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I’m one of those who is completely against having live-in maids, a phenomenon that is widely accepted and supported in the Arab world. Not only am I horrified by how this trend nurturers social classism, I’m actually appalled by how these, primarily Asian, maids are treated.
This is how this Indian maid was treated by her “masters” in Bahrain. Repulsive! Source: [Gulf Daily News] via: [Chanad Bahraini] |
Last night I met up with a Qatari blogger, Peaceful Muslimah (PM). We really had a great time as we hit it off immediately over a hot latte at Starbucks.
We had a very compelling conversation about everything and anything: from Doha, to blogging to religion and politics. PM is a very smart, empowered woman who is really quite inspiring.
She is coming over to our place in a couple of days for movies and a good time! We are looking forward to it.
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I found this inside the 22 November edition of Newsweek magazine, which I’d purchased from a store in Doha. It obviously was applied by hand via magic marker. |
Ok, time for some highlights from Newswire:
A quick announcement: New features have been added to Mental Mayhem (many thanks to hubby). Those features include a search, which can be found right beneath the webpoll, a live chat that allows you to leave me notes without an email client or login. It’s found above Media Hub. And a hit map, showing the locations of visitors to the blog. The hit map is down at the bottom of the sidebar.
Stay tuned for more features in the near future.