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Shadow of the Sun
Kuwait
Book Club
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Inside the nightmare of Kuwait's sun-trapped migrant workers

Book Club: Taleb Alrefai's latest novel sheds light on the lives of thousands of workers who come to the Gulf states with dreams of money and wealth. However

Noshin Bokth
08 November, 2023
sexual harassment
MENA
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Migrant workers fight against sexual harassment in Lebanon

William Christou
29 November, 2022
Lebanon
MENA
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Kenyan activist threatened with deportation from Lebanon

William Christou
06 August, 2022
Kafala
Lebanon
Society
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Suing Kafala: Lebanon's modern-slavery system goes on trial

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William Christou

10 February, 2022
Kenyan migrant workers camp outside the Kenyan consulate in Beirut, protesting for their right to go home. (Matt Kynaston/TNA)
kafala
Society
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Kenyan domestic workers in Beirut protest to go back home

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William Christou

14 January, 2022
Activists have long campaigned for a change to Lebanon's kafala worker sponsorship system [Getty]
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanese man arrested after 'gruesome' migrant abuse video

The New Arab Staff
06 January, 2022
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Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi Arabia bans the word 'maid' in job adverts

The New Arab Staff
01 April, 2021
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Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi woman sentenced to death over Bangladeshi worker's killing

The New Arab Staff
16 February, 2021
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Philippines
MENA
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Philippines welcomes death sentence for Kuwaiti who killed maid

The New Arab Staff
02 January, 2021
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UAE
MENA
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Filipino bands feel the pain amid coronavirus in Dubai

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 November, 2020
kafala
system
MENA
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Saudi Arabia to remove key restrictions on migrant laborers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 November, 2020
lebanon
Rights
MENA
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Rights groups slam Lebanon's block of new worker contract

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 October, 2020
Saudi Arabia - GETTY
sponsorship
MENA
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Saudi Arabia to replace kafala system with work contracts

The New Arab Staff
28 October, 2020
Doctors - GETTY
Kuwait
MENA
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Kuwaiti patient cuts off Egyptian doctor's tongue

The New Arab Staff
22 October, 2020
Lebanon domestic workers
migrants
Analysis
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Will Lebanon's new domestic worker contract end 'kafala slavery'?

Sarah Khalil
06 October, 2020
Lebanon migrant workers
Rights
MENA
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Lebanon's new domestic worker contract: end to 'kafala slavery'?

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2020
In-depth migrant workers
migrants
Analysis
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Abandoned and forgotten, migrant workers reel from Beirut explosion

Gaia Caramazza & Florence Dixon
11 August, 2020
In-depth Ylenia Gostoli
UK
Analysis
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Domestic workers fall victim to exploitation in lockdown London

04 August, 2020
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Migrant Workers
MENA
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'End neo-slavery': Lebanon maid abandonment sparks outrage

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 June, 2020
ethiopian
workers
MENA
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Ethiopian worker found dead in employer's home

The New Arab Staff
19 June, 2020
mariam hussein
solidarity
MENA
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Moroccan actress condemned for Instagram ‘blackface’ photo

The New Arab Staff
03 June, 2020