Below is an interview with Matthew Cassel, an American photographer and journalist based in Lebanon about his photography project Unseen Lives: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon (see slideshow at the bottom of this post). In the interview Matthew describes how he was able to get close to the migra…
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Photographer Exposes the Unseen Lives of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon
August 21st, 2010
Abusive employers Documentation Housemaids Interviews Lebanon Working conditions
Filipino Workers Rule Saudi Arabia
June 28th, 2010
Interviews Saudi Arabia Workers
Philippine is the 12th largest population with total of 92 million people scattered in 7107 islands in Western Pacific Ocean. The skills, commitment and hard work of its citizens are highly respected as overseas migrant workers around the world. OFW is Overseas Filipino Worker; this term was first i...
Interview with Kesang Tseten, maker of ‘In Search of the Riyal’
April 26th, 2010
Gulf Interviews Kuwait Qatar Working conditions
Kesang Tseten is a film maker based in Kathmandu who has worked on a number of projects documenting the lives of Nepali workers in the Gulf. He is currently working on Saving Dolma, a documentary about migrant workers in Kuwait. Kesang met with Migrant Rights editor Sophia Furber in Kathmandu to dis...
Kuwait Makes Baby Steps to Reform Sponsorship System
August 9th, 2009
Gulf Interviews Kuwait Sponsorship
The Al Watan Daily, Arab Times and Kuwait Times newspapers are reporting that Kuwait’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor is making small moves towards the abolishment of the “kafeel” sponsorship system, beginning with allowing expatriot workers in the private sector to transfer ...
Interview with Helen O’Reilly: Blogging about migration and domestic helpers
February 11th, 2009
This interview was conducted with Helen O’Reilly, author of the “Migration and Domestic Helpers” blog. Helen has been actively blogging about migrant workers and their rights for several years and has had first-hand experience with this working in Hong Kong and the Philippines. She...
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