MTV’s Xenophobic Crusades
Having already trained its disapproving crosshairs on minority groups such as Palestinians and migrant domestic workers
Having already trained its disapproving crosshairs on minority groups such as Palestinians and migrant domestic workers
A message to everyone who watched, heard of, loved, or hated the controversial video released by the Anti-Racism Movement last week:
على متن احدى الطائرات المتوجهة من مطار بيروت الى احدى الدول، تفاجأ طاقم العمل بامرأة لبنانية ترفض الجلوس في مقعدها لاقلاع الطائرة.
وقائع القضية كلاسيكية: خادمة أجنبية تغادر منزل مخدومتها فتبادر هذه الاخيرة الى تقديم شكوى ضدها بالسرقة.
Discrimination has its own complexities.
There are over 200,000 migrant domestic workers living in Lebanon today
أغلبيتهن يسكّن بيوتنا. أخبارهّن تملئ العديد من صحفنا. متاجرهّن أضحت موجودة في شوارع قلب العاصمة.
“Nous ne sommes pas des esclaves, nous sommes tous des humains, c’est la pauvreté qui nous a emmenés ici”.
At the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), we are constantly working on a multitude of different activities and initiatives. Most of our activities are only possible with the help of dedicated and passionate volunteers who work in collaboration with our core team.
The Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) was launched in 2010 as a grassroots collective by young Lebanese feminist activists in collaboration with migrant workers and migrant domestic workers.
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