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Tag: "Migrant workers"

My body My own bussiness!
[ 2 ] March 29, 2011

Being black, poor and a woman in the Cedar Revolution land

Why would Rovina be so animalistic to an extent that she stabs someone to death? There are 2 options. Either she is a sick human being (which is fair enough, is a probability and happens). Then the question would be how come there was someone who is so sick minded in this family’s house and they never took notice? Either she was a perfectly sane woman from Philipines who came all the way from Manila to Ain Saade to earn a better living and was faced with some factors which have led her to go totally insane outrageously ending the life of another human being.

عفواً كاريتاس
[ 12 ] February 22, 2011

عفواً كاريتاس

تفشت في شوارع بيروت هذا الشهر إعلانات لحملة كاريتاس لحماية حقوق العامل الأجنبي في لبنان. تنوعت شعاراتها بين “عامليها منيح، بتعاملك من كل قلبها” و “الإنسان إنسان لو مين ما كان.” تغيظني وبشدة هذه الحملات الفارغة وأراها تهين العاملات بالعنصرية ذاتها التي تُعامَلن بها في المنازل. لماذا نطلب بكل هذا التهذيب والطفولية من اللبنانيين أن [...]