Religion is a powerful force in the Middle East, one that can and should be harnessed to promulgate the rights of non-citizens. Religion need not be abused as a tool of social engineering, but can rather be resourced for its …
Posted in Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Religion, Society | Tagged migrant rights | Leave a comment“The Client is Always Right” Her blonde locks falling over her large curious eyes, the 4-year-old blonde child played with the toys in her hand. Her mother, seemingly in a hurry, took away the toys and tucked her baby girl …
Posted in Awareness, Culture, Ethics, Lebanon, Middle East | Tagged Lebanon | Leave a commentBelow are the latest reports and updates following the situation of migrant workers in the MENA region, from our website Migrant-Rights.org. Migrants in Libya face uncertain future: A recent U.N. report estimates that over 7,000 prisoners remain detained in Libya. …
Posted in Awareness, Bahrain, Civil Rights, Gulf, Kuwait, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Racism, Society, UAE | Tagged Gulf, migrant rights | Leave a commentRecent events in Lebanon illustrate the importance of social perceptions to migrant rights. An anonymous Lebanese resident is tackling the disparaging conception of road cleaners; the designer by trade has posted signs throughout Lebanese streets asking citizens to respect the …
Posted in Human Rights, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Society | Tagged Lebanon, migrant rights | Leave a commentBelow is a list of recent media reports that will verify the fact that migrant workers, domestic maids in particular, suffer outrageous human rights violations that take place on a daily basis throughout the Middle East. There are many cases …
Posted in Bahrain, Gulf, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Racism, UAE | Tagged Bahrain, Kuwait, maids, Migrant Workers, UAE | Leave a commentThe International Day Against Homophobia is a yearly occasion to remind the world that the fight for gay rights is not over yet. Discrimination still exists; Homosexuals fired from work, rejected by family or beaten to death are just a …
Posted in Activism, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Lebanon, Taboos | Tagged homophobia | Leave a commentPoisonous Conversations Nader Houella I was on my way to visit a long-time friend living in Ghazir, Mount Lebanon. Sitting in the back seat of an old Mercedes taxi cab, I was accompanied with 3 other passengers apparently heading towards …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, General, Lebanon, Middle East, Society | Leave a commentBelow is an interview with Matthew Cassel, an American photographer and journalist based in Lebanon about his photography project Unseen Lives: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon (see slideshow at the bottom of this post). In the interview Matthew describes how …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Human Rights, Interviews, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Photography, Society | Leave a commentSome leaders in the Middle East are facing existential threats, and as we can well imagine, a knife to your throat concentrates the mind. In chemistry an unstable chemical solution seeks a way of stabilizing itself. Could the volatility of …
Posted in Awareness, Current Events, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey, USA | 4 CommentsMartin Luther King says: “There comes a time when people get tired of being trampled by the iron feet of oppression.” People resist oppression and that spirit of resistance won’t die until a courageous people are free again in their …
Posted in Civil Rights, General, Interviews, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, Politics, Terrorism, War, Women, Youth | Tagged Political Theatrics, Twitter | 9 Comments