Accusing it of practicing “modern slavery,” a French campaign group has filed a legal complaint against construction giant Vinci for grave mistreatment of migrant workers in Qatar, the host country of the 2022 World Cup.
Mixed-race populations are a face of life in many countries today, but in Lebanon they are still an anomaly – one hidden in plain-sight.
يُصرّ جزء من اللبنانيين على تحميل اللاجئين السوريين إلى لبنان مسؤوليّة كلّ تدهور أمني واقتصادي واجتماعي يعيشه البلد.
BEIRUT: A dark-skinned woman with long black hair, dressed in jeans, sneakers and a simple yellow T-shirt, vacuums a rug.
Hi, my name is Aida. I’m 25 years old, born and raised in Lebanon.
Lebanese nationalism has historically been exclusionary – as are all nationalisms – and isolationist, in that it accentuates differences between the Lebanese and other Levantines or other Arabs while downplaying shared attributes and characteristics.
هذه القصص هي نموذج صغير لحوادث لا تحصى. وإدراجها تحت خانة الأفعال الفرديّة ما هو إلّا تنصل من المسؤوليّة، والحديث عن مجتمع “مضغوط” ما هو إلّا تبرير لهذه الإنتهاكات.
In recent years, some countries have banned their citizens from working in Lebanon due to lack of legal protection and chronic human rights abuses, among them Philippines, Ethiopia, Nepal, Madagascar and most recently Kenya.
Message by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder: “Cooperatives for sustainable development”
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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