But I believe the real value in a pet is the company they give, and Arabian Maus make for fantastic companions and pets.Įventually, I was fortunate to have found a happy home for my Salem. People prefer a Scottish fold or Persian, the fluffier breeds that look ‘prettier’. I learned how sweet these Maus are they have such dynamic personalities and they’re actually great with humans. It would be hard for any of us to walk a day out in Dubai, without coming across one of the cats.
Yet, they are so present in our everyday lives. But you never see cats they’re so invisible in those spaces of national and cultural symbolism. For example, we valourise falcons and camels. And I realised a major discrepancy between Arabian Maus and other native animals.
A majority of people still don’t know this either. I didn’t know that they were native to the land. First of all, I didn’t even know that street cats were a formal breed, and that they were called Arabian Maus. Going through this experience, I realised so much about the Arabian Mau that I didn’t know before. I joined a Facebook cat group based in Dubai and put the word out that little Salem needed a home. For several reasons, we couldn’t have pets in our house at that point, so we had to find a home for Salem. He couldn’t be outside where he’d be at risk of getting attacked by other cats. My sister and I decided to name him Salem. The vet picked him up and gently stroked him, and you could see him beginning to calm down. I’ll never forget the look of utter fear on his face. When we released him at the vet’s, he darted out of his pet carrier. He had no idea who we were or why we were doing this to him. On the way over to the vet, he kept meowing. I told my sister and we took him to the vet. So, I would drop saucers of food and water for him - at least five feet away - and run back inside. He would sit outside my parents’ back porch at night, and looked fragile and sweet. This requires a backstory! I never used to like cats until I rescued a street cat myself, an Arabian Mau. What led you to pen a book on Dubai’s street cats? Excerpts from an interview with Bashayer: Taking a cue from the city’s love for felines and her own experience of saving an Arabian Mau, Emirati author Bashayer Arif has penned a fiction, The Secret Life of Dubai’s Street Cats, that in exploring the lives of three stray cats in the city offers a window to the city itself and its relationship with pets.
There is also a particular lo ve for felines that has led to a number of Facebook and Instagram groups, that offer wellness and grooming tips for cats. Look around and you will discover that there is no dearth of animal lovers in the city.
0 kommentar(er)
