A MAID FOR EACH

MAKHDOUMIN

By Maher ABI SAMRA

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Documentary - Completed 2016

Domestic work is a real market in Lebanon, segmented according to the national and ethnic origins of the workers and in which the Lebanese employer is master and the worker the property

    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • LEBANON
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 67 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Maher ABI SAMRA
    • Producer(s)
    • . . (Orjouane Productions), Françoise BURAUX (Les Films d'ici)
    • Synopsis
    • Domestic work is a real market in Lebanon, segmented according to the national and ethnic origins of the workers and in which the Lebanese employer is master and the worker the property. Zein owns a domestic worker agency in Beirut. He arranges for Asian and African women to work in Lebanese households and assists his clients in choosing “mail-order” housemaids that will best suit their needs. Advertisement, justice, police are on his side. He decides to open his agency for us.