It does not take a vast amount of research to quickly arrive at the conclusion that Gulf countries suck at protecting migrant worker rights. The frequency in which abuses occur has gone from alarming to downright revolting. On a weekly …
Posted in Assholes, Awareness, Civil Rights, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Racism | Tagged Gulf, Migrant Workers | 5 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 | 1 CommentThose who were known dead, Are still alive, Those who are known alive, Were gone dead, But who knows, Our brains molded in such a way, As someone smoke and butt in ash tray, We have got diseases sow in …
Posted in Culture and Society, Issues and Causes, News and Politics, Poetry, Religion | Tagged hidden faces, lies, path to hell, slave, Zionism | Leave a commentWe at Migrant-Rights.org have just released a new video in an effort to continue to spread awareness about the dire situation of migrant/expat workers throughout the Middle East. We have yet to subtitle it to English, but the message remains …
Posted in Activism, Announcements, Awareness, Civil Rights, Creativity, Media, Migrant Workers, Racism | Tagged migrant rights, Migrant Workers, Racism | 1 CommentPsychology, Field Study Psychology of Criminals in Jail May 2011 I think I started reading psychology in the year 2000 when I was about 15 years old. Psychology helped me a lot in understanding motives and ways of thinking of …
Posted in Atheism, Civil Rights, Egypt, Ethics, Gender, Homosexuality, Sex, Sexism, Society, Taboos | Tagged Egypt, field study, Maikel Nabil, Political Prisoners, prison | 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 commentIt was a new kind of celebration of Eid in 2011, for it was made with blood. Quite unlikely for the nature of the celebration, usually Eid is celebrated with happiness and rejoice that the fasting month of Ramadan is …
Posted in Bad news, Bahrain, Christians, Current Events, Islamophobia, Syria | Tagged Bahrain, eid, Syria | Leave a commentWhen people ask me what my favourite quote is I usually cite Diane from Cheers, the American comedy series: “Ignorance is bliss and I am in heaven.” I use the quote whenever I am in the company of less intelligent …
Posted in Civil Rights, Kurdistan, Kurds, Racism, Terrorism | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurds, Turkey | 3 CommentsPart one here. The sexual harassment epidemic in Egypt is actually quite a hot topic at the moment, and recently made an appearance on the big screen. 678 is an outstanding movie written and directed by Mohammed Diab. As the …
Posted in Egypt, Gender, Sexism, Women | Leave a commentThe introduction of Facebook questions has made my faith in humanity plummet. The latest in a string of inanities asks, “What is the most suitable way to curb sexual harassment?” Is it a) Men should control themselves, or b) Women …
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