.
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![]() UAE team in Dhaka to close child camel jockeys' dossier
Posted on 16/06/2010
A delegation from the Ministry of Interior left Abu Dhabi yesterday for Bangladesh to follow up the file of compensation, rehabilitation and integration of former Bangladeshi child camel jockeys. The Ministry's committee in charge of the file will hold talks with Bangladeshi government officials after which they will announce the closure of the file for good.
Compensations paid by the UAE to 879 eligible former child jockeys amounted to US$ 1.5 million.
While in Dhaka, the UAE officials
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 UNICEF Goodwill envoy lauds UAE's camel jockey rehabilitation programmes
Posted on 29/04/2010
Major General Nasser Al Menhali, Acting Assistant Undersecretary of Ministry of Interior for Naturalisation, Residency and Exits Affairs, discussed today with Mohamoud Qabeel, Ambassador of Goodwill to the UNICEF, ways of enhancing joint cooperation for protection of children.
The UNICEF Goodwill messenger praised substantial efforts made by the UAE for rehabilitation of former child camel jockey and their integration into the local communities.
He said that he paid a two-day visit to
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 Camels a key part of UAE's rich heritage
Posted on 27/03/2010
The UAE is historically known for its attachment to camels which are of social and economic value in the region.
The animal is famously known as the ship of the desert because of its walk, which is much like the motion of a ship at sea. Patience is one of its most observable features and camels are generally useful animal.
Historically, camels in the UAE were a dependable source of not only transport but also food and milk.
Arabs were proud of the number of camels they possessed.
The camels
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