Language:
Arabic
Pages:
1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) :
,
sound, color ;
,
4 3/4 in.
Keywords:
Lebanon
;
Women household employees / Lebanon / Social conditions
;
Women foreign workers / Lebanon / Social conditions
;
Women immigrants / Lebanon / Social conditions
;
Women foreign workers / Social conditions
;
Women household employees / Social conditions
;
Women immigrants / Social conditions
;
Documentary films
Abstract:
Domestic work is a real market in Lebanon, segmented according to the national and ethnic origins of the workers and in which the Lebanese employer is master and the worker the property. Zein owns a domestic worker agency in Beirut. He arranges for Asian and African women to work in Lebanese households and assists his clients in choosing "mail-order" housemaids that will best suit their needs. With the media, the law and the police on his side, he can usually handle any problems that come up
Note:
Mostly In Arabic with English subtitles
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