Category: UAE

Gulf Media: Where Racism and Classism Meet

Posted on by Esra'a (Bahrain)

There’s been a series of articles popping up left and right about the inconveniences of having a “demanding” or “expensive” maid. The most recent set of such articles were published by Emirates 24/7, based in the UAE, a country which …

Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Racism, Society, UAE, Women | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Latest news on migrant worker rights in the Middle East

Posted on by Rima K.

Below 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. …

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Migrant workers throughout the Middle East experience frequent abuse

Posted on by Esra'a (Bahrain)

Below 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 …

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Nuclear Energy Offers No Insurance for a Stable Middle East Future

Posted on by Green Prophet

The world’s eyes are tuned onto Japan as we follow the news of its nuclear crisis, hour by hour, minute by minute. When writing this post, it looks as though some 300 workers have stabilized the reactors by pouring cold …

Posted in Egypt, Environment, Iran, Israel, Issues and Causes, Jordan, Middle East, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Domestic Violence in the U.A.E

Posted on by Ruwaida Shaikh (UAE)

Recently, a man from the U.A.E ‘disciplined‘ his wife and daughter-who,by the way is twenty three years old- by abusing them physically. Not a fan of abuse in any form, I considered this news to be absolutely defeating and shocking.

Posted in Activism, Awareness, Human Rights, Islam, Sexism, UAE, Women | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

The BlackBerry war

Posted on by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)

The telecom authorities in the Gulf state had announced on that all the BlackBerry services to be prohibit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). UAE wants to offer an alternative but no details on how this should be executed. The …

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Saudi Arabia & Israel vs. Iran

Posted on by Ahmad H. Aggour (Egypt)

With the recent rise of concern in the West and Israel over Iran’s alleged nuclear program and Iran facing accusations of attempting to create highly-enriched uranium to produce weapons-grade plutonium and eventually nuclear warheads, a few reports with questionable accuracy …

Posted in Current Events, Gulf, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA | 11 Comments

Emirati paper: UAE "unfairly" targeted for migrant rights abuses

Posted on by Fatima (Saudi Arabia)

A recent editorial in Gulf News, the UAE’s most popular English-language newspaper, lavishly praised the UAE’s treatment of migrant workers, ignoring the egregious human rights violation migrant workers are subjected to in the Emirates. The editorial highlighted the International Labor …

Posted in Awareness, Civil Rights, Migrant Workers, UAE | 1 Comment

Mideast Tunes gets featured on Abu Dhabi TV

Posted on by Esra'a (Bahrain)

This is awesome! We have been overwhelmed with the support for our latest project, Mideast Tunes: Music for Social Change. We have only been up since mid-March and the site has already found its way into several news outlets, including …

Posted in Culture, Music, UAE, Videos | 2 Comments

Are you really not over this yet? Seriously?

Posted on by JJ (UAE)

Working in a new country requires an insight into its culture and customs. It makes good sense to understand the cultural and religious differences in the country where you live and work. Making a cultural faux pas is easy and …

Posted in Awareness, Civil Rights, Homosexuality, UAE | 2 Comments