Comments on: Working for Change: Qatar’s Silent Labor Crisis

By: tdolan

tdolan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:26:16 +0000

The article points out the role that debt plays in keeping workers under control. Prof Seshean says lessons in ‘financial literacy’ are a valuable tool to let workers understand and then perhaps control their circumstances. The cynical mind draws a parallel to American students and asks where do they learn their financial literacy? From a university that cooperates with banks on student loans and credit cards?

By: Vox Populi » John DeGioia a Washingtonian of the Year

Vox Populi » John DeGioia a Washingtonian of the Year — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:38:42 +0000

[...] during DeGioia’s time in office, especially through grants) and for being globalized (Qatar and the international law school in [...]

By: Vox Populi » Lost in Migration: Nepalese workers stuck in Qatar

Vox Populi » Lost in Migration: Nepalese workers stuck in Qatar — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:16:28 +0000

[...] from Omar Khalifa on Vimeo. Couldn’t get enough of last week’s cover story about Qatari immigrant workers? Via Jeff Reger, that article’s writer, here’s a documentary about some Nepalese [...]

By: Gervais

Gervais — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:12:54 +0000

Excellent article – nice to see somone outside Qatar actually care. One point though – to be fair, Qatar has outlawed camel jockeys, now polices the camel racing and has returned the young boys home. Otherwise this is spot on – you could also mention that one mall, Hyatt Plaza, has refused to let in “smelly and badly dressed bachelors”!

By: Susie Milnes

Susie Milnes — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:53:12 +0000

Interesting article, J. D. It’s too bad Georgetown can’t also somehow improve the workers’ living conditions, perhaps provide their own housing facilities. It may just take one of the colleges to start the process…

By: Vox Populi » This Week’s Issue: There is power in a union

Vox Populi » This Week’s Issue: There is power in a union — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:11:56 +0000

[...] this week’s cover story, Voice writer Jeff Reger investigates the terrible labor conditions in Qatar’s Education City, where Georgetown has a [...]