A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about the rights of migrant domestic workers focused heavily on the Middle East, and for a good reason: most regional governments do not include domestic workers under the protection of its labor laws, …
Posted in Bahrain, Human Rights, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Qatar, Racism, Regional Issues, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, UAE | 2 Comments1. Our plane: to set up a center in Abu Dhabi for free-thinkers and free speech, where we can conduct debates, conferences and seminars. 2. Our goals: we have nothing to preach, we don’t claim knowledge or wisdom, we don’t …
Posted in Atheism, Baha'i Faith, Countries/Regions, General, Interfaith, Islam, Qatar, Religion, UAE, Yemen | 10 Commentsby Khara J Jabola-Carolus for Migrant-Rights.org One of the last (two) countries where divorce is illegal and where the ruling Catholic elite maintains a staunch anti-reproductive rights stance, the island nation of the Philippines boasts a staggering population of 90 …
Posted in Awareness, Migrant Workers, Qatar | Leave a commentOver the month of January, we at Migrant-Rights.org have covered cases of abuse against migrant workers in Lebanon, Jordan, Libya, Qatar, the UAE, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. Following our documentation of several cases of suicide and attempted suicide …
Posted in Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Qatar, Saudi Arabia | 2 CommentsEver since American talk show host Oprah Winfrey announced that her website www.oprah.com would be giving away coupons for free chicken dinners, KFC restaurants around America have been literally inundated with people coming with coupons in hand for a free …
Posted in Activism, Egypt, Environment, General, Health, Israel, Middle East, Palestine/Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia | Tagged American culture, chicken, Egypt, food, Israel, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, TV, UAE | 4 CommentsMaking their wealth from the non-renewable energy resource natural gas, Qataris learned a little more about the carbon market earlier this month. According to the Gulf Times, UK-based carbon-related firms looking to do business in Qatar were part of the …
Posted in Environment, Issues and Causes, Qatar | Tagged carbon market, carbon trading, Green Prophet, greenhouse gas, Qatar, UK | Leave a comment(Palm Island in Dubai) A couple of weeks ago I was in New Orleans with my parents at the annual craziness known as Fat Tuesday during Mardi Gras. Besides the excess of everything I saw there including waste, and the …
Posted in Bahrain, Culture and Society, Current Events, Environment, Gulf, Health, Issues and Causes, Middle East, Qatar, UAE | Tagged climate change, Dubai, Environment, global warming, Green Prophet, Qatar, UAE, urban development | 1 CommentNote: This is a written transcript of an Audio clip I recorded. It took the Arab world more than 20 days to suddenly wake up and hold a meeting about the situation in Gaza. Back when the Gaza crisis started, …
Posted in Activism, Arab Jews, Arabs, Awareness, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Human Rights, Islam, Israel, Middle East, Palestine/Israel, Politics, Qatar, Regional Issues, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, War | 1 CommentI have just been watching the news on Al Jazeera when suddenly a surprisingly social report was casted: Russia having to deal with sweated labourers! In the report they were severely criticising under which conditions and how badly paid labourers …
Posted in Civil Rights, Countries/Regions, Migrant Workers, Qatar, Racism | 8 Comments