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Beirut , domestic workers , Ethiopia , Lebanon , maids , Middle East , migration , prostitution , slavery , women

Traditionally, households would employ young Lebanese women, mainly from poor rural areas, Palestinians, Syrians or Egyptians as domestic workers. These days, Arab women rarely do such work in Lebanon -- viewing it as degrading or unacceptable -- leaving it instead to migrant workers who take on poor working and living conditions and low wages. At café Rawda in Beirut, this Ethiopian maid cares for her Madame's child while she enjoys dinner with a friend.