Hussain Khan Carpet Factory

The book starts with recounting the experiences of 14 children who worked as bonded laborers in a carpet factory in lahore pakistan.

Hussain khan carpet factory.

He escaped and then went to the police to report arshad but the police brought him back to. Bonded labor liberation front of pakistan how did the police who returned iqbal to hussain khan the first time react to iqbal s accusation against hussain khan. Wow chapter 7 was so amazing i thought i was reading another percy jackson series. For the unseen children of hussain khan s carpet factory iqbal masih s arrival is the end of hope and its beginning.

Now he was 12 and ended up at a carpet factory with a cruel master hussain khan. The children had to work to pay off the debts that their family had incurred. That chapter we read in class was so exciting. Hussain khan has iqbal prepare a carpet known as a blue bakhara which due to the difficulty in making it can sell for a lot of money.

This is the story of a courageous thirteen year old boy who knew that his life was worth. Just before the buyers arrive iqbal takes scissors and. Describe what you think may happen and how will it change what happens in hussain khan s carpet factory. Bonded to hussain khan three years earlier to pay a debt her parents owed the moneylenders fatima spends each day weaving carpets in a factory with other children.

It is iqbal who tells them that their family s debt will never be cancelled no matter how many inches of rug they make. You should also collect the images that you believe the tomb may look like. It is iqbal who tells them that their family s debt will never be cancelled no matter how many inches of progress they make in their rugs no matter how neat the knots or perfect the pattern. But it is also iqbal who is brave enough to talk about the future.

For fatima and the other unseen children of hussain khan s carpet factory iqbal masih s arrival is the end of hope and its beginning. At the age of 12 he was approximately 120 cm tall and weighed only 30 kg which is an approximate weight of an 8 year old. What was the name of the organization that helped to free the children from the carpet factory. Ever since he was further sold off to people and worked in many other factories.

He ripped one of the carpets and got into serious trouble with the home factory owner hussain khan. At the end of each day if the work is up to his standards hussain khan erases one of the lines representing fatima s debt from the slate that hangs above her loom. They worked for hussain khan to whom they were bonded by their parents. Considering what you ve read so far what was the attitude of hussain and his wife toward the children.

Throughout the chapter what did the narrator reveal that showed how mentally and emotionally draining life at the carpet factory was.