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Qatar s Doha Hamad International Airport has been recognised as the World s Best Airport at this year s Skytrax World Airport Awards. Doha replaces Singapore s Changi Airport at the top of the.
A Tale of Two Nomads: Racism and Migrant Labor in the Middle East
04.Mar.2021 9:00 AM . 7 min read
With a US$16 billion price tag, Qatar’s Doha Hamad International Airport exemplifies the opulence that some have begun to associate with the Middle East. Gilded steel arches swoop from the crystalline glass ceiling to the floor where thousands of passengers, guided by bright LED signs, shuffle along streamlined escalators towards their next destination. Among the travelers, however, are cohorts of disoriented young women preparing to join Qatar’s ever-growing population of foreign domestic workers.
In the days, weeks, and months to come, many of these women will be subject to low pay, inhumane working conditions, and forced to either remain in servitude or return to their nations of origin. All the while, their host countries continue to amass wealth. The institutionalization of this contemporary slavery through the kafala system encourages labor migration and allows w