AMMAN It is five o’clock in the morning, scores of Egyptian day labourers begin to fill a well-known pick-up spot near the Sweileh circle. Among them is Mustafa, he stands ready with his tools in one hand and his cigarette in the other, letting out smoke into the pitch-black morning as he waits for an employer to roll by and hire him, for any job.
AMMAN It is five o’clock in the morning, scores of Egyptian day labourers begin to fill a well-known pick-up spot near the Sweileh circle. Among them is Mustafa, he stands ready with his tools in one hand and his cigarette in the other, letting out smoke into the pitch-black morning as he waits for an employer to roll by and hire him, for any job.
AMMAN Hamdan, an agricultural worker in the Jordan Valley, leaves his home at 5:30am to avoid the heat of the day on his 30-minute walk to the farm where he works. The 45-year-old spoke with The Jordan Times on Monday after finishing his work at 2pm. Hamdan typically begins work at 7am, and receives a wage of JD6 per day. Hamdan said that workers on the farm, including