Comments on: Gulf’s Foreign Workers – A Tragedy Unfolding?

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:11:20 +0000

Hi Muneeb,

I don’t think it’s possible to download it. Try accessing it using a different browser if you can…

By: Muneeb (Saudi Arabia/Pakistan)

Muneeb (Saudi Arabia/Pakistan) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:04:27 +0000

hmm its showing a .wax extension
how big is the file? so I would know if I can DL it now

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:25:53 +0000

It’s streaming audio unfortunately, not an MP3, so it might take a while to download on slower connections. It doesn’t work if you click this link?

(Salama – thanks, I e-mailed you back.)

By: Muneeb (Saudi Arabia/Pakistan)

Muneeb (Saudi Arabia/Pakistan) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:21:22 +0000

Please alert me if the link is no longer working.

yup its only showing 166bytes from 3 browsers

By: Salama (Qatar)

Salama (Qatar) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:07:16 +0000

I love you Esra’a. You’re incredible.

Please email me back.

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:06:43 +0000

Thanks a lot, Mehnaz and Ben.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:17:42 +0000

potent and concise!.. really good to hear you Esra’a.

Raising awareness will always be a struggle but you continue to be inspiring.. thank you..

By: mehnaz (canada+iran)

mehnaz (canada+iran) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:18:50 +0000

friend of someone here who kept pushing me too come here and after hearing this podcast I totally understand why…
thank you for doing this
some people dont realize that they are equally human too

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:28:05 +0000

Thank you Nissim, Murad, Elinor and Amal for the very kind words.

I would like to thank my good friend Sam in Kuwait for being my 2nd hand at the Migrant Rights project. Without her support, a lot of our achievements wouldn’t have been possible.

By: Amal

Amal — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:09:36 +0000

It makes me happy and excited to see such a well accomplished and well spoken young lady from the region who is this hard working and confident.

Thank you Esra’a for everything that you do. You amaze me more and more each day.

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:59:45 +0000

The link does – the player for some reason doesn’t. I think it’s because it’s streaming audio.

By: Sol (Morocco/UK)

Sol (Morocco/UK) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:48:20 +0000

doesn’t seem to be working?

By: elinor(Iran)

elinor(Iran) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:03:53 +0000

Esra’a
Thank you for being Esra’a You inspire me lady.

By: R E Konrad

R E Konrad — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:30:48 +0000

Wow! But it is cheaper than outright slavery isn’t it? If an unscrupulous employer can “con” workers into comming, and not pay for housing, medical attention and food, the cost outlay for manual labour workers is way cheaper than paying for the upkeep of an actual slave. Illegal mexican immigrants are treated much the same way, except the government in the USA pays for many freebies to make their life easier and my taxes go up, and up, and up.

By: Global Voices Online » Bahrain: Conditions of Migrant Workers

Global Voices Online » Bahrain: Conditions of Migrant Workers — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:10:55 +0000

[...] from Bahrain links to a media interview conducted with her about the conditions of migrant workers in the Gulf. [...]

By: Nissim Dahan (Israel/USA)

Nissim Dahan (Israel/USA) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:06:26 +0000

Very good interview, Esra’a. It’s nice to be able to put a voice to a name.

It also says a lot about you, that you show concern for those whom others would rather ignore. If only more people followed your example. Therein lies the hope for mankind.

By: Murad (Kuwait)

Murad (Kuwait) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:49:14 +0000

Beautiful. I’m proud to know you.