Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East The Home and the World

For over half a century, the Middle East has been major migration corridor for domestic workers from Asia and Africa. This book Illuminates the multidimensionality of these workers' lives as they engage in finding a balance between acting and being acted

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10.1057/9781137482112 - Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East, Edited by Bina Fernandez and Marina de Regt

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10.1057/9781137482112 - Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East, Edited by Bina Fernandez and Marina de Regt

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Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East

10.1057/9781137482112 - Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East, Edited by Bina Fernandez and Marina de Regt

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The Home and the World

Edited by

Bina Fernandez and Marina de Regt

10.1057/9781137482112 - Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East, Edited by Bina Fernandez and Marina de Regt

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Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East

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First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-1-137-48210-5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Migrant domestic workers in the Middle East : the home and the world / edited by Bina Fernandez and Marina de Regt. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-137-48210-5 (hardback) 1. Women household employees—Middle East—Social conditions. 2. Household employees—Middle East—Social conditions. 3. Women foreign workers—Middle East—Social conditions. 4. Foreign workers— Middle East—Social conditions. I. Fernandez, Bina. II. De Regt, Marina. HD6072.2.M628M54 2014 331.4'81640956—dc23

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