Makhdoumin (2016)

Name: Makhdoumin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-04-15T21:13:47+02:00

Documentary | 67 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 67 minuten

Alternative title: A Maid for Each

Country: Lebanon / France / Norway / United Arab Emirates

Directed by: Maher Abi Samra

IMDb score: 7,7 (42)

Releasedate: 17 February 2016

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Makhdoumin plot

For an estimated population of 4 million, Lebanon has some 200,000 foreign domestic workers hired under a system that deprives them of basic rights. Implemented since the start of the civil war (1975), this system is borrowed from similar projects in the Gulf States. It is based on a transaction where the employee does not offer a service, but is rather commercialized as a product, offered by specialized organizations that provide new growth in conditions reminiscent of slavery. Director Maher Abi Samra places his camera in the offices of the El Raed agency with the full cooperation of the owner Zein.