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 Bahrain, Gulf, migrant rights, UAE | 4 CommentsBelow 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 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 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 Egypt, Environment, Green Prophet, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Nuclear, Saudi Arabia | 1 CommentRecently, 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 domestic violence, feminism, women rights | 3 CommentsThe 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 …
Posted in Gulf, Saudi Arabia, UAE | Leave a commentWith 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 CommentsA 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 CommentThis 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 CommentsWorking 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