Comments on: Egyptian Workers in Jordan: A True Story

By: rowdyrascal

rowdyrascal — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:00:33 +0000

Tololy - good work. I really hope something good works out.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:57:10 +0000

Usual Suspect,

I’m tempted here to
bring attention to the plight of many young Thai, Vietnamese and
Cantonese girls who get sold as sex slaves into brothels in Australia.
I am not sure if it also happens in the US but I wouldn’t be surprised. 

I believe it’s North Korean girls in the US, being smuggled in via Canada. In this case, though, it’s asian criminal gangs… there is nothing like what Tololy described happening above board in the United States. The prison sentences for that kind of thing are SEVERE in America, as they should be. The problem is with a lot of the women from third world countries is that they are scared to come forward.

By: The Usual Suspect

The Usual Suspect — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:55:48 +0000

I’m tempted here to bring attention to the plight of many young Thai, Vietnamese and Cantonese girls who get sold as sex slaves into brothels in Australia. I am not sure if it also happens in the US but I wouldn’t be surprised.

What is really saddening about this particular story as 3arbawy pointed out, is that there are often other Egyptians involved.

It is true testimony to the power and lure of money.

Visiting Egypt a few months ago, I went shopping with my sister at a small boutique in Alexandria. The clothes were really bad- the kind of stuff I wouldn’t even pay $5 at a garage sale in Australia. My sister admired a skirt. When I asked the shop owner how much it was he said 800 LE. How could he justify charging that much money for an ugly skirt? He said that he had paid 40 L for it in London. He was lying- right there to my face, he was lying. I told him that I thought he was trying to cheat his fellow countrymen and that he should be ashamed of himself but as I walked out of the shop, I knew, as he did, that there would be someone just around the corner willing to fork out 800 for an ugly skirt and letting herself get ripped off for the sake of wearing something from abroad.

Why have we become this way? Why have Egyptians become so concerned with making money that they seem to have forgotten about decency, dignity and fairness?

By: Brian the sailor

Brian the sailor — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:20:47 +0000

Hollowpoint,

I almost made an ass of myself…wasn’t sure who you were quoting. Mahdy…I don’t know, maybe he (maybe she…don’t know) has never been here and relies on propaganda to develop his worldview. And Fresto is a Marxist. Talk about a failed ideology! Just ignore him.

By: Mahdy Hassan

Mahdy Hassan — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:07:37 +0000

Hollowpoint, please read Human Rights Watch (HRW) report for year 2006 page 512…

PDF REPORT
USA CHAPTER

By: Hollowpoint

Hollowpoint — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:23:05 +0000

I don’t blame USA for this, Craig. But please don’t say that there is slavery in the states, I can assure you that there are more than 10,000,000 slaves in the states… the Cubans, the Mexicans, the Chinese, and of course I’m not going to forget the colored ones… You are either insane or have been brainwashed.  Ethnic minorities in the US have the same rights as anyone else, and an employer would be sued (or jailed) if they tried the tactics the Jordanian company did.  Racial discrimination can happen anywhere, but laws against it regarding employment are well enforced, and many victims of discrimination have become millionares after suing their employer. The last time I heard of such a thing in the US, it was a Saudi living in America that confiscated the passport of his Indonesian maid.  He's currently serving a 27 year prison sentence: <a href="http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=80144&d=1&m=9&y=2006">http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=80144&d=1&m=9&y=2006</a> You really need to stop believing every bit of ridiculous propaganda you see in the Middle East media.

By: Egyptian workers’ saga in Jordan at 3arabawy

Egyptian workers’ saga in Jordan at 3arabawy — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:28:32 +0000

[...] I found this touching story, written by a Jordanian blogger, on the horrible work conditions of Egyptian migrant laborers in Amman. Egyptian Workers in Jordan: A True Story [...]

By: Mahdy Hassan

Mahdy Hassan — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:04:31 +0000

I don’t blame USA for this, Craig. But please don’t
say that there is slavery in the states, I can assure you that there are more
than 10,000,000 slaves in the states… the Cubans, the Mexicans, the Chinese,
and of course I’m not going to forget the colored ones…

By: Hal

Hal — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:58:15 +0000

Tololy, do please post the name of that company so we can see if we can get the guy some retribution - at least get him what is owed him. If we can bring the public’s attention to just one, specific case, then other situations like this can also be remedied.

If you prefer, you can e-mail me or any other writer/journalist you know works for a local publication or media outlet, and perhaps a story can be done out of this.

Hopefully we can help him and others like him.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:32:18 +0000

and
because of capitalism, slavery is back to this lovely world, maybe not
revealed as it used to be, but more vicious, cruel. And once again…
.thank you uncle Sam …..

That’s funny, because we don’t have any issues like Tololy described here, at the heart of Capitalism. Can you tell me when the Middle East was ever better when it comes to slavery? Thank you for blaming YOUR problems on America… AGAIN… Jordan.

I’d just blame Fresto for that but I’m sure he’s not alone in his backwards opinions.