Bound to Kafala
Compassionate leave could mean so much to a population otherwise so subjugated.
Qatar…From Afar: Uncomfortable Questions III
Why did my employer -- Qatar Academy -- and its administrators appear to have dropped me like a hot brick on May 1 when I was holed up at the police station? Would they have done anything differently had I been a European or North American or from another native English-speaking region of the world?
“It’s Not You, It’s Me!”
This really isn't anything to do with you or is it about you...really! This has to do with and is about me in it's entirety. However, don't worry, I am not "breaking up" with you!
Qatar…From Afar: Long Flight To Freedom
When you have suffered gravely, you view and live life a certain way.
Far from making others suffer or wishing suffering on others, for instance, you don't even wish suffering on those you hold responsible for your own suffering. Knowing what it was like, you want to do everything you can to alleviate the sufferings of others instead.