Workers are Humans Too

A year ago I was interviewed by Gulf News about my volunteer work at the Somali Social and Cultural Centre here in Abu Dhabi. A friend of mine whom I...

Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Reveal Nuances In labour Hiring Process

The issue of migrant labour in the UAE and the Middle East at large is an often-articulated one. Despite the often-gloomy image depicted in the...

Improving Welfare Of Low-Skilled Foreign Workers In Singapore

Crafting labor policies for low-skilled foreign workers is challenging. Moral and economic imperatives don’t necessarily coincide. These workers, who...

Vice Chancellor of NYUAD Al Bloom talks about Labor at NYUAD

In an exclusive interview, Vice Chancellor Al Bloom sat down with The Gazelle to talk about labor policies at NYU Abu Dhabi and the development of ...

Deconstructing Labor at NYU Abu Dhabi

As construction finishes at NYU Abu Dhabi’s new Saadiyat campus, critics from within and without the university raise questions about the campus’s ...

From the Square: Fake slave auction performed in park

Freedom For All, a nonprofit organization to fight human trafficking, hosted three anti-trafficking demonstrations on March 5 throughout New York...

Human Rights Watch Expert Leads Labor Discussion in NY

On Feb. 26, 2014 New York University hosted a talk titled “Human Rights and Migrant Workers in Abu Dhabi: New Perspectives.” Human Rights Watch’s...

President Bill Clinton to speak at First NYUAD commencement

The keynote speaker at NYU Abu Dhabi’s inaugural commencement ceremony will be President Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States and ...

Student Activists Protest Over Worker Rights In London

LONDON, United Kingdom — Cleaning staff from the School of Oriental and African Studies, or SOAS, a department of the University of London, went on...

Domestic work: Raising Families, Not Buildings

The UAE has a comprehensive and multifaceted Labor Law specifying, among other entitlements, that all employees work a maximum of eight hours per day...

The Kafala System in the GCC

Kafala, or sponsorship in Arabic, is a system that regulates the dynamics between citizens and expatriate workers in the GCC countries. Although it...

Lens: The Faces of Abu Dhabi

Hassan, 62, has been living in Abu Dhabi for 38 years. His work experience ranges from picking up trash on the streets of Abu Dhabi to working as a...

Local Perspectives on Migrant Labour in the GCC

Laborers in the UAE and surrounding GCC countries tend to originate from developing nations throughout Asia. They usually work as either domestic ...

Through my eyes: Being Pakistani in the UAE

In the middle of the night, I walk with a dress similar to that of the labor workers of Abu Dhabi. Their eyes meet mine as I mouth “Assalamoalaikum”...

Student Debt on the Square

Student debt is a specter over the United States. NYU New York epitomizes the issue by having the most-indebted student body in a country where...