In a cramped house in a busy street in Deira Dubai, Hindu migrant workers from Gujarat and Muslim migrant workers from Pakistan live and work together. They celebrate the holy month of Ramadan as Pakistani Muslims distribute sweets and fruits to their Hindu co-workers. They cook and eat together. They chant the Gita and the […]
Day: June 24, 2016
When Meilani Yuswandari, an Indonesian from Jakarta, completed her higher secondary education, she began looking for work abroad. During her search, Yuswandari met a recruiting agent who assured her of an office job in Jordan. But when she reached the country in 2011, she realised that the office job she was promised did not exist. […]