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Shadow of the Sun
Book Club
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Inside the nightmare of Kuwait's sun-trapped migrant workers

Book Club: Taleb Alrefai's latest novel sheds light on the lives of thousands of workers who come to the Gulf states with dreams of money and wealth. However

Noshin Bokth
08 November, 2023
MENA
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Migrant workers fight against sexual harassment in Lebanon

William Christou
29 November, 2022
MENA
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Kenyan activist threatened with deportation from Lebanon

William Christou
06 August, 2022
Kafala
Society
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Suing Kafala: Lebanon's modern-slavery system goes on trial

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William Christou

10 February, 2022
Kenyan migrant workers camp outside the Kenyan consulate in Beirut, protesting for their right to go home. (Matt Kynaston/TNA)
Society
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Kenyan domestic workers in Beirut protest to go back home

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William Christou

14 January, 2022
Activists have long campaigned for a change to Lebanon's kafala worker sponsorship system [Getty]
MENA
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Lebanese man arrested after 'gruesome' migrant abuse video

°®Âþµº Staff
06 January, 2022
saudi migrant worker
MENA
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Saudi Arabia bans the word 'maid' in job adverts

°®Âþµº Staff
01 April, 2021
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MENA
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Saudi woman sentenced to death over Bangladeshi worker's killing

°®Âþµº Staff
16 February, 2021
filipina workers
MENA
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Philippines welcomes death sentence for Kuwaiti who killed maid

°®Âþµº Staff
02 January, 2021
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MENA
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Filipino bands feel the pain amid coronavirus in Dubai

°®Âþµº Staff & Agencies
15 November, 2020
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MENA
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Saudi Arabia to remove key restrictions on migrant laborers

°®Âþµº Staff & Agencies
04 November, 2020
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MENA
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Rights groups slam Lebanon's block of new worker contract

°®Âþµº Staff & Agencies
28 October, 2020
Saudi Arabia - GETTY
MENA
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Saudi Arabia to replace kafala system with work contracts

°®Âþµº Staff
28 October, 2020
Doctors - GETTY
MENA
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Kuwaiti patient cuts off Egyptian doctor's tongue

°®Âþµº Staff
22 October, 2020
Lebanon domestic workers
Analysis
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Will Lebanon's new domestic worker contract end 'kafala slavery'?

Sarah Khalil
06 October, 2020
Lebanon migrant workers
MENA
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Lebanon's new domestic worker contract: end to 'kafala slavery'?

°®Âþµº Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2020
In-depth migrant workers
Analysis
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Abandoned and forgotten, migrant workers reel from Beirut explosion

Gaia Caramazza & Florence Dixon
11 August, 2020
In-depth Ylenia Gostoli
Analysis
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Domestic workers fall victim to exploitation in lockdown London

04 August, 2020
lebanon domestic workers
MENA
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'End neo-slavery': Lebanon maid abandonment sparks outrage

°®Âþµº Staff & Agencies
24 June, 2020
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MENA
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Ethiopian worker found dead in employer's home

°®Âþµº Staff
19 June, 2020
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MENA
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Moroccan actress condemned for Instagram ‘blackface’ photo

°®Âþµº Staff
03 June, 2020