I stood for a camel in my dream, or shall I say in my
nightmare?..
Last night I had a weird dream.
I remember the dream clearly, I was in Kenya (no specific
city) with some friends, attending a theater play by some Somali talented
group (this narrows down the cities!), though the play was unique and in a way
could be improved a lot (I was commenting all through the play) I was awed by
the unique stage props they managed to bring into the play, where in they brought some horses
and camels to the stage!!
After the unique play finished, the actors exit from the
stage and only one camel in particular remained because it was so stubborn to move and they couldn’t evacuate
it out.
A black security lady came in, with her firm frowning emotionless
face and a strong hand she started punishing and whipping the poor camel, I was
shocked by what I was witnessing. Suddenly, I saw milk dripping from the camel
(apparently it was a female!) all over with none stop, but she continued
whipping and the camel didn’t move an inch.
There were many remaining spectators at the audience section,
but no one seemed to care!. I couldn’t tolerate the scene so I went down the
stairs, straight to the lady.
I wasn’t sure whether she was a Somali or Kenyan (her features
were confusing), so I spoke Somali first “maxaad u dilaysa miskiinkaan,
miyanad ogeen inay tahay raxmaad in lo moojiyeoo xata xaywanka? ”
She looked un-bothered or disturbed, milk continued dripping down on the
ground, (and no one even brought a container!! What waste)
She continued her job, trying to move the poor camel, by
hitting and whipping.
I tried English and said “Ma’am why are you hitting this
poor thing, with no mercy??? Can you not try evacuating it in some other way? ”
I was thinking “where are the damned actors who brought it
in from the first place, aren’t they responsible for this creature’s suffering!”
She ignored me again, maybe she was deaf!!
“Was the pouring of milk involuntary action because of the unbearable
pain??” I thought.
So I started shouting fiercely and indiscriminately “STOP
IT, STOP IT, YOU NEED TO STOP HITTING THE POOR CAMEL, YOU MERCILESS LADY WITH A
HEART OF STONE!!”
I was so mad, by her action, by the silence of the audience who
were merely bystanders unaffected by the scene, conversing with one another as
if nothing is happening before their eyes. What bothered me most is the fact
that they were Somali and a CAMEL was being abused right in front of them and
they didn’t say a word!!.
I don’t know what happened nextto the poor camel because I woke up frightened from my sleep. It was a nightmare indeed!!
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